Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
Water: The Shape Shifter
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
The host continues his investigation into the secrets of weather, focusing on the crucial role played by water, without which there would be no rain, no hail and no clouds. Mixing experiments with contributions from scientists, Richard goes in search of water in all its forms, discovering how rain could crush a car, trying to build his own cloud, getting involved in starting an avalanche and finding out how something as fragile as a snowflake can travel at speeds of up to 250mph on the ground
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond airs on BBC Four HD at 8:00 PM, Wednesday 18 September. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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Richard Hammond
Presenter
Graham Booth
Director
Jane Aldous
Executive Producer
Alice Keens-Soper
Executive Producer