Richard Hammond TV Shows: Top Gear, The Grand Tour & Filmography
Every show Richard Hammond has presented or co-presented, from local motoring TV in the 1990s to The Grand Tour — filterable by type.
This page is the full Richard Hammond TV shows filmography — his Richard Hammond Top Gear years, his Richard Hammond Grand Tour years, and every credit either side of them.
Top Gear and The Grand Tour: motoring television
Richard Hammond’s television career is built on three big motoring runs. Top Gear (2002–2015, plus a 2021 special) made him a household name alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May — the Richard Hammond Top Gear years remain the credit he is best known for. When that trio left the BBC, they regrouped for The Grand Tour on Amazon (2016–2024): the Richard Hammond Grand Tour run kept the same on-screen chemistry under a new format. Since 2021 he has also fronted Richard Hammond’s Workshop, a Discovery+ UK series built around restoration projects in his own workshop — his first regular solo motoring format — the real business behind it is The Smallest Cog. The same 2016 reunion that launched The Grand Tour also saw the trio co-found DriveTribe, an automotive media startup.
Science and stunts
Alongside the motoring work, Hammond built a strong run of science and engineering factual television: Brainiac: Science Abuse (2003–2006), Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections (2008–2011), Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab (2009–2011), Richard Hammond’s Crash Course (2012) and Science of Stupid (2014–2015). Read more about how this side of his career developed on the biography page.
Adventure and game shows
Hammond co-presented the BBC One obstacle-course game show Total Wipeout from 2009 to 2012, and later fronted the travel-documentary special Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel (2007).
Documentary work
His factual work also runs to natural-history and science documentary, including Planet Earth Live (2012, co-presented) and Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds (2010).
A career built on more than one format
What stands out across the filmography above is the range of formats, not just the range of subjects. The Top Gear and Grand Tour years were studio-and-track television with a live audience; Brainiac and the Engineering Connections/Blast Lab run were factual explainer formats built around demonstrations rather than driving; Total Wipeout was a straightforward physical game show with no motoring content at all. Richard Hammond’s Workshop, since 2021, is different again — a Discovery+ UK format filmed largely on location at his own restoration business, without a studio audience or a traditional broadcast slot. Few of his contemporaries have moved between that many production styles inside one career.
That is the complete Richard Hammond TV shows record as it stands, and it will be updated the moment a new credit is confirmed.
Richard Hammond TV shows: the filmography record
Every series Richard Hammond has presented or co-presented, filterable by type. Years mark the UK broadcast run; some titles continue in occasional specials beyond the end date shown.
| Years | Show | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2002 | Local radio & Men and Motors | Motoring | Presenter (radio, then satellite TV) |
| 2002–2015, 2021 | Top Gear | Motoring | Co-presenter |
| 2003–2006 | Brainiac: Science Abuse | Science | Presenter |
| 2007 | Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel | Documentary | Presenter |
| 2008–2011 | Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections | Science | Presenter |
| 2009–2012 | Total Wipeout | Adventure | Co-presenter |
| 2009–2011 | Richard Hammond's Blast Lab | Science | Presenter |
| 2010 | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds | Documentary | Presenter |
| 2012 | Planet Earth Live | Documentary | Co-presenter |
| 2012 | Richard Hammond's Crash Course | Science | Presenter |
| 2014–2015 | Science of Stupid | Science | Presenter |
| 2016–2024 | The Grand Tour | Motoring | Co-presenter |
| 2021–present | Richard Hammond's Workshop | Motoring | Presenter (Discovery+ UK) |
Frequently Asked
Q01 How many TV shows has Richard Hammond presented?
The filmography above lists 13 credits from 1998 to the present, spanning motoring, science, documentary and game-show formats.
Q02 What is Richard Hammond doing now?
As of the most recent update he presents Richard Hammond’s Workshop, a Discovery+ UK restoration series.
Q03 Did Richard Hammond present anything before Top Gear?
Yes — he worked in BBC local radio through the 1990s and presented for the satellite channel Men and Motors before joining Top Gear in 2002.
Q04 Has Richard Hammond presented shows outside motoring?
Yes. Alongside the motoring work, he has fronted the science-and-stunts series Brainiac: Science Abuse, the BBC One game show Total Wipeout, and several one-off documentaries — the filterable table above covers all of them by type.