Richard Hammond

An award-winning journalist best known for his time on the BBC’s Top Gear and Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour’, for over two decades Richard Hammond has been one of the most entertaining presenters on British television.

Away from motoring programmes, Richard is also known for his science and physics shows, including ‘Brainiac: Science Abuse’, ‘Blast Lab’ and ‘Richard Hammond’s Crazy Contraptions’. He can also be seen on the YouTube channel ‘Drive Tribe’, which has more than 3 million subscribers as of 2026.

In 2018, Richard Hammond founded Chimp, a production company which has made shows for Amazon, Channel 4, Comedy Channel, Discovery Plus and Quest. ‘Richard Hammond’s Workshop’ is made by Chimp and marketed by DriveTribe.

Originally from the West Midlands, in the mid 1980s Richard Hammond moved with his family to the Yorkshire market town of Ripon where his father ran a probate business in the market square. A pupil of Ripon Grammar School, from 1987 to 1989 he attended Harrogate College of Art and Technology and was friends with author and academic Jonathan Baldwin. He then went onto gain a degree in photography and television production.

His height, or lack of it (5' 4"), has been the source of much whimsical banter between him and Jeremy Clarkson (6'4") on Top Gear, with Jeremy often placing pictures of cars high up on the Top Gear "cool wall" during arguments with Hammond in order to win.

He is referred to, mostly affectionately, as The Hamster by fans of the show, and by his co-presenters. His nickname was further re-enforced when on two separate occasions in Season 7, Hammond ate cards almost mimicking hamster-like behaviour.

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