[2] Each episode of Season 1 follows Hammond as he is given three days to learn how to operate various pieces of heavy equipment across the United States.

A trailer for the series was posted on BBC America's official website on March 19, 2012.

[1] The first episode of Crash Course aired on April 16, 2012, on BBC America, following the premiere of season 18 of Top Gear.

[4] The show's first episode features Hammond learning how to operate an American Army M1A2 Abrams tank at Fort Bliss.

[11] In Poland, the first series began airing on August 16, 2012 on BBC Knowledge, exactly four months after the original premiere.