Richard Hammond: The heartbreaking conversation that I am STILL avoiding!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Lying in a weeks long coma after being involved in a car crash at 300 miles per hour, you may wonder about the life path that led Richard Hammond to that hospital bed and the personality behind his miraculous recovery. From a short school boy desperate for attention to one of the nations favourite trio of petrol heads, Richard has always been either driven or driving. Despite labelling himself just a very lucky guy and thinking success was for other people, his infectious enthusiasm has made him a national icon. In this wide ranging conversation Richard discusses everything from why Top Gear was the success it was, what he saw on the brink of death, and why cars have always had such a deep emotional appeal to him. Richard: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3IjRbO3 Twitter - https://bit.ly/3XvUdCV Youtube @Drivetribe Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.8	American Express. It was answering a question that had always wondered.
0:33.0	Well, am I going to die?
0:35.0	It was like, oh, it's now.
0:39.0	Would you please welcome?
0:41.0	Richard Hammond!
0:43.0	People see top gear presenter presenter,
0:45.0	one of the biggest TV shows in history.
0:48.0	It's fair to say that he has the best job in the world.
0:51.0	Be funny, quicker, India.
0:54.0	Every compensatory measure that anybody who's diminutive in height has ever made I've done.
1:01.0	It's one of the reasons I'm a broadcaster now, sure. There's a cost about
1:04.7	though? Yeah. What's the cost? Was there a moment in the journey of top gear
1:09.6	where you thought yourself, this is big? We went out in front of 60,000 people and just before I
1:14.1	now I said lad are three guys with less talent ever gone out in front of more people?
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