As You Do

Reissue.

The wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of a very brave and clever TV presenter, Arctic Explorer and general drawer of the Short Straw.

Moving quickly on from the devastating crash that nearly killed him he ranges widely over his life and times: a visit to Glastonbury with James May reminds of him of his early years of playing in a band and how and why he never quite made it as a rock star; the stunts and other perils that come his way like the TopGear North Pole race (why is it Richard who is out in the howling elements in a dog sled whilst the others are in the heated cab of an all-terrain vehicle?), Africa where he falls in love with and repatriates a stray car, and the US (once to be chased by Rednecks in middle America, the other in pursuit of his mad hero Evel Knievel); his passion for cars, what he owns and why and although he loves his wife why it is a toss-up whether he says hello to the wife or the cars first.

About The Author

Richard Hammond is internationally famous for co-presenting Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May; he also presents Total Wipeout on BBC1 and past credits include Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1, Should I Worry About...? on BBC 1, Time Commanders on BBC 2, Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show on ITV1 and the BBC2 quiz show Petrolheads. He also writes a weekly column in the Daily Mirror. In 2009 Richard won a Children's Bafta for his CBBC show Richard Hammond's Blast Lab. His crash whilst filming for Top Gear in September 2006 made him a household name.