Richard Hammond reveals how he managed to get the Top Gear job
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- He formed one third of potentially the greatest television trio ever, but how did Richard Hammond actually end up bagging the job presenting BBC Top Gear? We sat him down to find out...
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I swear Richard looks a different age in every video
I mean technically... he is.
True
Last TGT he look 10 Years older that this
No, he doesn't. He always looks 38.
Its because he dyes his hair
I thought I was the only one who noticed that
Richard Hamster: destroyer of electric cars and children’s dreams.
High performance cars really, regardless of power source xD
Imao
Just cars no need to specify
8 rimac's made, hamster crashes one now there is 7!
Why children's dreams? He's made my dreams
I was the camera operator on Richard’s TG audition many years ago. He was the last audition on that day and it was very obvious when he got in his 911 and drove away that he was going to get the job.
@Tristan Lane agreed we need to no
Or: anecdotes about the people that day you knew would not get the gig, if indeed any of those people were sufficiently memorable
Funnily enough so was I ;) :P
Please tell us more!!
can you tell us a story then?
The jokes and the personalities is what made TG be what it is, not the car reviewing.
Exactly, Now with the new people its not as fun to watch.
I agree with you both. They've tried to replicate the banter and the relationships between presenters after Jeremy, Richard and James left, but it can't ever be the same.
I joined Amazon Prime to watch The Grand Tour. I reckon that's the reason most people did in the run-up to series 1 of GT being released on Amazon.
@@thefurrykiwi4489 I enjoy the current version of TG, the one with Paddy, Freddie and Chris, but it's definitely not on par with the trio's TG. These days it's okay/decent whereas with the trio it was must watch TV.
@@lwaves I like all three of the new tg hosts but it still feels like they're just completely imitating jeremy/may/hammond with the pranks, I couldn't get into it even with an underlying enjoyment for cars
@@CynicalMiracal They should've called it something else and been themselves. No point in faking chemistry.
They found the perfect trio for the job. Can't get any better characters. Great job bloke
WOAH how did you do that with those pictures in your comment?
@@Firemarioflower I assume those are part of the channel membership...
@@samamaali7579 OP maybe dead.
Dislikes are from the family that thought he's Robert Downey Jr.
Quite a big family
he he
Lol
Rimac employees and the BBC too
Richard Uppey Sr.
Me, walking up to Robert Downey Junior: A-are you Richard Hammond? :o
If I ever, by any coincidence see that guy, I will do that. XD
Pretty sure everyone loves Hammond. He's like that one piece of the puzzle that takes ages to find, but once you do the world is all the better for it.
That one, really small piece
Hamster-shaped, it is.
Everyone apart from Stewart Lee, but who's counting eh?
Has to be iron man, he parked a dragster with his head,
And by Accident!
Lol
😂😂😂😂 made my day
Oof
Best comment on this video 😂😂😂😂😂
Thanos: I am inevitable
Hammond: I am NOT Iron Man
Hammond: let me prove it to you, let me pilot your ship...
*5 minutes later *
Thanos: How did he manage to crash it itself?
Crash a ship with autopilot. Lol
hahaha, epic
I am the Hamster
underrated
My childhood would have been quite different if i didnt look forward to seeing Hammond with Clarkson and May on Top Gear Sundays.
Of course it's not well remembered that James wasn't the original 3rd presenter. That was originally a guy named Jason who's surname I have forgotten. He did reviews of cars that were up for auto retail and tried to help viewers find cars for bargain bin prices. He seemed like a cool guy and they were originally gonna keep him on and have James in as well to make four presenters. But then he left and for the first three or so eps of Series 2 it was just Jezza and Hamster. Then they introduced C.Slow as an occasional slot on the show and it went from there
Same. It's nostalgic in a way
I was born in 1994. I don't remeber a time when I haven't been watching you Mr Hammond. I grew up with you, big respect for the years of tomfoolery
I remember the first time I saw Hammond. In was a Sunday night in 2001, and I was having a look at new Top Gear, to see what it was like. It was clearly different from 'old' Tiop Gear, and not particularly compelling.
