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  <name><![CDATA[Richard Hammond]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Richard Hammond is a British TV presenter, most noted for co-hosting car programme &lt;I&gt;Top Gear&lt;/I&gt; alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting &lt;I&gt;Brainiac: Science Abuse&lt;/I&gt; on Sky1, &lt;I&gt;Should I Worry About...?&lt;/I&gt; on BBC One and Total Wipeout, also on BBC One and &lt;I&gt;Richard Hammonds Blast Lab&lt;/I&gt; on CBBC. He has also presented several one-off specials such as ITV's &lt;I&gt;The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend&lt;/I&gt; and the annual Crufts awards.

In 2006, Hammond suffered a life-threatening crash at speeds of over 280mph in a jet engine powered dragster racing car. He recovered months later and continued his presenting work.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Solihull, West Midlands</hometown>  <born_at>12/19/1969</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[What Not to Drive]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Or is That Just Me?]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Can You Feel The Force?]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Richard Hammond's Car Confidential: The Odd, the Mad, the Bad and the Curious]]></title>
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