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Richard Hammond
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Biography
Born: Richard Mark Hammond on 19 December 1969, in Solihull, West Midlands.
Richard Hammond, nicknamed 'Hamster', is an English television and radio presenter best known for co-presenting the television programme Top Gear along with James May and Jeremy Clarkson from 2002 onwards, and co-hosting the live annual motoring show, MPH, in Earls Court and Birmingham NEC, alongside Tiff Needell and Jeremy Clarkson.
He also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse and writes a weekly column, which can be read in the motoring section of The Daily Mirror each Friday.
In September 2006 he had a serious brain injury sustained in a high-speed (288.3 mph, 464.0 km/h) crash during filming for Top Gear. At the end of January 2007, after Hammond recovered from his injuries, Hammond returned to Top Gear.