Not in 2001, anyway.
Sometime in the second series that began to change.
@@leeharveyosmond It's funny. You look back on s1 and there are sparks of what it woulf become, they just hadn't been 'unleashed'. That, and James hadn't joined yet.
@@Hoganply Have to agree. I've recently started re-watching TG from season/series one and although the Challenges and Road Trips aren't there, the banter and chemistry between the enjoyable hosts is. Fortunately the show was stocked with enough talented people to make it grow into what it became.
you grew up with him? it probably didn't take very long 🤣
Come on, Wilman must have access to that audition tape. We need to see it.
Petition?
I remember first seeing him as a kid on Brainiac: Science Abuse it was awesome! Too bad they faked all the experiments using explosives xD
you just ruined my childhood, did they really?!?!
@@henryblake2933 I think so 😔
144hz kris 😔
I think they only admitted to a few, but probably a lot of them were faked.
"Too bad they faked all the experiments using explosives"
... just like nbc news!
"Because he's much older than me"
As Richard Hammond is still only 38
38 for the 25th year in a row! Gotta be a record.
No need for surgery to look younger when you can darken your hair and whiten your teeth😁
Hey! it's Iron Man!
He's Iron Man's European cousin
@@azafapowerrr hahaha yeah
Wat
@Xendex Motorsports It just means he has enough videos and subscribers for monetization. All big youtubers have that...
@Xendex Motorsports Best of luck my dude! ✺◟(-◡-)◞✺
Man. Thank goodness neither of his horrible crashes robbed us of his personality or passion. Especially that first one, a traumatic brain injury like that can completely change someone for life.
The world is such a brighter place with him in it just the way he is.
they should start making review of cars for this youtube channel since they not doing that on amazon anymore
The money isn't there for them to be bothered doing it, they're getting old and i would imagine they'd rather just enjoy life at this point over working
Though James made a amazing piece comparing the Tesla and the Mirai. It was so well made that it could easily be a Grand Tour review.
@@mrcaboosevg6089 first of all they rich af, second as business stand point they can always get sponsors and UA-cam pays by itself and test car always free for journalists to try
@@rf7854 It's not as easy as you think and no offense but your post is a little naive. Them being wealthy is irrelevant. Getting sponsors is only part of it and even then, you still have to offer something they want to sponsor. YT does not pay for itself, at least, not until you're one of the enlightened few. Test cars are not free for journalists to try, although they probably would be for the trio. Even so, that still doesn't cover insurance which is massive for filming of any kind. Search out the details for TG and TGT insurance if you want proof. I'm sure there's a video where Andy Wilman talks about it. :-)
@@lwaves test cars are free for legit journalists.
Now reveal how Hammond got his Job as a crash test dummie.
Practice. Repeated practice.
Just showed up for work one day
Pure bright natural talent.
I think he just rolled into it by accident... 😉
Came as a packet really. It was in his job description, small print.
Drive tribe really be giving us cool contents to watch during quarantine
I wish I was in quarantine
"Are you Iron Man"
I'm honestly curious how many kids he must've brought to tears by having to say that he wasn't.
One of the nicest blokes to ever hit the tv screen, you just gotta love him!. What a wonderful, genuinely lovely bloke!.
5:05 🎵I be driving in my car, listening to Jeremy Clarkson
amazing episode
James may James may James mayyyyyy 🎶
Two, four, six, eight, James May!
I checked the full radio show of that a couple of weeks back, was brilliant. Many people actually liked it more than the normal radio programme which is hilarious
@@richboy900 "You, my son, have had it."
Loved it.
Now do the same with James May. Curious how he got on the show.
From what I recall Jeremy said he had already known James for a long time and wanted him on the show.
