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Episode Guide
How Do They Do It?: Season 9 (2012)
- Season 9 Episode 20: Skydiving Suits; Surstromming; Hemp-crete
Transforming weeds into walls using a substance made out of hemp and concrete. Plus, how skydiving suits help people fly, and the production of the Swedish fish dish surstromming
- Season 9 Episode 19: The Social Network; Zubrowka; Aerial Cable Car
The manufacture of the world's most expensive cable cars, how Zubrowka vodka is made from grass and the production of fast tractor mowing machines
- Season 9 Episode 18: EPISODE: 18
The transformation of trees into viscose clothing, the production of carbonated cola drinks and the making of traditional English snuff
- Season 9 Episode 17: EPISODE: 17
The supply of quality steaks to New York City, the production of surround-sound home cinema systems and the production and testing of tennis balls
- Season 9 Episode 16: EPISODE: 16
How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.
- Season 9 Episode 15: EPISODE: 15
The production of tequila from cactus plants in Mexico, and the creation of the best tennis balls. Plus, how steam helps to power New York City
- Season 9 Episode 14: Liferafts; Mind Control; Stamps
Building a liferaft that will hold 150 people; golfers improve their shots with mind control; designing Jubilee postage stamps.
- Season 9 Episode 13: Guitars, Rope Access, Fast Tractor
Exploring the creation of classical guitars and watercraft able to mimic dolphins' movements. Plus, how climbers maintain the blades on wind turbines
- Season 9 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12
The processes involved in using paraffin to make gouda cheese, the building of powerful Scania trucks, and how the world's biggest DNA database helps to solve crime
- Season 9 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11
An insight into the techniques used to farm mussels, how NFL footballs are made and the design of fighter pilot helmets
- Season 9 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10
How do they grow the world's favorite ice cream flavor; build the anchors for the world's largest ships; produce 12 million lighters a year.
- Season 9 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9
A look at the preparation of traditional Tennessee whiskey, the inner workings of night-vision goggles and the relaxing properties of Finnish saunas
- Season 9 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8
The production of steel cables capable of supporting a 50,000-tonne bridge, and why modern hunters still use medieval weaponry
- Season 9 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7
The series explores the development of trucks capable of crossing swamps, and how volcanoes contribute to the production of gaucamole
- Season 9 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6
The technology series reveals how New York is able to run on steam, and details the processes perfected by Belgian monks responsible for making some of the world's finest beers
- Season 9 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5
The way billions of bees help produce tons of Californian almonds, how snow is cleared to keep planes functional in Norway, and the removal of tricky stains
- Season 9 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4
The construction of working miniature airports, the design of houses to withstand hurricanes and the cultivation of rhubarb in the dark
- Season 9 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3
The rounding-up of escaped pythons in Florida, the making of Panama hats, and how drivers are kept safe in the world's longest tunnel
- Season 9 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2
The construction of Formula One racing cars, America's best-selling multi-tool and Finnish Aalto glassware
- Season 9 Episode 1: Chewing Gum; Fish Hooks; Legoland
Transforming the sap from rubber trees into chewing gum, how fish hooks strong enough to catch a shark are made, and the construction of Legoland models
How Do They Do It?: Season 8 (2010 - 2012)
- Season 8 Episode 20: Cruise Ship, Truffles, Asphalt
Navigating the world's largest cruise ship under a low bridge, the methods used to find white truffles in Alba, Italy, and how Trinidad's natural asphalt lake is mined
Friday 21st June 6:00pm EDT - Science - Season 8 Episode 19: How Do They Do It?
