Watch Richard Hammond's Big

Richard Hammond investigates the cutting-edge machine technology that makes the world's biggest engineering projects possible, and with special inside access, he reveals what it takes to operate this hi-tech equipment.

Richard Hammond goes behind-the-scenes of the world's longest underground railway connection to uncover how hi-tech equipment helps engineers blast through solid rock to create a cutting-edge train line over a mile beneath the earth's surface.

Richard Hammond meets the engineering team that runs one of the biggest dams on earth, a cutting-edge behemoth that uses the latest technology to withstand the weight of 200 million tons of water and power an entire city.

Richard Hammond travels to one of the most remote places on the planet: a giant oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico; his special access reveals the cutting-edge engineering behind this hi-tech facility and its record-breaking drills.

Richard Hammond goes behind-the-scenes of a new, ground-breaking football stadium to uncover how hi-tech engineering created a cutting-edge innovation: a retractable soccer field that rolls back to reveal a world-first NFL field.

Richard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Richard Hammond joins the crew of one of the biggest ships on earth, a monster cargo vessel that uses cutting-edge engineering and the latest tech to deliver vital materials on a non-stop 28,000-mile voyage.

Richard Hammond climbs aboard the US Air Force's biggest cargo plane, an airborne behemoth that uses cutting-edge engineering and the latest technology to fly vital equipment and heavy-duty military vehicles across the planet.

Richard Hammond goes behind-the-scenes at the biggest car factory in the world, where workers use cutting-edge engineering and the latest technology to build a new car every 16 seconds.