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How Do They Do It?

Season 14 2017
TV-G

  • 2017-01-07T03:00:00Z on Discovery
  • 25m
  • 7h 20m (20 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
How Do They Do It? Ever wondered how the stripes get into toothpaste or how contact lenses are made? How do goods get from one country to another and then into our supermarkets? What are car tires made from and exactly why are plasma TV screens flat? Eating, drinking, driving, flying. These all are activities that we carry out with barely a second thought. But have you ever wondered what exactly goes into your teabag and how it got there? How does an airport handle hundreds of thousands of items of luggage each day? And just how can a car’s airbag inflate so quickly? Every day – often without even realizing it – we come into contact with technology, be it in the bathroom, in the car or on the golf course. We take a look at how things work, and focus on some of the most amazing examples of everyday objects including the world’s fastest elevator and the most expensive chocolate money can buy.

20 episodes

Season Premiere

2017-01-07T03:00:00Z

14x01 Aluminium Cans, Cuckoo Clocks, Paddleboards

Season Premiere

14x01 Aluminium Cans, Cuckoo Clocks, Paddleboards

  • 2017-01-07T03:00:00Z22m

How do they turn used aluminium cans into planes and rockets? Plus, how do they carve the traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock?

How do they build the ultimate car crushing colossus? Plus, how do Lea and Perrins concoct their Worcestershire sauce?

2017-01-14T03:00:00Z

14x03 Mardi Gras

14x03 Mardi Gras

  • 2017-01-14T03:00:00Z22m

A look at how the amazing, and massive, decorations on Mardi Gras carnival floats are created, how rock candy is twisted together, and a look at how dentures are made.

How do they harvest and treat the world's most expensive tea? Plus, how does the Siekierki power plant of Warsaw, Poland heat half the city's homes?

How do they engineer the latest incarnation of the classic Royal Enfield Continental GT motorbike? Plus, how do 'art detectives' spot a forgery?

How do they blend science and destruction at crash test centres? And how do they piece together the complex mechanism of a pocket sized umbrella?

How do they extract iron ore from one of the most remote mines on the planet? And how do they make chandeliers that are fit for a queen?

How do they forge the blades to crack open oyster shells? Plus, how do scientists in a lab grow the synthetic diamonds of the future?

How do they make cheddar, the world's most popular cheese? How do they breathe life into Rususci Anne - the plastic woman that teaches CPR?

How do Ford produce the ubiquitous white van, the Transit? Plus, how do they ensure the Driza-bone coat lives up to its name?

How do they make wood burning stoves that bring warmth to the bleak Norwegian winter? Plus, how do build the synthesiser that changed music forever?

How do they assemble the reinvented Morgan 3 Wheeler? Plus, how do they protect firefighters' hands from heat, flame and chemical attack?

How do they make wind turbines with twice the wingspan of a Boeing? Plus, how do they mould car tyres from the ooze of a tree?

How they make the tank piercing super bullet; how they forge the infamous torture weapon, the dentist's drill.

Giant Floating Power Stations; The World's Smallest Aircraft.

Crayons for Children and Artists; Mirrors in India.

Race Cars That Run on Electricity; Mead.

Steam-Powered Paddleboats on the Mississippi River; The Waterfall Defense System.

Modern Paving Stones; A Traditionally Tailored Tuxedo.

Fire Gloves for Emergency Services Personnel; The Enamel Used for Baking.

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