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Richard Hammond Lands First Ever Channel 4 Show With ‘Crazy Contraptions’
22.03.2022 - 12:15 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Top Gear and The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond has landed his first ever show on Channel 4, Deadline can reveal.
Hammond is helming Richard Hammond’s Crazy Contraptions from All3Media-backed UK indie Optomen, in which engineering enthusiasts from around the UK must battle to create the most ingenious contraptions using everyday objects.
While adding a Robot Wars-style competitive element, the commission represents something of a comeback for the popular science format. Shows such as Sky’s Brainiac: Science Abuse, which Hammond presented, have been few and far between of late.
Deadline understands Crazy Contraptions is being lined up for a family-friendly Sunday afternoon/evening slot.
Teams of contestants will go head-to-head to build their own Chain Reaction Machines – mechanisms that are made from everyday materials that complete basic domestic tasks in the most complicated way possible. With contestants having access to a workshop and purpose-built home environment to test their invention, they will be given the challenge each week of designing, creating and showcasing a new construction. At the end of each episode, contestants will be judged based on their ingenuity, design and build-quality, with one team eliminated from the competition every week, before a champion is crowned in the seventh and final episode.
Hammond, known worldwide for presenting the BBC’s Top Gear and Amazon’s The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, will be joined by Zach Umperovitch, who was described as “the world’s leading authority on Chain Reaction Machines” by Channel 4.
Hammond, who has never worked for Channel 4 before, said he had tried to build a Chain Reaction Machine during lockdown and his “failed attempt made me
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