An insight into how crews are rescued from sunken submarines, following specialists who put the emergency skills of navies to the test
- Season 8 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13
The defusing of landmines from the Second World War, how cider is made and the way undergrowth can be cleared with a thin strip of nylon wire
- Season 8 Episode 11: 24 Hours of Daytona, Rum
The methods used to keep cars racing at Daytona for 24 hours, and how sugar cane is turned into Caribbean rum
Friday 21st June 3:00pm EDT - Science - Season 8 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9
Crafting accordions, making the horseradish-like wasabi, popularly served with sushi, and producing duck calls that can trick birds
- Season 8 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8
How robots are given the instructions necessary to mass-produce cars, and the techniques used to transform an American football stadium into an ice-hockey arena
- Season 8 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7
The processes used to produce the world's purest olive oil, unpredictable roulette wheels and converting a rusty vehicle into a replica of the Batmobile
Friday 21st June 11:00am EDT - Science - Season 8 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6
A look at the manufacture of Venice's traditional gondolas, persuading oysters to grow pearls and putting the twist in Pennsylvania pretzels
Friday 21st June 1:00pm EDT - Science - Season 8 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5
The process of putting holes into Swiss cheese, the methods used to restore and improve a battle tank and how robotic librarians run one of the world's largest book collections
Friday 21st June 9:30am EDT - Science - Season 8 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4
Manufacturing playing cards that can prevent cheating, brewing more than a billion bottles of lager a year, and the construction of luxurious private jets
- Season 8 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3
The running of Ryker's island, one of the world's biggest jails, the construction of Royal Mail post boxes and how jam is turned into fruit
- Season 8 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2
How kingpin bowling balls are made, producing millions of gummy bears in a day, and the mechanisms behind raising and lowering Tower Bridge
- Season 8 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1
How Japanese chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers, and a look at how tartan is woven in more than 700 different patterns
How Do They Do It?: Season 7 (2010 - 2011)
- Season 7 Episode 20: Off-Road; Western saddles; flour & cakes
The complex technological processes involved in making off-road vehicles, the best way to stay on a bucking bronco, and how flour is used when making cakes
- Season 7 Episode 19: Chrome/Matches
The processes involved in turning trees into matches, and how chrome is polished to make it extra shiny
Tuesday 25th June 5:00pm EDT - Science - Season 7 Episode 18: Bread; lawnmowers
How the price of bread is set, the production of speedy lawnmowers, and how coconuts clean water
- Season 7 Episode 17: Producing wine; Investigating fires
Examining how oak trees are used in the production of wine, and the processes involved in investigating the causes of fires
- Season 7 Episode 16: Blaze Cops, Oaked Wine
Exploring how investigators establish the causes of fires, and the importance of oak barrels in traditional French winemaking
- Season 7 Episode 16: Decaf Coffee / Smoked Fish / Water Jets
An exploration of how water is harnessed to power ships, the creation of decaffeinated coffee from beans, and the production of smoked fish
- Season 7 Episode 15: Eiffel Tower/Snowboards
The complex processes involved in maintaining the Eiffel Tower, and how chrome is polished to make it extra shiny
- Season 7 Episode 13: Money/Shoe-In
The complex technological processes involved in creating banknotes, and how leather hide is turned into a pair of shoes
Today at 5:00pm EDT - Science - Season 7 Episode 13: Car Batteries; Chocolate; Toothbrushes
Converting sulphuric acid and lead into 100 million car batteries; turning cacao beans into bars of chocolate; how toothbrushes clean our teeth.
- Season 7 Episode 12: Sugar/Suits/Fish Farming
Exploring how fish are farmed, raw cane is turned into sugar, and how suits are tailored in just one day
- Season 7 Episode 11: Whisky/Disaster Prevention
The processes involved in turning water into whisky, and the preparations that are being made for another natural disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina
- Season 7 Episode 9: Crash Testing, Books, Margarine
How cars absorb the impact of a crash, the processes involved in printing a blockbuster, and how vegetable oil is used to make spread
- Season 7 Episode 8: Sponges, the Knowledge
Examining the technology used to dive for natural sponges, and how taxi drivers know their way to so many different destinations
Tomorrow at 5:30pm EDT - Science - Season 7 Episode 7: Big Game, Fishing, Cash, Bagpipes
The processes involved in transporting cash securely, how big-game fish are caught, and the workings of a set of bagpipes
- Season 7 Episode 7: Airplane Tires; Six Shooters; Artificial Turf
Examining how aeroplane tyres find grip, the processes involved in laying artificial turf, and how the fastest gun in the west is fired
- Season 7 Episode 6: Fire extinguisher, cruise liner
Examining how phosphates are used to put out fires, and the processes involved in refuelling and resupplying cruise liners
- Season 7 Episode 5: Irish Stout, Silk and Canned Soup
Examining the production of Irish stout, the use of silkworms to make gunpowder bags and clothes, and how soup is put into cans
- Season 7 Episode 4: Marble/Tabasco Sauce/Umbrellas
The mining of the marble used in Washington DC's monuments, and the manufacture of Tabasco sauce and storm-proof umbrellas
Monday 24th June 5:00pm EDT - Science - Season 7 Episode 2: Peanut Butter, Breaking Points
The technological processes involved in manufacturing peanut butter, and how domestic appliances are tested
Tomorrow at 5:00pm EDT - Science - Season 7 Episode 2: Diggers, Taste of the Orient and Into the Void
Examining the operation of versatile construction machines, how beans are turned into sauce, and the processes involved in maintaining the Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago
- Season 7 Episode 1: Underground Mines/Shotguns
The working processes of America's largest mine, and how made-to-measure shotguns are manufactured
Monday 24th June 5:30pm EDT - Science
How Do They Do It?: Season 6 (2009)
- Season 6 Episode 20: Military helicopters; metro systems; engineering artificial reefs.
