Temperature: The Driving Force
Richard Hammond investigates the crucial role temperature plays in all weather. He builds a dust storm to discover how Saharan sand reaches the UK.
Richard Hammond investigates the crucial role temperature plays in all weather. Without heat, there would be no weather - no clouds, no rain, no snow, no dust storms, no thunder and lightning.
Richard sets off to find out about hot air and with the help of a quarry and a massive hot plate discovers just why it is so hard to pull a sword out of snow. He discovers, by building his own massive dust storm with the help of a few friends and dust specialist Dr Nigel Tapper, just how sand from the Sahara bounces its way to the UK.
In Canada he creates his own ice storm. He also drops in on Dan Morgan, who creates lightning bolts in his lab, where Richard is able to see thunder and hear lightning with the aid of some special cameras, light bulbs and a few candles.
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The Making of...Temperature: The Driving Force
Find out how the Wild Weather team whipped up a dust storm for the show.
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The Making of...Temperature: The Driving Force
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Hot hovering helicopters
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Richard Hammond |
Series Producer | Graham Booth |
Director | Graham Booth |
Executive Producer | Jane Aldous |
Executive Producer | Alice Keens-Soper |
Broadcasts
- Wed 18 Nov 2015 22:00
- Tue 24 Nov 2015 00:35
- Thu 1 Mar 2018 23:00
- Tue 10 Dec 2019 21:00
- Tue 20 Feb 2024 21:00
- Wed 21 Feb 2024 02:35
- Wed 25 Sep 2024 20:00
- Thu 26 Sep 2024 01:30
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