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MONDAY OCTOBER 3

RICHARD HAMMOND’S WORKSHOP

The Hamster gets serious

Screening: Eden, 8.30pm

Streaming: ThreeNow

It might be a bit harsh to call it a midlife crisis, but Richard Hammond’s new series is centred on a very real punt the impish TV veteran has taken as he enters his fifties. When the father-and-son firm that had for years been helping restore the former presenter’s collection of classic cars lost its lease,

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