The creation of an artificial reef, how military helicopters are made, and the design of metro systems
- Season 6 Episode 19: Stainless steel; making paper; making stretched limos.
Manufacturing stainless steel; making paper; making stretched limos.
- Season 6 Episode 19: Self-Repairing Steel; Motorcyles; Paper
A look at self-repairing steel, the manufacture of some of the world's most powerful motorcycles, and the creation of paper from wood
- Season 6 Episode 18: Batteries; building an artificial island; creating perfumes.
The technological processes involved in making batteries from brine, a tropical island from rubbish, and the blending of fragrances to create different scents
- Season 6 Episode 17: Mine oil, shipping lanes, making stretched limos.
How to avoid docking disaster when handling a thousand ships a day; creating new oil reserves from forest mud; restoring old movies.
- Season 6 Episode 17: Traffic Control Systems/Mining Oil/Film Reconstruction
The technology that helps bring old films back to life, how oil is gathered from forest mud, and the safety processes used in the shipping industry
- Season 6 Episode 16: Large aquarium, making sapphire, Bentleys.
Exploring how sharks are looked after in one of the world's largest aquariums, how precious stones are grown, and the manufacturing processes involved in creating Bentley cars
- Season 6 Episode 15: Design airplane parachutes, Create solar power, Make photochromic lenses.
A look at how explosive rockets are used to catch crashing planes in mid-air. Plus, why sunbathing techniques help scientists catch rays of sun, and the secrets of sunglasses
- Season 6 Episode 14: Work in 600-degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand Ports.
The technological innovations that allow people to work in heat of 600 degrees Centigrade, extend Europe's biggest port and put the fizz in champagne
- Season 6 Episode 13: Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round.
The technology used to blast through 10,000 tons of rock, map the Earth from space and provide fresh flowers all year round
- Season 6 Episode 12: Manufacturing propellers; intelligent cars; turning metal into magnets.
A look at a car that is capable of calling the emergency services, the process of turning metal into magnets, and propulsion methods for large ships
- Season 6 Episode 11: Make Assembly Line Robots, Seal Wine Bottles, Desalinatize Sea Water.
A look at how robots are used to assemble cars, the way wine bottles are sealed and methods for turning sea water into fresh drinking water
- Season 6 Episode 10: Artificial Reefs, Earthquake-proof Buildings, Cars on Rocket Fuel.
How pilots prevent blackouts during high G-force turns, and how a San Francisco hospital prepares for an earthquake. Plus, a look at cars that run on rocket fuel
- Season 6 Episode 10: G Suits/Smart Grid/Vehicle Slowdown
How pilots prevent blackouts during high G-force turns, and a look at a robot that can obviate the need for high-speed police chases
- Season 6 Episode 9: Jumbo Garage, Nuclear Power, Pianos.
How the world's largest passenger airliner - the A380 - is serviced, and a look at the process of building and tuning a piano to concert standard
- Season 6 Episode 8: Orange Juice, Bending Glass, Solid Rock.
The processes involved in drilling through a mile of solid rock, producing fresh orange juice all year round, and bending glass
- Season 6 Episode 7: G Suits, Smart Grid, Vehicle Slowdown.
G-Suits; smart grid; tracking and stopping a stolen car.
- Season 6 Episode 6: Mega Hotels, Lasers, Desert Golf.
How services are provided at one of the world's largest casinos, and a look at how it is possible to build a golf course in the desert
- Season 6 Episode 5: De-icing, Magazines, Fisker Car Sports.
How they stop planes from icing up in cold weather; how clay is used to keep glossy magazines looking sharp; making a 200km-per-hour electric car.
- Season 6 Episode 5: Satellites/Ship Maintenance/Making Stretched Limos
The technology used to communicate with spacecraft in orbit and keep the world's biggest ships in seaworthy condition. Plus, how limos are lengthened to give the smoothest ride
- Season 6 Episode 5: Ice, Clay Magazine Pages, 200kph Electric Car.
Preventing planes from icing up in extremely cold conditions, the use of clay to make magazine pages keep their gloss, and constructing a 125mph electric car
- Season 6 Episode 5: Spacecraft Supertanker.
The technology used to communicate with spacecraft millions of miles from Earth, and how the hull of a 500,000-ton supertanker is cleaned
- Season 6 Episode 4: Cowboy Hats, Diving, Inflight Catering.
Repairing cables on the sea floor, manufacturing the world's most famous hat, and the process involved in feeding 100,000 air passengers a day
- Season 6 Episode 3: Big Clean Up, Brabus, Damascus Steel.
Turning garbage from a St. Patrick's Day parade into energy to power New York City; turning luxury cars into sports cars; Damascus Steel.
