On the Edge: My Story by Richard Hammond

'I thought of Mindy, the kids, the dogs and our house. And I thought of that sodding crash and the pain it had caused'

Richard Hammond was an adrenalin junkie long before joining Top Gear. From the small boy showing off his bicycle stunts to the adolescent with a near-obsessive attraction to speed, he then worked in local radio before graduating to television. It was while filming for Top Gear, driving a jet-powered dragster at speeds of over 300mph, that a tyre burst and the car crashed leaving him hovering near death with a serious brain injury.

On the Edge is a compelling account of his life before and after the accident. His wife Mindy tells of the anxious hours and days of watching and waiting until he finally emerged from the coma. She and Richard then piece together the stages of his recovery as his shattered mind slowly reformed, culminating in Richard's return home and his triumphant reappearance in front of the cameras.