May was on old top gear in 1997 i think, so he would have known Clarkson from then
@AlexGRFan97 It's also true that BBC Management were sticking their oar in. Clarkson knew who he wanted, but he wasn't allowed that lineup; that's how they got Jason Dawe, and Clarkson knew that would never work because Dawe was essentially an inferior copy of him, and they needed somebody ... different. May was being tee'd up as the replacement very early
Craig Barson No, they weren’t on old TG together.
@@craigbarson2583 Jeremy recommended James as his replacement when he first quit Top Gear (old). I think he knew him from the general automotive journalism circles
Re: being 7 y.o. and not interested, i remember when i was tiny, waking up early on sundays specifically to watch TG. i wasn't particularly interested in cars, didnt know most of the guests, and didnt have a frame of reference for a lot of the stuff they were saying, but it just was so funny and so beautifully shot, a really well crafted show, idk it has always stood out to me
I could listen to any of these guys forever . Richard probably my fav and strangely I relate too more. To have a lunch with any of these guys and talk about cars would be so awesome .
Richard you have always been one of the trio gems at "Top Gear" and "The Grand Tour". Thank you for what you did, you gave us great laughs and entertainment. Cheers
Too much in the past tense, makes it sound like he's dead!
I really liked this. It shows the more unique layers and compassions of Hammond’s. Along with why he is the personality he is. Turned out well learning about his dreams and interests
4:32 literally all of my friends when i was 7 watched and loved Top Gear, I think Hammond underestimates how wide age-wise the audience of top gear spans
The first time I watched Hammond was when I was really young on his Braniacs science show, I really loved it and was probably the initial spark for my love science which would lead me to studying chemistry as soon as I could in high school. Then I found Too Gear through a friend when I was barely 2 years older than my braniacs days, and I fell in love with it straight away. This also sparked my love for cars and auto-mechanics. I was loyal to Hammond for every challenge that the trio on top gear would go through. I thank you, Hammond, Clarkson and May for being the funniest TV hosts I’ve ever seen and sparking my passion for science and cars.
I moved to England, from the US, in spring of 2005 and can recall stumbling across Top Gear on the TV. I've been hooked ever since. Such a great show. Glad they've been able to keep the three of them together for so long.
The anecdote about how you first got on Top Gear and the call that followed what a moment that must've been! Isn't it incredible how you being your authentic self, with telling the joke was what made all the difference?
he isn’t gonna read ur comment paul
You, Jeremy, and James are national treasures as far as I’m concerned
You know, Richard, I've been watching you for a while (I won't say how long, it'll date both of us). You're without a doubt my favourite Hamster in the world. By a very long stretch. I appreciate all the great moments you've given all of us, and that goes for all three of you. Thank you.
I can't imagine top gear nor the grand tour without Hammond ❤️
I have a massive amount of respect for Richard, Jeremy and James. Jeremy was the reason I wanted to be a motoring journalist. I didn't want to be an astronaut, or a cowboy, or any of the other jobs you'd expect a seven year old to be, I wanted to be that guy powersliding a Diablo around an airfield or writing articles about them. I knew what oversteer, understeer and weight transfer was before I even got behind the wheel of a car, all because I watched Jeremy's content at length 20 years ago. :D
i grew up watching jeremy "cause hes much older than me".....actaully died when he said that
me too haha.. seems most people didnt get it
Yay my favorite person, no sarcasm just the truth. Richard Hammond yes you are my favorite person
Richard Hammond is cool guy. I honestly admit him, James May and Jeremy Clarkson they make a very solid team.
I would really love it if you guys organised a cooking competition or something on food tribe...with Clarkson, hammond, and may
...that would be epic
Predictions: Richard cooks something beautiful, just for Gordon Ramsay to pass by and say it's bad.
James tries to make something with spam, but is so slow it decays before he is finished doing something with it.
Jeremy somehow ends up with a flame in his pan and runs away, leaving the kitchen to turn into an inferno.
@@martijn9568 Honestly..... sounds about right
Just imagine adding Gordon Ramsay as a judge to this group of lunatics.