- Season 6 Episode 2: Blue Angels, Ski Dome, Fresh Fish.
The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron; an indoor ski slope located in one of the world's hottest deserts; turning fresh fish into sushi.
- Season 6 Episode 1: Supertankers, Vehicle Slowdown, Glass.
NASA communicates with distant satellites; maintaining large ships; satellite technology provides directions for vehicles.
How Do They Do It?: Season 5 (2007 - 2008)
- Season 5 Episode 20: Aluminium Foil, GPS
The technological processes involved in establishing global positioning tracking systems and making aluminium foil
Monday 1st July 4:00pm EDT - Science - Season 5 Episode 19: Denim Jeans, Wine Glasses
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple everyday objects for the modern world
- Season 5 Episode 18: Mirrors; 2D and 3D Vehicle Wrapping
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple everyday objects for the modern world
- Season 5 Episode 17: Railways/Ballpoint Pens
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple everyday objects for the modern world
- Season 5 Episode 16: Wool Carpeting; LEGOs
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple everyday objects for the modern world
- Season 5 Episode 15: Petrol/ Swiss Army Knives
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple everyday objects for the modern world
- Season 5 Episode 14: Hydroelectric Power; Computer Microchips
The complex technological processes involved in creating seemingly simple everyday objects for the modern world
- Season 5 Episode 13: Airbus, Chainsaws
How the latest generation of passenger aircraft are assembled; a lightweight chainsaw can have more muscle and a sharper bite than a great white shark.
- Season 5 Episode 12: Light Bulbs, Car Silencers, Locks and Keys
The technology used to create a light bulb that burns hotter than the boiling point of iron. Plus, silencing car engines and the creation of millions of unique locks and keys
- Season 5 Episode 11: Oil Rigs, Electric Shavers
The methods used to transport an 11,000-tonne drilling platform halfway round the world, and the secrets of a near-perfect shave
- Season 5 Episode 10: Rockets, Binoculars, Windscreen Wipers
How windscreen wipers keep the glass clean, the technology used to launch a rocket into space, and the making of perfect lenses for binoculars
- Season 5 Episode 9: Cargo Ships, Peterbilt Vehicles
How the world's biggest container ship transports goods around the world, and the processes involved in constructing a Peterbilt heavy truck
- Season 5 Episode 8: Freeways, Coins
How money is minted, and the techniques that go into designing a motorway capable of handling 250,000 cars every day
- Season 5 Episode 7: Weather, Hover Vehicles
How meteorologists forecast the weather; the Swedish armed forces use hovercrafts to carry troops and equipment over many types of surfaces.
- Season 5 Episode 6: Heat-Proof Paper Cups, House-Building, Ambulances
The science behind paper cartons that can store liquids, a rapid house-building technique and the technology used to store emergency equipment inside the back of an ambulance
- Season 5 Episode 5: Overnight Parcel Delivery/Coal Mining
The methods used to deliver millions of transcontinental parcels in less than 24 hours, and how enough coal is mined to sate the global thirst for electric power
- Season 5 Episode 4: Water/LED TV Screens/Ferrari Cars
How desert cities are supplied with fresh drinking water, the building of the world's largest TV screens and the creation of one of the fastest family cars in the world
Monday 1st July 4:30pm EDT - Science - Season 5 Episode 3: Electricity and Crane
How technology is used to cope with the increasing power demands of growing cities, and a look at the operation of the world's biggest floating crane. Robert Llewellyn presents
- Season 5 Episode 2: World's Strongest Knives; Diamonds; Bricks
The technological processes behind the making of the world's strongest knives, creating artificial diamonds in the laboratory, and producing enough bricks to build the modern world
Friday 21st June 9:00am EDT - Science - Season 5 Episode 1: Navigating the Panama Canal; Waste Disposal
Navigating a 50,000-tonne ship through the Panama Canal, and the methods used to dispose of a billion tonnes of rubbish every year
How Do They Do It?: Season 4 (2007)
- Season 4 Episode 8: Jet Engine, Weapons, Burning Car
How jet engines are built and tested, the technology used in the design of non-lethal weapons, and the methods which allow photographs to be taken of hurricanes on Saturn
Thursday 27th June 5:30pm EDT - Science - Season 4 Episode 7: Black Boxes, Steam Turbine, Racing Car
