Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections - Episode Guide

Richard Hammond sets out on a quest to find the amazing engineering connections behind the Airbus A380, the largest passenger airliner in history.

Richard Hammond discovers the engineering secrets of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan, built on a seismic fault line in a typhoon hotspot.

Richard Hammond visits the Keck Observatory, which has seen further into the universe than any other telescope on earth.

Richard Hammond investigates the Troll A gas platform, the largest object ever moved by man across the surface of the Earth.

Richard Hammond discovers the Engineering Connections behind the new high-tech home of English football, and reveals the unlikely inspiration for the architects.

Richard Hammond climbs to the top of Sydney's iconic Opera House to unlock the engineering behind one of the most instantly recognisable buildings in the world.

Richard Hammond unpicks the engineering DNA of the mighty aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious: a floating airport, city and battleship all rolled into one.

Richard Hammond visits the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain to learn how a visionary architect transformed a decaying city with his futuristic building.

Richard Hammond reveals the inspiration behind the Millau Viaduct, France, which would look down on the Eiffel Tower as the tallest road bridge in the world.

Richard Hammond reveals the inspiration behind Hong Kong's Ocean Airport, the new gateway to Asia, sited on a specially constructed island.

Richard Hammond looks at how Dubai's sail-shaped hotel Burj Al Arab was built, including creating sea defences and coping with steel expansion due to extreme heat.

Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections behind the Formula 1 car, including a revolutionary 19th-century cannon and ancient sailing boats.

Richard Hammond reveals the ingenious engineering required to transport one of the most potentially hazardous cargoes in some of the biggest vessels afloat.

Richard Hammond reveals how engineers made one of the longest bridges in the world earthquake-proof, with solutions inspired by incense and a tobbogan.

Richard Hammond visits the Kennedy Space Centre to reveal the engineering connections behind NASA's Space Shuttle, the first re-usable space craft.

Richard Hammond reveals surprising engineering connections between Japan's Bullet Train and ancient charioteers, a crowbar, a medieval clock and a 19th-century car.