{"id":12689,"date":"2019-04-26T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-04-26T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T13:15:02","slug":"discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Commissions New Richard Hammond Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has ordered <em>Richard Hammond\u2019s BIG!<\/em>, a ten-part series that will see the award-winning host embark on a global adventure to explore the world\u2019s biggest structures and machines.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Chimp Productions, the series will see Hammond (<em>Top Gear<\/em>, <em>The Grand Tour<\/em>, <em>Brainiac: Science Abuse<\/em>) go behind the scenes of the world\u2019s engineering behemoths to learn how they are built, maintained and used. Each episode takes Hammond to a different location, where he will conduct a series of experiments to delve into the science behind the megastructures.<\/p>\n<p>Locations for the show include the U.K., U.S., Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands, and on the schedule for Hammond are visits to the world\u2019s longest underground railway tunnel and a massive cargo ship, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery will commission, produce and distribute the series globally. <em>Richard Hammond\u2019s BIG!<\/em> will air on Discovery Channel in the U.K., Netherlands and France; Science Channel in the U.S.; and channels including DMAX Italy, Spain and Germany across EMEA.<\/p>\n<p>Fulvia Nicoli, executive VP and head of product at Discovery International, said, \u201cAt the heart of Discovery is high-quality storytelling told through the most passionate and knowledgeable voices. As a world-renowned talent that audiences across the globe love, we\u2019re delighted to welcome Richard and his infectious brand of curiosity to the Discovery family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Downing, senior VP and head of factual and sport at Discovery UK, said, \u201cRichard is an iconic motoring talent whose passions span science, engineering and cars. In his first production with Discovery, fans can expect an informative, entertaining and original series of truly epic proportions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hammond added, \u201cI can\u2019t wait to get out there and explore some truly huge examples of engineering genius in action. I love engineering and the science behind it. And the bigger the better. It\u2019s going to be fact-filled and huge fun. It\u2019s going to be big! This is a fantastic commission for Chimp, and I look forward to showing what we can bring to it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has ordered Richard Hammond\u2019s BIG!, a ten-part series that will see the award-winning host embark on a global adventure to explore the world\u2019s biggest structures and machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":12690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[82,3690],"class_list":["post-12689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-discovery","tag-richard-hammonds-big","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Discovery Commissions New Richard Hammond Series - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Discovery Commissions New Richard Hammond Series - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discovery has ordered Richard Hammond\u2019s BIG!, a ten-part series that will see the award-winning host embark on a global adventure to explore the world\u2019s biggest structures and machines.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-26T13:00:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-26T13:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Richard-Hammonds-Big-Discovery-0419.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/\",\"name\":\"Discovery Commissions New Richard Hammond Series - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-26T13:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-26T13:15:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/discovery-commissions-new-richard-hammond-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Discovery Commissions New Richard Hammond Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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