How Do They Do It?

Station:
Discovery (GB)

Status:
Ended

Start:
2006-05-06

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As the modern world becomes increasingly sophisticated and mechanised, we grow further removed from the way things are made and how things are done - from the miraculous feats of engineering which underpin life in the 21st Century.

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S16E1 - Peppermint, Tennis Racquets

How does one family in America make three quarters of the world's peppermint oil? Also, how do they make state-of-the-art, performance-enhancing tennis rackets?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E2 - Trombone, Spanish Bota

How do they make a trombone? How do they make traditional Spanish wineskins? And, how do they turn smelly muddy peat into rejuvenating face cream?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E3 - Surfboards, Satchels, Butter

Over 35 million people love to surf, so how do they make the perfect board for catching waves? Plus, the world eats 10 million tonnes of butter a year -...

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E4 - Horse Air Transport, Chess Sets, Food Photography

Top race horses are given VIP treatment to get to their new owners, how are they transported? Plus, what creative methods do they use to photograph food?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E5 - Stainless Steel, Safe Locks

How do they produce a million tonnes of stainless steel? How do they keep cash safe with an uncrackable lock? How do they make traditional Indian sugar?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E6 - Geoduck, Steam Trains

Many items that make up the modern world are the result of sophisticated engineering and production processes. How do they do it?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E7 - Bufori Cars, Sports Whistles

How do they build one of the world's most exclusive luxury cars? How do they make a referee's whistle that can be heard above 50,000 screaming fans?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E8 - Pile Drivers, Cricket Bats

How do they turn English willow into cricket bats for India's finest cricketers? And, how do they construct the foundations for tall buildings?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E9 - Tractors, Cowbells

How do they build a tractor every three minutes to power Indian agriculture? How do they cast the bronze bells that help Swiss farmers keep track of their cows?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E10 - Bird's Nest Soup, Rowing Oars

How do they collect millions of real birds' nests to make birds' nest soup? Plus, how do they use aerospace technology to make rowers go faster?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E11 - Turbochargers, Plastic Roads

How do they quadruple the power of the world's biggest engines with the most powerful turbochargers? How do they build new roads from old waste plastic?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E12 - Sails, Ceremonial Swords

How do they harness the wind to power a racing yacht to Olympic gold? How do they make a sword fit for an officer at the world's largest sword factory?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E13 - Guitar Amplifier, Clay Pots

How do they make the amplifier used by rock legends, the famous Marshall amp? Plus, how do they turn wet clay into frost-proof garden pots?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E14 - Petronas Window Cleaners

How do they clean the world's tallest twin towers? How do they make a jigsaw where every piece is unique? How do they craft Olympic level hockey sticks?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E15 - RVs, Chupa Chups

How do they fit all the features of a luxury apartment into a motorhome? And, how do they make a ballet shoe that can take the weight of a dancer...

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E16 - Mushrooms, Maps

How do they grow nearly 200,000 tonnes of mushrooms a year in the mushroom capital of the world? And, how do they make billions of life-saving gloves?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E17 - Fertiliser, Maple Syrup

How do they mine a million tonnes of fertiliser from below the sea? How do they hand print millions of colourful clothes using the art of batik?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E18 - Basmati Rice, Mechanical Birds

How do they turn thousands of tonnes of basmati rice into millions of microwaveable meals? How do they craft beautiful mechanical singing birds?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E19 - Hearing Aids, Trains

How do they make an almost invisible hearing aid that connects wirelessly to a phone? How do they build the carriages for London's new underground railway?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)

S16E20 - Remotely Operated Vehicles

How do they build remote-controlled underwater robots to do jobs too dangerous for human divers? How do they make the world's most cuddly teddy bears?

Air Date: 01 Jul 2020 16:00 (CDT)