How Do They Do It?
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| How Do They Do It? | |
|---|---|
 UK Title Card | |
| Starring | Robert Llewellyn Dominic Frisby Rupert Degas Iain Lee |
| Country of origin | Canada United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Richard Stansfield Kelly Hood (line) |
| Running time | 60/30 minutes |
| Production company | Wag TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Channel Science Channel (United States) Discovery Channel (United Kingdom) |
| Original release | 6 May 2006 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
How Do They Do It? is a television series produced by Wag TV for Discovery Channel. Each programme explores how 2 or 3 ordinary objects are made and used. The show's slogan is "Behind the ordinary is the extraordinary." The series is broadcast throughout the world on various Discovery-owned networks including:
- Discovery Channel, Science Channel, DMAX and Quest in the United Kingdom;
- Science Channel in the United States;
- Discovery Channel in Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands;
- Discovery Channel and Discovery Science in Italy.
Series 1 and 2, which were co-produced with Rocket Surgery Productions, were narrated by Rupert Degas; series 3 and 4 were narrated by Iain Lee; and series 5 and 6 were narrated by Dominic Frisby. In 2008, the UK's Channel 5 began airing the series, presented by Robert Llewellyn. This version was released on DVD in the UK in May 2010.[1]
In the United States, the series airs on the Science Channel and is narrated by Chris Broyles.
This programme is similar to the popular Canadian-produced documentary programme, How It's Made, also broadcast on Discovery Channel networks.
Episodes[]
Season 1 (2006)[]
Episodes in the first season aired with 60-minute runtimes (including commercials).[2]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Recycling, Plasma TV, Fireworks, Railroad tracks, Ink" | May 6, 2006 |
| 2 | "Salt Mines, Sneakers, Ships, Watches, Wind Farms" | May 13, 2006 |
| 3 | "Tires, Excavators, Newspapers, Ports, Contact Lenses" | May 27, 2006 |
| 4 | "Internet Cable, Crane (machine), Pencils, Water, Toothpaste" | June 3, 2006 |
| 5 | "Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire changer" | June 10, 2006 |
| 6 | "Concrete, Cell Phones, Lightbulbs, Steel, Traffic" | June 17, 2006 |
Season 2 (2006)[]
Episodes in the second season aired with 30-minute runtimes (including commercials).[3]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Diamond Mine, Skyscraper, Car Crusher" | June 24, 2006 |
| 2 | "Air-to-Air Refuelling, Alpine skiing Slopes, Car Production" | June 24, 2006 |
| 3 | "Ice Breaker, Money, Bowling Alleys" | July 8, 2006 |
| 4 | "Mining Trucks, IKEA, Air Traffic" | July 8, 2006 |
| 5 | "Logging, Baggage, Light Show" | July 15, 2006 |
| 6 | "Gold, Golf Clubs, Escalators" | July 15, 2006 |
| 7 | "Tunneling, Tea, Mountain Bikes" | July 22, 2006 |
| 8 | "Combines, Lifeboats, Chocolate" | July 22, 2006 |
| 9 | "Airbus, Fire Engines, Ketchup" | July 29, 2006 |
| 10 | "Bicycle helmet, Rubber, Wave Piercing" | July 29, 2006 |
| 11 | "Airbags, Ice Rinks, Mattresses" | August 12, 2006 |
| 12 | "Armored Cars, Elevators, Cheese" | August 12, 2006 |
Season 3 (2007)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Phoenix Stadium, , Surfing" | February 21, 2007 |
