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Richard Hammond's Workshop (2021)
I'm Hooked !
I've always enjoyed Richard Hammond's contribution to Top Gear, and as the three, Clarkson, May and Hammond have moved on to independent projects of their own, I was delighted to see that Hammond was going to engage in Classic Car Restoration, something that he has professed an interest in for a long time.
The concept of him joining force with a father and son who have years of experience and he using is financial clout to put them into a high tech workshop where the three of them can use their combined skills to take the business to a higher level, is simple and interesting. In the course of the first series some simple restoration work took place, Hammond struggled with the business planning / financial side of things, and the others gradually grew accustomed to having camera crews around a lot of the time.
All in all it works very well. The restoration work part of it is interesting and hopefully will take up a slightly larger proportion of future episodes. The relationship between the three of them involved works well and seems to be very genuine. I have seen some reviews that have criticised the storyline where Hammond has to sell his cars to finance the business. The point is made that he has sufficient net worth ($45 million) not to need to do that and it was just done to create artificial drama. I for one am not going to waste my time wondering about the real finances behind all of this. Controlling financial flow is part of any business and including it adds to the portrayal of their online story. As with any such documentary style show, I don't think it would be realistic to expect it to stick to the real life facts 100% there is a need for artistic licence. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed every episode and can't wait for Series Two.
I'm sure as time goes by it will develop from a very promising First Series into one that grows from strength to strength.