The complex technological processes involved in shifting an 11,000-tonne oil rig, and the methods used by Volkswagen to deliver 17 million spare parts per year. Plus, how aircraft designers ensure that the black box flight recorders survive a crash
- Season 4 Episode 6: Land Mines/Air Boats/Fireproof Clothing
How the world's biggest land vehicle extracts thousands of tonnes of coal from the ground each day. Plus, the technological processes behind the creation of air boats and fireproof clothing
Friday 28th June 5:00pm EDT - Science - Season 4 Episode 6: Jet Engine/Weapons/Burning Car
How jet engines are built and tested, the technology used in the design of non-lethal weapons, and how the driver of a burning racing car escapes unharmed
- Season 4 Episode 5: Nuclear Subs/Crash-Test Dummies/Fruit and Veg
The methods used by nuclear submarine crews to extinguish on-board fires, and the role of crash-test dummies in making motoring safer. Plus, the methods which allow the growing of perfect fruit and vegetables
Friday 28th June 5:30pm EDT - Science - Season 4 Episode 5: Black Boxes/Steam Turbine/Racing Car
How aircraft designers ensure that black box flight recorders survive crashes, and the methods used to move a gigantic steam turbine that weighs as much as 10 houses
- Season 4 Episode 4: Spacesuit/Neon Signs/Biggest Ships
How a spacesuit keeps an astronaut alive, the diesel engines that power the world's biggest ships, and the manufacturing processes behind the famous neon signs which cover Las Vegas
- Season 4 Episode 3: Forest Fires, Car Exhaust and Space Station
How platinum cleans exhaust fumes, and the technology which enabled the construction of a space station 360km above the Earth
Thursday 27th June 5:00pm EDT - Science - Season 4 Episode 2: Family Car; Letter; Titanium
How family cars are transformed into rally vehicles, and the manufacturing processes behind titanium
Wednesday 26th June 5:30pm EDT - Science - Season 4 Episode 1: Bulletproof Vests; Robots; Formation Skydivers
How formation skydivers train in a wind tunnel, and the lowdown on a bullet-proof vest that can stop a dozen rounds at point-blank range
How Do They Do It?: Season 3 (2007)
- Season 3 Episode 12: Buildings/Electricity Pylons/Balloon Makers
A method for preventing buildings from collapsing during an earthquake, the measures taken to ensure electricity is in constant supply, and how balloons are made
- Season 3 Episode 11: Helicopter; Luxury Yachts; Ball Park
Explaining how helicopters execute tricky flying maneuvers; cooling down a stadium in one of America's hottest cities.
- Season 3 Episode 11: Helicopter/Luxury Yachts/Highway Patrol
An investigation into how a helicopter performs a loop-the-loop, how 20 luxury yachts are carried across the ocean and how speeding cars are stopped in California
- Season 3 Episode 10: Vehicles, Deep Mine and Ultimate Football
The technology that allows unmanned aerial vehicles to fight crime, how a potash mine under the sea can help prevent starvation and the secret behind the ultimate football design
- Season 3 Episode 9: Speeding Car; Water Display; White Wash
24 story water display; Satellite in space; Europe's longest suspension bridge.
- Season 3 Episode 9: Water Display/Space Shuttle/Suspension Bridge
Repairing the hull of an 80,000 tonne cruise liner, and keeping Europe's longest suspension bridge in good enough condition to prevent a collapse
- Season 3 Episode 8: Cruise Liner; Satellite; Suspension Bridge
Repair techniques for the hulls of 80,000-tonne cruise liners, and the methods employed to keep the heat level down in a busy city centre
- Season 3 Episode 8: Cruise Liner/White Wash/Aircon
Members of the California Highway Patrol reveal the best way to stop a speeding car, while experts share the secrets of a spectacular display that involves 75,000 litres of water
- Season 3 Episode 7: Racing Driver; Bank Vaults; Telling Time
The safety systems used by racing drivers to help them survive crashes at speeds of up to 300kph, plus the processes involved in the manufacture of impregnable bank vaults
- Season 3 Episode 6: Submarine Rescue, Subaru
The technological advances which allow crews to be rescued from disabled submarines, cars to run on waste beer and 100 tons of soil to be shifted with a single scoop
Friday 21st June 10:30am EDT - Science - Season 3 Episode 5: Rescue Services, Rotating Boat and Parachutists
The technology which allows rescue workers to cut open a crushed car in a matter of seconds, and the techniques which allow parachutists to land on an area the size of a coin with amazing precision
- Season 3 Episode 4: Fighter Jet, Baseball and Sports Car
How Major League baseball bats are made, the construction of the world's fastest sports car and the technology which allows planes to land on the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier
- Season 3 Episode 3: Empire State Building/Extracting Copper/Making a Car
How the mast which adorns the top of the Empire State Building is repaired, and the techniques involved in extracting copper from the world's largest mine
- Season 3 Episode 2: Space Shuttle, Rollercoaster and Pool Tables
How space shuttles are launched, and the technology that allows the world's most extreme rollercoasters to be built. Plus, how pool tables are made
- Season 3 Episode 1: Phoenix Stadium, LA Trade Tower and Surfing
The techniques used in surfing deadly waves, and how the Arizona Cardinals' NFL stadium is transformed into a monster-truck venue in just 48 hours
How Do They Do It?: Season 2 (2006)
- Season 2 Episode 12: Armored Cars; Elevators; Cheese
The complex technological processes involved in creating armoured cars, lifts and cheese, and how these methods have evolved over the years
- Season 2 Episode 11: Airbags, Ice Rinks and Mattresses
The complex technological processes involved in creating airbags, ice rinks and mattresses, and how production methods have evolved over the years
- Season 2 Episode 10: Crash Helmets/Rubber/Wave-Piercing Hulls
The impressive feats of engineering used to produce rubber, crash helmets and wave-piercing hulls for ships
- Season 2 Episode 9: Airbus, Fire Engines and Ketchup
Robert Llewellyn discovers how aircraft control centres will cope with the increasing number of planes over the next 15 years, and learns how tomato sauce is produced
- Season 2 Episode 8: Combines, Lifeboats and Chocolate
The complex technological procedures involved in creating combine harvesters, lifeboats and chocolate, revealing how production methods have changed over the years
- Season 2 Episode 7: Tunnelling/Tea/Mountain Bikes
The processes involved in tunnelling, tea production and the manufacture of mountain bikes, and how these methods have changed with advances in technology
- Season 2 Episode 6: Gold, Escalators and Golf Clubs
Presenter Robert Llewellyn learns how furniture, buildings and even glass are fireproofed. He visits Nevada to see how prospectors extract tiny specks of gold using cyanide, and discovers a clever safety device used in lifts
- Season 2 Episode 5: Logging, Baggage and Light Shows
The methods Heathrow Airport staff use to check in and scan luggage for the 67 million passengers who use the airport every year, and the route taken by suitcases once they leave their owners' sight. Plus, how loggers in Finland cut down trees without getting too cold or wet
- Season 2 Episode 4: Mining Trucks/Ikea/Air Traffic Control
The complex processes involved in creating mining trucks and flat-pack furniture, and the technology behind air traffic control systems
- Season 2 Episode 3: Ice-Breakers/Money/Bowling Alleys
The complex technological processes involved in creating ice-breakers, bank notes and bowling alleys, and how production methods have changed with technology
- Season 2 Episode 2: Air-to-Air Refuelling/Ski Slopes/Car Production
The complex technological processes involved in the production of cars and the maintenance of ski slopes. Plus, the systems behind air-to-air refuelling operations
- Season 2 Episode 1: Diamond Mines/Skyscrapers/Car Crushers
Extracting diamonds from the ground; erecting the world's tallest building, one that will withstand tornadoes and earthquakes; a car crusher.
How Do They Do It?: Season 1 (2006)
- Season 1 Episode 6: Concrete, Cell phones, Lightbulbs, Steel, Traffic
The processes involved in creating a 30,000-tonne mega-brick and the secrets of concrete. Plus, the workings of light bulbs, mobile phones, steel and traffic control
- Season 1 Episode 5: Glass, Golf balls, Zippers, Coke cans, Tire changes
Glass; changing the tire on a jumbo jet; soft-drink cans.
- Season 1 Episode 4: Internet cable, Cranes, Pencils, Water, Toothpaste
How monster cranes stay upright and an undersea cable keeps people in touch worldwide. Plus, the processes behind the creation of pencils, toothpaste and water
- Season 1 Episode 3: Tires, Excavators, Newspapers, Ports, Contact lenses
The processes behind the creation of high-performance tyres, industrial excavators, newspapers, ports and contact lenses
- Season 1 Episode 2: Salt mines, Trainers, Ships, Watches, Wind farms
A look at the secrets behind the making of hi-tech running shoes, and the production of the vast quantities of salt used every year
- Season 1 Episode 1: Recycling, Plasma TV, Fireworks, Railroad tracks, Ink
The complex technological processes involved in recycling, plasma TV, fireworks, railroad tracks and ink, and how they have evolved over the years
How Do They Do It?: Special (2008)
- Special Episode 1: Specials
Subjects from seasons 3 and 4.
