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How Do They Do It?

2014 • Discovery Channel
4.6
5 reviews
PG
Rating
Eligible

Season 12 episodes (20)

1 Episode 1
11/23/14
See how skyline logging wrangles Vancouver’s most elusive trees and watch as muscle and skill turns ordinary clay into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop.
2 Episode 2
11/23/14
Jet over to Spain and see one of the most advanced and powerful planes in the world assembled. LL Bean’s secret to making warm waterproof boots is revealed and discover how they get bananas just ripe.
3 Episode 3
11/23/14
How do they build a monorail above the world's most crowded streets? Plus, how do they craft Copenhagen's famous Flora Danica porcelain?
4 Episode 4
11/23/14
How do they use one of the slipperiest substances on Earth to make waterproof clothing for explorers, mountaineers and special forces soldiers?
5 Episode 5
11/23/14
How do they turn bitter oranges into the Queen's favourite breakfast spread, marmalade? Plus, how do they print out a dress fit for the catwalk?
6 Episode 6
11/23/14
How do they build heavy duty road rollers? How do they bake bread in a can? And how do they make a mobile phone with the care and precision of a Swiss watch?
7 Episode 7
11/23/14
How do they pick and process thousands of tonnes of grapefruit? And how do they build conveyor belts to carry millions of pieces of luggage every year?
8 Episode 8
11/23/14
How do they make the world's finest harp strings? How do they build roof windows that can keep out a hurricane? And how do they make Belgian waffles?
9 Episode 9
11/23/14
How do they turn scrap metal into luxury cookers? How do they hand-roll billions of sticks of incense? And how do they make jenever, the original form of gin?
10 Episode 10
11/23/14
How do they run a farm with robots? How do they build a machine to pick up 30 tonnes of logs in a single grab? And how do they move the world's most valuable pianos?
11 Episode 11
11/23/14
How do they build a towering scaffold from giant poles of bamboo? And how do they mine for the mineral that makes fireworks burn red?
12 Episode 12
11/23/14
How do they handcraft espadrille shoes? How do they make prefabricated houses? And how do they store priceless documents to keep them safe for hundreds of years?
13 Episode 13
11/23/14
How do they harvest and process the world’s toughest and most expensive nut? How do they turn lake water into tap water? And how do they hold back thousands of fans at gigs?
14 Episode 14
11/23/14
How do they build the biggest apartment block on the planet? How do they make the classic British boot? And how do they make cooking pans tough enough to last a lifetime?
15 Episode 15
11/23/14
How do they craft the classic Indian instrument, the sitar? How do they make beef biltong? And how do they build monster bulldozers?
16 Episode 16
11/23/14
How do they fashion the iconic fedora hat? How do they make the cement that builds the world? And how do they harvest and freeze millions of peas in under three hours?
17 Episode 17
11/23/14
How do they turn goat fleeces into fabrics? How do they build a quad bike that turns into a jet-ski and how do they create the instrument of angels – the harp?
18 Episode 18
11/23/14
Simple things are often the products of the most extraordinary, highly-sophisticated engineering and production processes. Peel back the layers of industry.
19 Episode 19
11/23/14
How do they keep the crooks from cracking into your credit card? And how do they lift a 1000-ton ship 70 metres into the air while it is still in the water?
20 Episode 20
11/23/14
How do they build massive tunnels to prevent blackouts in one of the world’s biggest cities? And how do they turn millions of hectares of pine forest into perfect pieces of timber?

About this show

Prepare to expand your mind as HOW DO THEY DO IT? goes behind-the-scenes to explore the manufacturing and operation of a variety of ordinary objects. Meet the problem-solving engineers and the visionary industrial designers who constantly strive to improve our modern world. This series explores creation and production behind parmesan and bagels and how Niagara Falls was formed.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
5 reviews