| 2 | "Space Shuttle, Roller Coaster, Pool table" | February 21, 2007 |
| 3 | "Empire State Building, Extracting Copper, Making a Car" | February 28, 2007 |
| 4 | "Fighter Jet, Baseball, Sports Car" | February 28, 2007 |
| 5 | "Rescue Services, Falkirk Wheel, Parachutists" | March 7, 2007 |
| 6 | "Submarine, Moving Earth, Beer Car" | March 7, 2007 |
| 7 | "Racing Drivers, Bank vaults, Telling Time" | March 14, 2007 |
| 8 | "Cruise Liner, White Wash, Aircon" | March 14, 2007 |
| 9 | ", Space Shuttle, Suspension Bridge" | March 21, 2007 |
| 10 | "Vehicles, Football, Potash Mine" | March 21, 2007 |
| 11 | "Helicopter, Luxury Yachts, Highway Patrol" | March 28, 2007 |
| 12 | "Buildings, Transmission tower, Balloon Makers" | March 28, 2007 |
Season 4 (2007)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bulletproof vests, Robots, Formation skydiving" | April 4, 2007 |
| 2 | "Family Car, Letter, Titanium" | April 4, 2007 |
| 3 | "Forest fires, Car exhaust, Telescopes" | April 11, 2007 |
| 4 | "Spacesuit, Neon signs, Biggest Ships" | April 11, 2007 |
| 5 | "Nuclear Submarine, Crash test dummy, Fruit and Veg" | April 18, 2007 |
| 6 | "Surface mine, Air boats, Automated storage and retrieval system[6][7]" | April 18, 2007 |
| 7 | "Oil rigs, VWs, Black Box" | April 25, 2007 |
| 8 | "Jet Engine, Weapons, Hurricanes from Space" | April 25, 2007 |
Season 5 (2008)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Panama Canal, Waste disposal" | March 3, 2008 |
| 2 | "World's Strongest Knife, Diamonds, Bricks" | March 4, 2008 |
| 3 | "Electricity, Floating crane" | March 5, 2008 |
| 4 | "Drinking water, Television screen, Family Cars" | March 6, 2008 |
| 5 | "Overnight Parcel Delivery, Coal Mining" | March 7, 2008 |
| 6 | "Tetra Pak, Pre-Fab Houses, Ambulances" | March 10, 2008 |
| 7 | "Weather Forecasting, Hovercraft" | March 11, 2008 |
| 8 | "Freeways, Mint (facility) Coins" | March 12, 2008 |
| 9 | "Container Ship Estelle Maersk, Peterbilt Trucks" | March 13, 2008 |
| 10 | "Windshield wipers, Space Shuttle, Binoculars" | March 14, 2008 |
| 11 | "Transporting Oil Rigs, Electric razors" | March 17, 2008 |
| 12 | "Halogen light bulb, Muffler, Locks" | March 18, 2008 |
| 13 | "Airbus, Chainsaws" | March 19, 2008 |
| 14 | "Hydroelectric dam, Silicon chips" | March 20, 2008 |
| 15 | "Petrol, Swiss army knife" | March 25, 2008 |
| 16 | "Carpets, Lego" | March 26, 2008 |
| 17 | "Railways, Ballpoint pen" | March 27, 2008 |
| 18 | "Mirrors, Wrapping" | March 28, 2008 |
| 19 | "Jeans, Wine glasses" | March 31, 2008 |
| 20 | "GPS, Aluminium foil" | April 1, 2008 |
Season 6 (2009)[]
| # | Features | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Artificial reefs, Earthquake-proof Buildings, Cars on Rocket Fuel" | August 10, 2009 | |
| 2 | "Blue Angels Airshows, Indoor Ski Slope, Sushi" | August 11, 2009 | |
| 3 | "Produce Power from Waste, Customize Supercars, Super Steel Swords" | August 12, 2009 | |
| 4 | "Cowboys Hats, Deep Sea Dive, Inflight Catering" | August 13, 2009 | |
| 5 | "De-Ice Planes, Glossy Magazines, Electric Sports Car" | August 14, 2009 | |
| 6 | "Satellites, Ship Maintenance, Making stretched limos" | August 17, 2009 | |
| 7 | "Mega Hotels, Lasers, Desert Golf." | August 18, 2009 | |
| 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 | |||
| 8 | "Orange Juice, Bending Glass, Solid Rock" | August 19, 2009 | |
| 9 | "Jumbo Garage, Nuclear Power, Pianos" | August 20, 2009 | |