- Specials: Mega Planes
The manufacture of giant planes such as the Airbus A20 and a fighter jet, and a look at how air traffic control works
- Specials: Monster Vehicles
How the biggest man-made vehicles are built, including monster trucks, trains, super hovercrafts and massive diggers
- Specials: Super Cars
The manufacture of super cars, including those designed for armour, speed, rallying and even beer-drinking
- Specials: Mega Machines
How large machines are created, including jet engines, steam turbines, floating cranes and escalators
- Specials: Super Sports
The manufacturing processes behind sports equipment, including how golf clubs and balls are made
- Specials: Great Gadgets
The manufacture of gadgets, including Swiss Army knives, GPS devices, locks, microchips and aircraft black boxes
- How Do They Do It? Turbo Specials
Robert Llewellyn explores the technology that enables stunt planes to perform aerobatic feats at high speeds, and discovers how rockets are used to catch falling aircraft
- Specials: Amazing Sea Vehicles
The manufacture of sea vehicles, including hovercrafts, container ships, cruise liners and submarines
- Specials: Super Structures
The methods used to construct the Empire State Building, Los Angeles Trade Tower and Phoenix Stadium, and how suspension bridges and rollercoasters are built
- Specials: Deepest Space
The technological processes involved in communicating with astronauts millions of miles away, and picking up sounds from the furthest reaches of space
- Specials: Extreme Weather
Examining natural disasters, including earthquakes and forest fires. Plus, how meteorologists predict the weather and how ice-breakers work
- Special Episode 2: Specials
The best of series 3 and 4.
How Do They Do It?: Other Episodes
- Scania Trucks, Miracle Forensics, Gouda
Building the world's most powerful trucks; solving crimes using the world's largest DNA database; making cheese with paraffin.
- Suspension Bridge, Crossbows, Tracking Clothes
Making a cable strong enough to hold a bridge; modern hunters use medieval weapons; how stores determine the right sizes and colors to have in stock.
- Leather footballs, Mussels, Helmet
Making footballs for the National Football League; how mussels are farmed; designing the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet.
- Fighter Plane, Trappist Beers, SUV
Building a modern fighter jet; Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers; America's best performing SUV.
- Tennesse Whiskey; Nightvision; Saunas
How traditional Tennessee whiskey is made; how night-vision goggles work; how Finns relax in a 160-degree sauna.
- Guacamole; Swamp Buggy; Scissors
How volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole; building a truck that can cross a swamp; Fiskars scissors.
- World in Miniature, Hurricane Test Center, Rhubarb
How a working miniature airport is built; designing a house to survive a hurricane; growing rhubarb in the dark.
- Hats; Longest road tunnel; Snake Catcher
Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.
- Leatherman, Formula 1, Glassware
Creating America's best-selling multi-tool; building the world's fastest racing car; the classic Finnish Aalto vase.
- Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round
Blasting through rocks; mapping Earth; providing flowers year round.
- Husqvarna, Frankfurters, Wallpaper
Husqvarna, frankfurters, wallpaper.
- Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Parcels
Tsukji; cricket bats; highlighters.
Friday 21st June 3:30pm EDT - Science - Powerboats, Swiss Watches, Wallpaper
Powerboats that can go faster than sports cars; making Swiss watches; creating wallpaper fit for palaces and parliaments.
Friday 21st June 4:30pm EDT - Science - Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino Security
Frankfurter; casino security; sniper rifles.
Friday 21st June 5:30pm EDT - Science - Circus; Guitars
How a 1700-seat circus tent is set up in 36 hours; turning Japanese maple and mahogany into an electric guitar.
Friday 21st June 5:00pm EDT - Science - Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer Cleats
Farming the world's most expensive food; clay into china; Beckham and Kaka's boots.
Friday 21st June 6:30pm EDT - Science - Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills
How they build and design Japanese toilets; use remote control helicopters to catch smugglers; make a steel drill that can cut concrete.
Friday 21st June 4:00pm EDT - Science - Duck Calls, Wasabi, Accordions
How accordions are built; how wasabi is made; how they produce a duck call that can trick birds.
Friday 21st June 2:00pm EDT - Science - Hydroelectric Power
Hydroelectricity & computer microchips.
- Bomb Squad, Cider, Husqvarna
Bomb squad; cider; Husqvarna.
- Golf balls; light bulbs; the zipper
Golf balls; light bulbs; the zipper.
- Taiko Drums, Green Factory, Pasta
A 700-hundred-year-old tree is made into a two-ton Japanese drum; how a factory produces thousands of cars and stays green; how Italians make pasta.
Friday 21st June 2:30pm EDT - Science - Brewery, Playing Cards, Gulfstream
Making playing cards that can defeat a cheat; brewing more than a billion bottles of lager a year; the world's most luxurious private jets.
Friday 21st June 10:00am EDT - Science - Ice Rink, Car Plant
World's biggest ice hockey rink and car plant.
Friday 21st June 1:30pm EDT - Science - Island Prison, Mailboxes, Jam
New York's Rikers Island prison; how the famous Royal Mail mail boxes are made; turning fruit into jam.
Friday 21st June 11:30am EDT - Science - Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears
Bowling balls; tower bridge; Gummy Bears.
Friday 21st June 12:30pm EDT - Science - Fugu, Freight trains, Scottish tartan
How Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish; freight trains; how Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts.
