Episode 8
Richard Hammond's Workshop (Season 2, 2022)
Top Gear's Richard Hammond is back on Discovery+ for a brand new series of Richard Hammond's Workshop, as he opens a classic car restoration business in his home town in Herefordshire, England. Will he make the vroom vrooms go faster? You'll have to tune in and find out...
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Transcript
Well, a welcome bit of light relief over on Discovery. Plus, it's the return of Richard Hammond's workshop. Here we go again, another year.
I am aware some of the ideas I've had have been a bit . This I believe is a good one. He put his money. Where is mouthpiece? You've gotta speculate to accumulate, but will this business wipe the smile off his face? Buzz?
Bad. Bad. Why is
nothing ever simple?
Oh. The hamster Hammond, I mean, what, what, what can you say?
Um, he's got a second series, so he has. This is an interesting one because I think everyone assumed that because it's Richard Hammond, it would automatically this business do really, really well. And he's teamed up with the mechanics, the people that know what they do, and he's kind of the, he, he loves cars and he's fronting it.
And the celebrity status, really, it should be a winning combination, shouldn't it? But what we're finding out is, of course, it, it's actually not making a penny. In fact, it's, you know, it, it, he talks about it, you know, possibly going. So it's called the smallest, um, co his business and it specializes in restoring, um, classic cars.
And then they are, then the camera crew basically follows them. And it's funny because, I mean, Richard just has a really good. Command of TV, I suppose, and what he does. And he's very kind of engaging and you see him do an interview with um, Susanna Reid off gmb and they're chatting away and it's all quite funny.
And the rapport he's got with the guys that work there is really good. But essentially they need to do something quite big to turn it around cause he can't just keep pouring thousands of pounds worth into the business despite probably. Almost definitely being paid to do a TV show. It doesn doesn't quite work like that.
So you see him trying to run the business? I, I, I have to say I, I thought he looked really tired in, in this, um, series. I thought he just looked a bit exhausted by it all. But, you know, it happens to us all. To be fair, I think one of the guys actually suggested he should have some makeup on, which was sort of made me laugh a bit.
It's, I, I, I really enjoy it. I don't think you have to be a carb boss. I don't think, I don't think that matters at all. I think he's a likable character. Um, you, you, you see him trying to teach his, um, his daughter to drive, which every parent probably dreads, so that brings some laughs to Yeah. De definitely wants watch.
And I, I think it's a, it would be a great shame if he doesn't actually make it work. So fingers crossed that they.
Yeah, I, I'm a fan of the hamster and what I particularly like about this is she really opens up his family life to the cameras in this cuz you see him, um, well his wife gets involved in the business, she comes to visit, then you see him with his daughter who's got ponies and he's helping her kind of feed the, the ponies and the donkey.
So you get real sense of his, his home life. Um, And yeah, there's a bit of jeopardy. Will the business survive? Will they get any clients? So yeah, I enjoyed it. Um, glad to see it back.
