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I swore and it went dark but I'm absolutely fixed, Richard Hammond tells Jonathan Ross
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, in the final show of the current season, has an exclusive appearance from Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond visiting the Ross sofa for his first TV interview since his filming accident.
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He describes:
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 what he remembers immediately after the crash
- "I was driving and then it was two weeks later and I was in Leeds. There
was a sense of oh bugger. Apparently I was awake on the way to the helicopter
and I got a bit fight-y, I wanted to do a piece to camera, but my eyes were
pointing in different directions. I have no recollection of that, or the
first few weeks." "[When in a coma] I sort of heard stuff going on but I
wasn't in it for very long."
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his subsequent treatment
- "I had post-traumatic amnesia, five-second memory, it happens as a result of
brain injury. In hospital I was completely useless. I'd look at the menu and
order my favourite, cottage pie. Five minutes later it arrived and I said
that's great, it's my favourite, how did you know?"
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the aftermath
- "There was a point when I couldn't daydream. It was very frightening, very
strange. You're warned about things like personality change - but how would I
know?!"
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how he was physically unscathed
- "I had a slight scab on my shin, and that was it. All the damage was to my
brain."
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the impact on his family
- "For my whole family it wasn't very nice to see me in that state, and [my wife] Mindy
had to consider the thought of bringing up the kids on her own, but I was out
of it."
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and how his life is affected for the future
- "There's a real sense that I've been very lucky. They'd [the doctors] be
really cross if I did anything wrong. I can't drink for two years - only weak
lager, and only one or two. I'm sending Mindy to try and negotiate
that down. You just do exactly what they say." "[But] the insurance rate
hasn't gone up on my car!"
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Richard Hammond also confirms that he is looking forward to returning to Top Gear.
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"They'll
just be trusting me with sofas to test... Jeremy's been gushingly kind to me,
it would embarrass him to read about it... I wanted a T-shirt that said 'I'm
still poorly, you know'... next series we're doing a polar race, I'm really
looking forward to it."
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Jonathan also welcomes stand-up turned theatre star and Hollywood actor Lee
Evans and octogenarian actress and national treasure Liz Smith.
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Plus, there's
music from Jarvis Cocker performing Don't Let Him Waste Your
Time live in the studio, as well as a special Christmas treat in the form of
family favourite G4.
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross returns for a new season in 2007.
A Hotsauce TV/Open Mike production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One.
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Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, 10.35pm, 22 December 2006, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Μύ
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