S03:E05 - The Space Shuttle
S03:E01 - Burj Al Arab
The Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
S03:E02 - Formula 1
Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections behind the Formula 1 car.
S03:E03 - Super Tankers
Richard Hammond reveals the ingenious engineering required to transport one of the most potentially hazardous cargoes in the world in some of the biggest vessels afloat.
S03:E04 - The Earthquake-Proof Bridge
Richard Hammond reveals how engineers made one of the longest bridges in the world earthquake-proof. Building a structure almost 3 kilometres long in water 65 metres deep was almost the least of the engineering challenges of bridging the Gulf of Corinth in Greece.
S03:E05 - The Space Shuttle
Richard Hammond reveals the engineering connections in NASA's Space Shuttle - the world's first re-usable space craft. He goes backstage at Kennedy Space Centre, in Florida, to discover how an organ pump, tram tracks, a WWII anti-sonar device, a camera iris and a cannonball all helped create the most technologically advanced machine ever engineered by man.
S03:E06 - Bullet Train
Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections in Japan's Bullet Train, the world's first high speed train. It could not run without ancient charioteers, a crowbar, a medieval clock, the electric telegraph, and a 19th century luxury racing car.
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