Richard Hammond (The Grand Tour) and Tory Belleci (MythBusters) are uniting for a new Amazon series in which they find themselves shipwrecked in mysterious circumstances, stranded on a remote yet beautiful desert island.
Rather than sitting around waiting to be rescued, the pair decide to take matters into their own hands as they use all of their engineering and expert scientific prowess not only to survive, but to construct an out-of-this-world, paradise island playground.
The series follows Amazon’s previous announcement that The Grand Tour presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Executive Producer Andy Wilman will each make individual projects for Prime Video in addition to a run of more The Grand Tour road trip specials.
Produced by Chimp Productions, the as yet untitled six part series will be available exclusively on Prime Video in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.
“Somebody needs to take hold of Popular Science as a genre and reinvent it for a new age. And there are only two people to do that job. Unfortunately neither of them are available so it’s me and Tory Belleci,” said Hammond.
“At Chimp, we’ve assembled the absolute A-Team when it comes to this genre, and, working with Amazon, who have demonstrated their faith in us by commissioning this hugely ambitious show, we shall create something genuinely fresh and new on a scale of greatness never before seen.
“There’s every chance that both Tory and I shall make it back from the island alive and sane…Probably.”
Tory Belleci said: “I’m so excited to be working with Richard for the first time. This is gonna get crazy!”
“We are delighted to announce this new project with Richard and to welcome Tory to Amazon Studios,” said Georgia Brown, Director of European Amazon Original Series.
“This show is all about going to the extremes to pull off the impossible and with this outstanding duo at the helm, I can’t wait to see what lengths they will go to in order to create a series that is sure to stun and delight our viewers across the globe.”