I agree
James would instantly win, just by saying
C H E E S E
The cars are great but what makes me absolutely love their Top Gear and The Grand Tour is their chemistry. Their friendship. I love it.
Between the 3 of them, there's always an angle for 2 to gang up on the other. Clarkson: boss, Hammond: short, May: drives slow etc.
Richard Hammond is so wholesome, I love him
Such a genuine and incredible guy
England,Knight him
You guys were truly part of my childhood and it warms my heart every time I see any of you guys!
First time I watched Top Gear I was like, "The Nat Geo guy!"
Same.
It was the opposite for me 😂😂
The first time a watched top gear.
It was a different style show with different host's.😬
I LOVE RICHARD HAMMOND AND CLARKSON AND MAY
Cluck
@@jeremycluckson Cluck
They are the best presenters ever
Great questions, great interview. Lovely of Richard to give us those glimpses into his thinking and experiences.
Richard hammond has always reminded me of Michael J Fox. Having said that, I'd love to see a special where they all go back to the future.
Perfect timing, just started watching (or re-watching) the first of the original Series with both Jeremy & Hamster last night.
I'm watching through, on series 6 episode 8
"Richard Hammond reveals how he got the Top Gear job"
Me before watching the video: I bet he slept with the producer
Ay he could work with me any day if that's his way of getting jobs
Da hecc-
Richard is lovely, such a sweetheart!
Thanks man for all the joy you have given me over the years thank you
Please do this with James & Jeremy separately like this it feels more personal and shows indepth how awesome these are
I got lots of respect to these guys... they made some of the best content on the planet and it was all constant work.
Thanks SO much for all the great fun!
My little brother started watching you guys when he was 6 or 7. He also started drawing engines a year or so after, feeling motivated to learn about how cars work. Thank you
It really is the best job on earth, get paid millions to travel the world and drive amazing cars being funny the whole time.
Sat watching this and my son walks in and asks if that’s the guy who plays iron man🤣🤣🤣
Thanks Richard, great to see these informal interviews and films.
Actually a very down to Earth video. One of the best I've seen from Drivetribe. Keep it up
I'd love Jeremy, Richard and James to get together and reminisce on a regular basis. They could release the footage in weekly/monthly chunks and we'd all be ecstatic.
They could release it on here or Amazon Prime (let's face it, we all have a subscription for watch The Grand Tour).
I doubt that they'll read this comment, but if they do, PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN!
That would be great
Especially TG series 2 to 14. The prime of TG
Richard Hammond is a living proof that no matter how much you know, how long you have studied, experienced what always matter in the end is how people view you. If they like you.
Love this sit down,straight forward honest format.
Love these one-on-ones! More of these please!
Hammond: I like Porshe 911
Jeremy: You are idiot !!!!!
Lolz
James: It complicated, me explain.
Jeremey: "Hammond you idiot" if i may.
May: Stop it, you two. Because new, we must do the news. And we start... with the Porsche 911 GT3...
4:29 I watched Top Gear when I was 7!
same!
Ha, yes indeedy; Thursday night around 8pm iirc..? 🤔
@@J4ckski That was what time old top gear was on, yeah, although wasn't there a longer show on a sunday when there was a motorshow
I watched when I was 3😂 me and my dad always watched it and still watch it every week. I never used to understand any of it I just liked seeing things getting blown up 😂
Robert B I don’t remember anything about motorshows but Sunday evenings definitely ring a bell too 👍
The chemistry, comradery and humour of the 3 is just amazing, All fans would love to go for a beer or just hang out chatting to them, brilliantly funny in their own rights
What a wonderful interview - thankyou!
You need to upload that demo reel here somewhere! :D
I think it is somewhere on the internet if you search for ir. I think I watched it one many moons ago on youtube
This and the last Hammond piece has a MUCH better music level quality, I can hear Hammond fairly easily now.
