How Do They Do It? - Season 13
Season 13
Episodes
Baklavas, Gyroplanes, Ukeleles, and Catamarans
Find out how baklava is made, how pilots fly a gyroplane, how a ukulele is crafted, and what it takes to build the world's fastest ferry.
Longboards, Lemonade, and Forklifts
Find out how longboards are made, what it takes to turn lemons into lemonade, and how a forklift is built.
Coffee, Bricks, Lava Lamps, and Diamonds
Find out how coffee is raosted, how the bricks that built America are built, how lava lamps are made, and how they diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano.
Cameras, Big Airbags, and Jelly Beans
Find out how the world's sharpest photos are taken, what it takes to create an airbag that can catch a falling care, and how jelly beans are made.
Caravans, Tuning Forks, Ice Resurfacers, and Festival of Lights
Find out how to build the world's toughest mobile home, how an ice rink is resurfaced in minutes, how tuning forks are made, and how they put on the world's biggest festival of lights.
Vinyl LP; The Dodgem; Tiger Balm
How do they make the groovy vinyl LP? How do they build the world's most crashed car, the dodgem? How do they create one of the world's oldest pain remedies, tiger balm?
Nonalcoholic Beer; Tomkar; Escalators; Lie Detectors
How do they brew a beer that won't make you drunk? How do they build a car that flies over rocks and boulders? How do they make escalators? How do lie detectors work?
Axes; Courier's Messenger Bag; Lifeboats
How do they forge one of the great inventions, the axe? How do they cut, sew, stitch and glue together a courier's messenger bag, and how do they build the fastest lifeboats?
Wensleydale Cheese; Paintbrushes; Eucalyptus oil
How to churn out Wensleydale cheese, turn pig hair into the world's finest paintbrushes, and distil aromatic oils from eucalyptus.
Tesla Model S; Horses Tails Fabrics; Automated Pool Cleaner
How to build the 700 horsepower Tesla Model S, turn horses' tails into fine fabrics, and clean the largest swimming pools in the world?
Snails; Cutlery; Kayaks
How France's appetite for snails is sated, how slabs of steel are turned into shiny cutlery, and how to craft a kayak you can paddle with your feet.
Emergency Bridges; Permanent Markers; Superbike
How to build emergency bridges that can take the weight of a tank, make a marker pen that never fades, and design a 200mph superbike.
Glasses Of Wine; LED TVs; The Deepest Pool; Ketchup
How to blow the world's finest crystal, make the slimmest TVs, heat the deepest swimming pool, and fill a million bottles a day of the world's favourite ketchup.
Crushing Machine; Aviator Jacket; Beer Lambic
How to brew the oldest beer in the western world, stitch the historic airman's bomber, and forge a set of jaws that can chomp through concrete and demolish tower blocks.
Cooling of the building; Saws; Microphones
The complex technological processes involved in cooling the iconic Sydney Opera House. Plus, an insight into how Sheffield steel is transformed into a carpenter's handsaw, and the production of a microphone capable of picking up a whisper.
Moonshine; Battery-Powered Bicycle; Wetsuit
Tips for brewing moonshine in the heart of New York City. Plus, the creation of a battery-powered bicycle, and producing wetsuits using rubber grown in the Arizona desert.
Mining Rare Gemstones; Cowboy Boots; Sweepers
The complex technological processes involved in mining rare gemstones, crafting classic cowboy boots and building large-scale road-sweepers.
Duvets; Oil Well Drilling; Rubber
How engineers manage to drill for oil thousands of metres below ground. Plus, how duvets and rubber bands are made.
Diesel Aircraft Engine; Pastilles Cough; Ice Cream
The complex processes that allow people to build diesel engines that can fly, make cough sweets, turn clear plastic into unforgeable bank notes, and produce ice-cream.
Armoured Vehicles; Christmas Trees; Musical Plates
The engineering expertise that goes into transforming a family car into a fortress on wheels. Plus, how to grow millions of perfect Christmas trees.
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