| 10 | "G Suits, Smart Grid, Vehicle Slowdown" | August 21, 2009 | |
| 11 | "Make Assembly Line Robots, Seal Wine Bottles, Desalinate Sea Water" | August 24, 2009 | |
| 12 | "Design airplane parachutes, Create solar power, Make photochromic lenses" | August 25, 2009 | |
| 13 | "Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round" | August 26, 2009 | |
| 14 | "Work in 600-degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand Ports" | August 27, 2009 | |
| 15 | "Manufacturing propellers, Intelligent cars, Turning metal into magnets" | August 28, 2009 | |
| 16 | "Large aquarium, Making sapphire, Bentlys" | August 31, 2009 | |
| 17 | "Traffic Control Systems, Mining Oil, Film Reconstruction." | September 1, 2009 | |
| 18 | "Batteries, Building an artificial island, Creating perfumes" | September 2, 2009 | |
| 19 | "Stainless steel, Making motorbikes, Making paper" | September 3, 2009 | |
| 20 | "Military helicopters, Metro systems, Engineering artificial reefs" | September 4, 2009 | |
Season 7 (2010)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Peanut Butter; Breaking Point (Household Device Safety Testing)" | September 5, 2010 |
| 2 | "Irish Stout; Silk; Canned Soup" | September 5, 2010 |
| 3 | "Fire Extinguishers; Cruise Ships" | September 12, 2010 |
| 4 | "Diggers; A Taste of the Orient (Soy Sauce); Into the Sky (Willis Tower, Chicago)" | September 19, 2010 |
| 5 | "Smooth as Marble; Hot Stuff/Umbrellas" | September 26, 2010 |
| 6 | "Soft as Sponge; The Knowledge" | October 10, 2010 |
| 7 | "Money Movers; Catch of the Day; Amazing Grace" | October 17, 2010 |
| 8 | TBA | October 24, 2010 |
| 9 | "Crash Testing; Books etc; Margarine" | October 31, 2010 |
| 10 | TBA | November 7, 2010 |
| 11 | TBA | November 14, 2010 |
| 12 | TBA | November 21, 2010 |
| 13 | "Car Batteries; Chocolate; Toothbrushes" | December 12, 2010 |
| 14 | TBA | August 2010 |
| 15 | "Decaf coffee; Smoked salmon; Water jets[11][12]" | January 2, 2010 |
| 16 | TBA | January 16, 2010 |
| 17 | TBA | September 2010 |
| 18 | TBA | November 29, 2010 |
| 19 | TBA | February 6, 2010 |
| 20 | TBA | December 20, 2010 |
Season 8 (2011)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pufferfish, Train hubs, Kilts" | September 5, 2011 |
| 2 | TBA | September 5, 2011 |
| 3 | TBA | September 12, 2011 |
| 4 | TBA | September 19, 2011 |
| 5 | TBA | September 26, 2011 |
| 6 | TBA | October 10, 2011 |
| 7 | TBA | October 17, 2011 |
| 8 | TBA | October 24, 2011 |
| 9 | TBA | October 31, 2011 |
| 10 | TBA | November 7, 2011 |
| 11 | TBA | November 14, 2011 |
| 12 | TBA | November 21, 2011 |
| 13 | TBA | December 12, 2011 |
| 14 | TBA | August 2011 |
| 15 | TBA | January 2, 2011 |
| 16 | TBA | January 16, 2011 |
| 17 | TBA | September 2011 |
| 18 | TBA | November 29, 2011 |
| 19 | TBA | February 6, 2011 |
| 20 | TBA | December 20, 2011 |
Season 9 (2012)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | "Leatherman; Formula 1; Glassware" | TBA |
| 3 | "(Mexican Panama) Hats; World's Longest Road Tunnel (Norway); Catching Pythons in Florida" | TBA |
| 4 | "Guacamole; Swamp Buggy; Scissors" | TBA |
| 5 | "Tennessee Whiskey; Nightvision; Saunas" | TBA |
| 6 | "World in Miniature (working airport); Hurricane Test Center; Growing rhubarb in the dark" | TBA |
| 7 | "Fighter Plane; Trappist Beers; SUV" | TBA |
| 8 | "Leather Footballs; Mussels; Helmet" | TBA |