Friday 21st June 12:00pm EDT - Science - Tabasco
How to operate an unmanned autonomous helicopter; salt and peppers into Tabasco; beans into decaf coffee.
- Blaze Cops, Oaked Wine, Chrome
Determining how fires start; how oak trees are used in the winemaking process.
- Off-Roader; Western Saddles; Flour & Cakes
The world's most famous off-road vehicle; how cowboys stay on a bronco; turning wheat into flour and cakes.
Today at 5:30pm EDT - Science - Sugar, Fish Farming, Speed Suits
How they turn cane into sugar; farming fish; making a suit in one day.
- Eiffel Tower; Motorcycles; Snowboards
How the Eiffel Tower is maintained; making the ultimate motorcycle; cutting edge snowboards.
- Large Aquarium; Making Sapphire; Bentleys
Find out how they look after sharks at the world's biggest aquarium, how to grow precious stones and what it takes to build a luxury Bentley.
- G-Suits; Smart Grid; Vehicle Slowdown
G-Suits stop pilots from blacking out in flight; smart grid; tracking and stopping a stolen car.
- Whiskey; Disaster Prevention
Turning water into whiskey; preparation and prevention of another disaster like Hurricane Katrina.
Tuesday 25th June 5:30pm EDT - Science - Mega Planes
Technologically advanced air crafts.
Tuesday 25th June 10:00am EDT - Science - Amazing Sea Vehicles
Designing and building sea vehicles.
Tuesday 25th June 9:00am EDT - Science - Super Structures
Designing and building the largest structures in the world.
Tuesday 25th June 12:00pm EDT - Science - Super Cars
Building and designing the most advanced super cars in the world.
Tuesday 25th June 11:00am EDT - Science - Monster Vehicles
Building and designing vehicles that carry out the toughest jobs in the world.
Tuesday 25th June 1:00pm EDT - Science - Mega Machines
Designing and building giant machines for size, speed and power.
Tuesday 25th June 2:00pm EDT - Science - Mega Freeways, Minting Coins
- Pencils, steel, water supply.
Pencils; steel; water supply.
- Concrete, Cell Phone, Traffic Control.
Concrete; cell phone; traffic control.
- Wind Farms, Tires, Excavators.
Wind farms; tires; excavators.
- Railroad Tracks, Ink, Salt Mines.
Railroad tracks; ink; salt mines.
- Black Boxes; Steam Turbine; Racing Car
How black boxes survive an airplane crash; transporting giant steam turbines; making fireproof suits for race-car drivers.
Wednesday 26th June 5:00pm EDT - Science - Whiskey Galore
Whiskey galore; disaster prevention.
- Diggers
Diggers; taste of the Orient; into the void.
- Rock Drill
Drill soid rock; pick 20,000 oranges-a-minute.
- Decaf Coffee; Smoked Food; Waterjets
How to turn beans into decaf coffee; how to smoke fish; using water to power ships.
- How Do They Do It? Turbo Specials
Testing a space shuttle's rocket boosters, constructing military helicopters and operating a futuristic underground railway. Presented by Robert Llewellyn
- How Do They Do It? Turbo Specials
Robert Llewellyn reveals how luxury yachts are transported across the globe, examines the design of the world's largest rotating boat lift and discovers how to build a hovercraft
- How Do They Do It? Turbo Specials
Robert Llewellyn discovers how to turn a road car into a rally car, and provides an insight into the construction of hybrid supercars and the world's largest production motorcycle
- Mobile Phones, Railway Tracks and Salt Mines
The science and processes involved in the creation of mobile phones, railway tracks and salt mines. Plus, the secret behind changing tyres
- How Do They Do It? Turbo Specials
Documentary detailing how robot arm production lines are created. Plus, how hybrid vehicles are made and how a car is being developed that can call an ambulance in an accident
- How Do They Do It? Turbo Specials
The manufacture of satellite navigation systems, the construction of modern motorways and removing toxic chemicals from car exhaust fumes. Presented by Robert Llewellyn
- How Do They Do It? Turbo Specials
Robert Llewellyn investigates the technology used to protect racing drivers from high-speed crashes, and learns how to stop a stolen vehicle without getting into a dangerous chase
- Parcels/Tokyo Fish Market/Cricket Bats
Postal services that deliver millions of parcels every day, and cricket bats that are made withstand the impact of a ball travelling at more than 90mph
- Go Fast Boats/Swiss Watches/Wallpaper
The creation of wallpaper suitable for parliament buildings and palaces, and the construction of powerboats capable of faster speeds than a sports car
- Batteries, Paper, Luxury Car.
The technology used to make batteries from brine, turn wood into paper and build the world's most exclusive luxury car
