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Robert Llewellyn explores how the Blue Angels flying team performs breathtaking stunts at breakneck speeds, and discovers the techniques used to keep a ski slope cold in the middle of the desert. He also examines the skill of chefs who prepare some of the world's finest sushi
Explosives experts prepare to sink out-of-service warship the USS General Hoyt S Vandenberg, to create a new wreck site for divers. Plus, Robert Llewellyn finds out how engineers have installed revolutionary bearings in the foundations of San Francisco buildings, allowing them to move during earthquakes
Robert Llewellyn investigates the process of turning waste paper into glossy magazines at the Leipa mill in Schwedt, Germany. He also finds out how plug-in hybrid sports car the Fisker Karma's design means it can reach 125mph while barely burning any petrol
Robert Llewellyn learns about the robots used to build cars, investigates how bottles are sealed using tree bark and reveals the process behind making sea water drinkable.
Robert Llewellyn reveals how the power of the sun is harnessed to generate electricity, and explores the manufacturing process behind colour-changing lenses. He also examines how a falling aircraft can be caught with a parachute
This episode features information on how a classic cowboy hat is fashioned, how deep-sea workers train for their hazardous jobs and how airline food is manufactured and delivered.
Robert Llewellyn finds out how iron is turned into stainless steel with the addition of chromium, and explores the construction process of the world's biggest production bike, the Triumph Rocket III. He also investigates how trees in the dense eucalyptus forests of Quinta da Cruz in Portugal are turned into paper.
Robert Llewellyn explores the construction of an underground railway in the South African city of Johannesburg, and finds out how small observation satellites built in Surrey are used by relief agencies to get an instant picture of natural disasters. Plus, the transportation of freshly cut flowers around the world.
Robert explores how the world's biggest sharks are looked after at the world's largest aquarium, how luxury cars are made and how the world's toughest glass is manufactured.
In this episode we learn how NASA operates its large satellites, how a huge oil tanker is docked, and how stretch limousines are created.
Robert looks at the secrets behind some of the world's most expensive perfumes, the genius recycling solution invented to solve Singapore's waste and overcrowding problems, and how salty sea water can be turned into a source of power.
Robert learns how passenger jets complete thousands of successful journeys every year when he visits a state-of-the-art engineering facility in Dubai. He scopes out one of the world's biggest nuclear power stations. And art meets science at the Steinway factory, as the mechanics of the grand piano go under the microscope.
We learn how rubbish is turned into electricity, how the world's fastest street car is produced, and how some of the world's sharpest swords are constructed.
Robert Llewellyn finds out how a company in the Netherlands manufactures some of the world's largest propellers. He learns about the maintenance of the two-storey hybrid magnet at Florida State University, which weighs more than 31 tons, and explores a new automatic crash-response system developed for use in cars
Robert Llewellyn finds out how Singapore - one of the world's busiest container ports - handles up to 1,000 ships a day. He also discovers the process used to mine oil reserves beneath the Canadian wilderness, and explores the challenge faced by the British Film Institute in safely storing reels of flammable film stock from the early days of cinema.
