A famous person-- -- Richard Hammond

Biography
Hammond was born in Birmingham, the grandson of workers in the automobile industry.

Radio and television career

Richard Hammond

Early in his career, Hammond worked at many radio stations, including Radio York, Radio Cumbria, Radio Leeds, and Radio Lancashire,^[2] before going on to present a number of daytime lifestyle shows and motoring programmes on Men & Motors.

In July 2005 Hammond was voted number one in a heat magazine poll of top "weird celebrity crushes." Also in 2005 he was voted one of the top 10 British TV talents.^[3]

Brainiac: Science Abuse

In 2003, Hammond became the first presenter of Brainiac: Science Abuse; he was joined by Jon Tickle with Charlotte Hudson joining in series 2. After the fourth series it was announced that Richard Hammond was no longer going to present the show due to his signing an exclusive deal with the BBC. Vic Reeves took his place as main presenter.^[4]

brainiac

Brainiac is a common modern term used to describe someone exceedingly smart in a certain field.


Series 1 featured a wide variety of experiments including testing to see whether a mobile phone would ignite petrol vapors, walking on custard and testing the effects of electric shocks on various Brainiacs.

Series 2 saw the start of "Brainiac Snooker", in which World Snooker professional Quinten Hann would pot the last six balls on a table into the pocket causing the caravan rigged with a different explosive to explode.

Series 3 featured Brainiac Golf (much like Brainiac Snooker, only this time with different salts to colour the explosions).

Series 4 introduced Brainiac Darts, where Bobby George threw a perfect set, always finishing on the Double Top which triggered the explosion of a caravan, and a new "I Can Do Science Me" which is set around auditions. It also introduced a new feature called "Brainiac for a Day" where contestants could bring an item of their choice to blow up.

Series 5 Vic Reeves took over as host from Richard Hammond. This was announced before Hammond's car accident in September 2006.

My comment: I hope for Brainiac documentaries to be filmed on Arts central!