Richard Hammond

bennyx_o

Richard Hammond will be on Jonathon Ross on Friday night. 10:35pm on BBC1

Big Nelly

bennyx_o wrote:

Richard Hammond will be on Jonathon Ross on Friday night. 10:35pm on BBC1

Must watch this to see how hamster is getting on!!

bennyx_o

Also, Top Gear is back on the 28th of January on BBC2.

Captain Slow IRL

cool!:cool:
have to tape it, christmas do on friday night - roll on holidays:D

Kinetic^

This is on now

johnnyrotten

23.46 Hammond on now

feylya

Enjoyed the interview. He seemed a bit confused or something. Loved the bit about the kids and the eyepatch though

trout

just watched it ... great to see him back on the telly

i thought he looked a little shook still, and not terribly comfortable ... although he was sharp witted and engaging as ever

chuffed to bits that he's doing so well & looking forward to the return of top gear

RobertFoster

Good interview. You could certainly picture Clarkson starting the show like Hammond suggested in the pact: "As I'm sure you've heard, XYZ died tragically earlier this week. Anyway..."

If Hammond's got stick over something as trivial as his teeth getting whiter, I can't wait to see what happens on the first episode of the new series

dudara

He seemed a little more subdued, but still as good as ever. The eyepatch story was quite funny

Barr

Great interview - he looks as good as new

Although not being able to drink alcohol for 2 years is a bit of a bitch but at least his now developed a taste for celery lol

mike65

I just watched the interview and I'd imagine he views that chat as the last word on the matter. He must be heartily sick and tired of talking about it.

Pity about the celery alright.

Mike.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Barr wrote:

Great interview - he looks as good as new

Although not being able to drink alcohol for 2 years is a bit of a bitch but at least his now developed a taste for celery lol

Nothing better than a bit of 'weak lager'

grimloch

I think I saw his hands shaking a fair few times throughout the interview, not looking particularly comfortable, although that may have been just me.

zuutroy

Yep, thought it was just me inventing things, but he was definitely not 'himself'. A little bit confused I thought. I suppose it'll be easier to tell when top gear returns as I hadnt seen much of him outside of it anyway, so maybe thats how he normally is!

Tanabe

Sorry to have missed this interview. Is it youtubed or anything yet? Go on the hampster;)

Beekay

Pt.1 -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWFK8GB1Hc
pt.2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772KpokzjdE&mode=related&search=

superape

The BBC website has a couple of pics from the crash, from Top Gear magazine...



more here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6273973.stm

Dilbert75

http://www.richardhammond.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=30

"Just days after doctors gave Richard Hammond the all clear, he was back in the saddle of a 170bhp Honda FireBlade.

The motorcycling weekly 'Motorcycle News' (MCN) gave Hammond the opportunity on the dull and damp streets of London.

Seconds after his ride he said "That’s why I ride a bike. I can come out of a TV studio or the big meeting doing grown up stuff but the moment I get on a bike I’m exactly the same person I was 15 or 20 years ago."

'I just can’t believe how good that was.' 'Even though I haven’t been on a bike since before my accident, it’s a bit of a grim wet day and I feel really out of practice it just makes perfect sense.'

'That ride, the quick wobbly ride with me looking like a nobber just made me realise why I love bikes and just what I started riding for all those years ago. Every ride I have ever done, all those rides in the pissing rain on a 50 back when I was 16, the commutes on a GSX-R750, chugging around on my Harley, stringing loads of miles together on my BMW R1150GS, they all make sense and came back to me in a split second.'

'I’m finding it fairly hard to work out how I feel because just getting back on a bike has been incredible.' It’s not like I had forgotten how to ride but I did have to really think about what I was doing. It still felt perfectly natural just my naturally cautious riding temperament has perhaps gone up a notch or two.'

For bikers, London can be a dangerous place. 'I've ridden in London for a long time and I do just assume everyone is trying to kill me but that natural survival instinct was even stronger today. I felt a natural connection to every single ride I have ever taken in my life. Seconds after heading out on to the roads I felt that feeling of total escape, total concentration was back with me. I do love cars but bikes are completely allied to freedom in my head.'

Richard went on the thank the readers of MCN. 'Some of the funniest goodwill messages were sent to me by bikers. I'm not going down the whole argument of 'we're used to disaster' but I think we all have a much clearer understanding of what life is all about."