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Ahhh. So we have people that like to clear eh? Have you no creativity?— [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mac_Davis X] '''['''<nowiki></nowiki>'''[[User:Mac Davis|<span style="font-family:Times;color:navy;"><em><font color=#006600>Mac Davis</font></em></span>]]] <small>(<font color=#6688AA>[[User:Mac_Davis/Desk|SUPERDESK]]</font>|<font color=#666666>[[User_talk:Mac_Davis/Improvement|Help me improve]]</font></small>)'''01:02, 28 September 2006 (UTC) |
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| caption = Richard Hammond from ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]'' promo material. |
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| birth_date = [[December 19]] [[1969]] |
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| birth_place = [[Birmingham]], [[England]] |
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'''Richard Hammond''' (born [[December 19]] [[1969]] in [[Birmingham]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] television presenter best known for co-presenting ''[[Top Gear]]'' along with [[James May]] and [[Jeremy Clarkson]] from 2002 onwards. He also writes a weekly column, which can be read in the motoring section of [[The Daily Mirror]] each Friday. |
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On [[20 September]] 2006. Richard was critically injured in a crash while testing a car for the BBC television programme. |
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==Biography== |
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Originally from the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], in the mid 1980s Hammond moved with his family (mother Eileen, father Alan, and brothers Andrew and Nicholas) to the [[Yorkshire]] market town of [[Ripon]] where his father ran a probate business in the market square. A pupil of [[Ripon#Ripon Grammar School|Rippon 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|television production]]. |
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He lives near [[Cheltenham]] with his wife Amanda, whom he married in [[2002]], and their two young daughters, Isabella and Willow. He also has three horses, four dogs, two cats, a rabbit and a handful of chickens and sheep. |
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In July [[2005]], Hammond won the dubious accolade of being voted number one in a ''[[Heat (magazine)|heat]]'' magazine poll of the top "weird celebrity crushes." Also in 2005, he was voted one of the top 10 British TV talents.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4465560.stm] |
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On September 20, Hammond was involved in an accident at Evington Airfield while attempting to break the England land speed record. He was travelling at 280mph at the time of the accident. |
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==Radio and television career== |
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Early in his career, Hammond worked at [[Radio York]] and [[Radio Cumbria]], before going on to present a number of daytime lifestyle shows and motoring programmes on ''[[Men & Motors]]''. |
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He presented the ''[[Crufts]]'' dog show in 2005, the 2004 and 2005 British Parking Awards, and has appeared on ''School's Out'', a quiz show on [[BBC One]] where celebrities answer questions about things they learnt at school when they were younger. He has also presented ''[[The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend]]''. Along with his work on ''Top Gear'', he currently presents ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]'' on [[Sky One]], ''[[Should I Worry About...?]]'' on BBC One and ''[[Time Commanders]]'' on [[BBC Two]]. He is also a team captain on the BBC Two quiz show, ''[[Petrolheads]]''. |
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From Tuesday [[3 January]] [[2006]] until Friday [[10 February]], Hammond was the eponymous star of ''[[Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show]]'' with his co-star [[Mel Giedroyc]] of ''[[Light Lunch]]'' fame. The programme, which discussed a wide range of random and amusing subjects, was shown every weekday on [[ITV1]] between 5:00 and 6:00. |
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===Top Gear=== |
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Hammond became a presenter on ''Top Gear'' in 2002, when the show began its present format. Due to his short stature of 5' 7", he is referred to as "Hamster" by fans and his co-presenters on ''Top Gear''. His nickname was further re-enforced when on two separate occasions in Series 7, Hammond ate cardboard, mimicking hamster-like behaviour. Another running gag by co-host [[Jeremy Clarkson]] is Hammond's supposed use of teeth whitener, after he was caught looking at a website on Teeth whiteners on ''Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show''. Hammond has continually denied this, and once quipped to Clarkson: "Mine have gone whiter, naturally, in the same way that yours have gone green." |
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==Cars== |
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He is known to be a [[Porsche]] enthusiast, and particularly the [[Porsche 911]]. His left-hand drive Porsche 911 has appeared on ''Top Gear'' in the studio once. He has stated that an original [[Dodge Charger (B-body)|Dodge Charger]] is his dream car, mostly because "it's the car the bad guys drove...It's the [[James Dean]] of cars: was great, but unlike the [[Ford Mustang]], died young, and therefore embedded itself as nothing but greatness." Hammond also owns two [[Land Rover]]s, a [[Suzuki Katana|Suzuki GSXR1000]], a BMW 1150 GS, a second Porsche 911, a [[Morgan Roadster|Morgan V6 Roadster]], a 1967 [[Ford Mustang]] and several [[kit car]]s. |
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Only today was it reported in the news that he was involved in an accident where he was driving a rocket-powered car, and was seriously injured. |
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==Car Crash== |
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He was severely injured in a car crash while filming for Top Gear on 20 September 2006 at an airfield near [[York]]. He was driving a jet powered car travelling at 280mph in an attempt to break the land speed record for England. He is being treated at Leeds General Infirmary and is currently in a critical condition. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm] BBC reports suggest that he was taken from the crash scene unconscious and taken to the specialist neurological unit at Leeds General Infirmary. The ambulance service is reported to have said Richard began to regain conciousness upon arrival at the hospital. |
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==Works== |
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===TV Shows=== |
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* ''[[Top Gear]] (2002- Present Day)'' |
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* ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]] (2003- 2006)'' |
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* ''[[Time Commanders]] (2003)'' |
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* ''[[Crufts]] (2004)'' |
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* ''[[Should I Worry About...?]] (2004)'' |
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* ''[[The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend]] (2005)'' |
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* ''Inside Britains Fattest Man (2005)'' |
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* ''[[Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show]] (2006)'' |
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* ''[[Petrolheads]] (2006)'' |
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* ''School's Out (2006)'' |
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* ''Richard Hammond's Would you believe it? (2006)'' |
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* ''Richard Hammond and The Holy Grail (2006)'' |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1414369/ IMDB: Richard Hammond] |
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*[http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781405315432,00.html?sym=QUE Richard Hammond Interview 2006] |
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Revision as of 01:02, 28 September 2006
I have decided to let my user page go completely wiki, completely public domain. You make it whatever you want. Use it as a sandbox, put porn here, rant something here. I don't care. Leave this message's meaning on the top so other people know. Have fun!
Discussion
Ahhh. So we have people that like to clear eh? Have you no creativity?— X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve)01:02, 28 September 2006 (UTC)