How Do They Do It?
An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
Episodes
1Fugu, Freight Trains, Scottish Tartan
22 minJun 3, 2011
How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? And how do Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts?
2Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears
22 minJun 10, 2011
How do they design and produce the ultimate kingpin bowling ball? How do they raise and lower Tower Bridge? And how do they produce millions of gummy bears a day?...
3Island Prison, Mailboxes, Jam
22 minJun 17, 2011
How do they run Ryker's Island, one of the biggest jails in the world? How do they make the famous Royal Mail post box? And how do they turn fruit...
4Brewery, Playing Cards, Gulfstream
22 minJun 24, 2011
How do they make playing cards that can defeat a cheat? How do they brew a billion bottles of lager a year? And how do they make the world's most...
5Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British Library
22 minJul 1, 2011
How do they put the holes in Swiss cheese? How do they restore and improve a classic battle tank? And how do robotic librarians run one of the world's biggest...
6Pretzels, Gondolas, Pearls
22 minJul 15, 2011
How do they persuade an oyster to grow a perfect pearl? How do they put the twist in classic Pennsylvania pretzels? And how do they build Venice's traditional gondolas?
7Roulette Tables, Olive Oil, Batmobile
22 minJul 22, 2011
How do they make a perfectly unpredictable roulette wheel? How do they produce the world's purest olive oil? And how can a rusty wreck be transformed into a classic Batmobile?
8Ice Rink, Car Plant
22 minJul 29, 2011
How do they instruct robots to mass-produce cars, and how do they transform the world's biggest football stadium into its largest ice hockey arena? Find out.
9Duck Calls, Wasabi, Accordions
22 minAug 5, 2011
How do they craft accordions? How do they make the wasabi that puts a kick in Japan's raw fish? And how do they produce duck calls that can trick birds?
10Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills
22 minAug 26, 2011
How do they make the Japanese toilets that treat you to a wash and blow dry? How has the US Navy built a helicopter that doesn't need a pilot?
1124 Hours of Daytona, Rum
22 minOct 18, 2011
How do they keep the cars of Daytona on track for 24 hours of high speed racing, and how do they turn the sweetest sugar cane into world-renowned Caribbean rum?
12Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer Cleats
22 minOct 19, 2011
How do they farm sturgeon for caviar? How do they mould centuries of history into the finest Japanese porcelain? How do they make world-class football boots?
13Bomb Squad, Cider, Husqvarna
22 minOct 27, 2011
How do they find and defuse thousands of World War II landmines? How do they make crisp tasting cider? How do they clear undergrowth with a thin strip of nylon...
14Circus, Guitars
22 minDec 1, 2011
How do they set up a 1,700 seat circus tent in just 36 hours, and how do they turn Japanese maple and mahogany into the coolest instruments on earth -...
15Taiko Drums, Green Factory, Pasta
22 minDec 8, 2011
How is a 700-year-old tree made into a two tonne Japanese drum? How can a factory produce thousands of cars and stay green? And how do Italians make great tasting...
16Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino Security
22 minDec 15, 2011
How does the German city of Frankfurt produce their famous frankfurter sausages? How are the world's most accurate rifles manufactured? How do casinos stop card cheats?
17Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Parcels
22 minDec 29, 2011
How are millions of parcels delivered around the world every day? How do they make cricket bats that can hit a ball at 150kmph?
18Powerboats, Swiss Watches, Wallpaper
22 minJan 5, 2012
How do they build powerboats that can go faster than sports cars? How do they produce Swiss watches? How do they create wallpaper fit for palaces?
19Submarine Rescue, Subaru
22 minJan 12, 2012
How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? Submarine rescue specialists test the ability of the world's navies to respond to an underwater emergency.
20Cruise Ship, Truffles, Asphault
22 minJan 19, 2012
How do they guide the world's largest cruise ships under low bridges? How do they find Alba's famous white truffles? How do they mine Trinidad's natural asphalt lake?
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