8.8/10112 votes#1 - World's Biggest Car Factory
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2020
Richard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!
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8.0/1073 votes#2 - Super Galaxy Plane
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2020
Richard takes flight aboard the US Air Force's biggest cargo plane: The C-5M Super Galaxy. Climbing inside its inner workings he learns why it's a record breaker.
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8.6/1065 votes#3 - Austria's Mega Dam
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2020
Richard explores one of the world's biggest man-made engineering projects: the Kölnbrein Dam, which can hold back an incredible 200 million tonnes of water!
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8.5/1065 votes#4 - Mega Ship
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/2020
Richard joins the crew of one of the biggest moving objects on earth, the Marie Maersk container ship, on her continuous 28,000-mile voyage from Asia to Europe.
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8.2/1053 votes#5 - World's Longest Railway Tunnel
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/2020
Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!
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8.3/1059 votes#6 - Super Stadium
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/19/2020
Richard explores the huge Tottenham Hotspur Football Stadium in London. He explores a pitch that splits and rolls away and takes a terrifying walk on the stadium roof!
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8.4/1053 votes#7 - Tallest Building on Earth
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/26/2020
Richard visits the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. His vertical mission includes climbing the biggest lightening conductor on earth!
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8.3/1047 votes#8 - Gulf Oil Platform
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/2020
Richard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
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6.2/1041 votes#9 - Mankind’s Biggest Builds
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/2020
Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!
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Richard Hammond embarks on a global adventure to explore the world’s biggest structures and machines and discover how engineers build, maintain and use them.
Genre:Documentary
Network:Discovery
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"World's Biggest Car Factory" is the best rated episode of "Richard Hammond's Big" season 1. It scored 8.8/10 based on 112 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/15/2020. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Super Galaxy Plane".