Men and motors type r review is still one of the best reviews I've seen. Hammond churning for ages
I remember seeing the first episode of top gear I had ever seen in 6th grade and the reason I love top gear is because the three of them especially Hammond he’s my favorite are absolutely hilarious even still sticking to cars
I remember him on Granada men and motors on a motorbike show.
Yes he was, and he was FAR better with bikes than he ever became with cars.
Choosing Richard was a brilliant decision! So was axing Jason Dawe for May.
'Captain Obvious
Jason who ?
Exactly^
If he didn't go away we would all be saying top what? Never heard of that show
He served a purpose
@@Noname-dz6ie he was on the first series of top gear before may joined
The honesty is what my friends and I enjoyed about top gear and now grand tour.
I’m so glad you all met you three gelled and I miss top gear so much thanks for this video 🙏
Am I the only person who could watch Hammond read a phone book?
Yes.
Yes indeed. You need a new hobby.
I hear James May has already got that gig!
No you are not ....... his enthusiasm is uplifting.
I’d like to see him eat one,The horrible little man
I remember back in Top Gear, Richard was doing a landscape painting in front of a river or a lake. He looked very satisfied with it and went on and on about it in front of the camera. But then a bit of wind blew and just knocked the canvas over right into the water. Hahaha I remember bursting my gut at that one.
The Zonda painting...he later said it was like the nature was crashing into it!
Thanks Mr Hammond for taking the time to do this entertaining interview for us to watch, as you can tell from the likes, we enjoyed it!
I love all 3 of these guys so much.
I love this, could not imagine top gear with hammond bringing the banter. Jeremy needs pushing back lol
I didn't realise he looks like Robert Downey Jr. until I watched this, he really does!!
Lol me 2
I can’t wait to watch your shows again
Hammond, May and Clarkson had a chemistry very rarely seen in the modern era. I am addicted to Top Gear and The Grand Tour.
Just love watching these guys entertain with their very special talents.
Long live the three of them !
most of their banter is not scripted and hence it sounds genuine.
they really are like that
Richard your the biggest name I knew for a long time now from so many different tv shows and I hope u enjoyed doing weird and wonderful shows and I hope I get to see u in more probably another the grand tour :)
To be honest I really am taking Richard Hammond as an idol to me because him as a person is different among others.
Plus I do really love Jeremy clarkson and the way he thinks and the way he expresses the surroundings.
James may.. he's slow , and I need his patience .
The weird thing rn is that I'm (m) 22 yo studying Architecture and it's my third - going to the fourth year
Such a humble guy!
Hello Richard great to see you again I love these interviews
Choking is on the table. Just so you know
Erm excuse me referee I’m sure there is something in the rules about Time Travel is there not..? 🙃
@@J4ckski hes a member of the channel they get it early
@@J4ckski he/she's a member on the channel, one of the perks is early access to videos
Ah ok thanks for the information guys 🙏 my bad there; the Matrix remains intact 👍
Roger as a girl be looking mighty fine in I want to break free
It’s hard to notice but Hammond actually a genius. He might even be smarter than James May. He’s just very humble and has a joking, “I’m an idiot” demeanor.
Simply put, I really liked this. Thank you.
I love listening to Richard
Hammond: I really wanted to study architecture
Also Hammond: *accidently drops his paining in the lake whilst filming on top gear* 🤣🤣
Di akitekt
It’s scripted but yh lol
Always loved these three idiots. English humor, always doing and saying what they want and think.
"Hammond: You're an idiot!" 😂
Best wishes from Spain/Hungary
The background music is so smooth. Sounds like something from Hotel Costes. Man I miss the Costes series.
I like those personal statements and views to many things in your life. It makes watching top gear or the grand tour even better.
Glad you're still with us, Hamster! Wouldn't be the same without IRON MAN !! Hahaha !! That's so great.
My fear is that since he does vaguely resemble Pacino that they will make "Scent of a Clarkson" and that is something no one needs to experience
I watch the Grand Tour with my 15 month old son and soon to be born daughter. You guys are fantastic at what you do.
These types of things bring back memories