| 9 | "Almonds; Snowblower; Detergents" | TBA |
| 10 | "Suspension Bridge; Crossbows; Stock Checking" | TBA |
| 11 | "Scania Trucks; Miracle Forensics; Gouda" | TBA |
| 12 | "Vanilla; Anchors; Lighters" | TBA |
| 13 | "(Classical) Guitars; Rope Access; Fast Tractor" | TBA |
| 14 | "Liferafts; Mind Control; Stamps" | TBA |
| 15 | "Tequila; Steam-Powered Megacity; Soft Ice-Cream" | TBA |
| 16 | "Stuntmen; Seabreacher; Amber" | TBA |
| 17 | "Tennis Balls; Surround Sound; Steak" | TBA |
| 18 | "Rayon; Snuff; Cola" | TBA |
| 19 | "The Social Network; Zubrowka; Aerial Cable Cars" | TBA |
| 20 | "Skydiving Suits; Surstromming; Hemp-Crete" | TBA |
| 21 | "Chewing Gum; Fish Hooks; Legoland" | TBA |
Season 10 (2012)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | September 5, 2012 |
| 2 | TBA | September 5, 2012 |
| 3 | TBA | September 12, 2012 |
| 4 | TBA | September 19, 2012 |
| 5 | TBA | September 26, 2012 |
| 6 | TBA | October 10, 2012 |
| 7 | TBA | October 17, 2012 |
| 8 | "Harp Strings, Roof Windows, Belgian Waffles" | October 24, 2012 |
| 9 | TBA | October 31, 2012 |
| 10 | TBA | November 7, 2012 |
| 11 | TBA | November 14, 2012 |
| 12 | TBA | November 21, 2012 |
| 13 | TBA | December 12, 2012 |
| 14 | "High Rise Construction, Dr Marten Boots, Cooking Pans" | August 2012 |
| 15 | TBA | January 2, 2012 |
| 16 | TBA | January 16, 2012 |
| 17 | "Mohair, Quadskis, The Harp" | September 2012 |
| 18 | "Rayon, Snuff, Cola" | November 29, 2012 |
| 19 | TBA | February 6, 2012 |
| 20 | "Chewing Gum, Fish Hooks, Legoland" | December 20, 2012 |
Season 11 (2013)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Opal, Stunt planes, Nougat" | September 5, 2013 |
| 2 | "Toilet Paper, Absinthe, Cricket balls[17]" | September 5, 2013 |
| 3 | "Locomotives, Clotted Cream, Boomerangs" | September 12, 2013 |
| 4 | "Sardines,[18] scooters, Erector Sets" | September 19, 2013 |
| 5 | "Salad, Rope, Insulin" | September 26, 2013 |
| 6 | ", Clogs, Pasties" | October 10, 2013 |
| 7 | "Paris Sewers, Beretta, " | October 17, 2013 |
| 8 | "Bells, , Dates" | October 24, 2013 |
| 9 | "Russian Dolls, Aloe vera, Flags" | October 31, 2013 |
| 10 | ", False Eyes, Ball Bearings" | November 7, 2013 |
| 11 | "Saffron, Ice roads, Shelby cars" | November 14, 2013 |
| 12 | ", Espresso, " | November 21, 2013 |
| 13 | "Chinamax, Russian Standard (vodka), Abalone" | December 12, 2013 |
| 14 | ", Roquefort cheese, " | December 19, 2013 |
| 15 | "Pistachios, Forbidden City, Radar" | January 2, 2014 |
| 16 | "Marble, Mah-Jongg, " | January 16, 2014 |
| 17 | "Argan oil, KamAZ trucks, Canton Tower" | January 23, 2014 |
| 18 | "Civet coffee, St Petersburg Metro, " | January 30, 2014 |
| 19 | "Leather, The Grand Canal, Flyboard" | February 6, 2014 |
Season 12 (2014)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Parmesan, Runways, " | July 15, 2014 |
| 2 | "Carpets, Skis, Niagara Power" | July 22, 2014 |
| 3 | "Nori, , " | July 29, 2014 |
| 4 | "Brass, , Penjing" | August 5, 2014 |
| 5 | ", , Oil Well" | August 12, 2014 |
| 6 | "Bagels, , " | August 19, 2014 |
| 7 | " Chlorella" | August 26, 2014 |
| 8 | "Turkish Delight, Sunscreen" | September 3, 2014 |
| 9 | " " | September 10, 2014 |
| 10 | "Beekeeping, Trikes, Body Armour" | September 17, 2014 |
| 11 | " Pagani" | October 10, 2014 |
| 12 | " Cathedral" | October 17, 2014 |
| 13 | " Baubles" | October 24, 2014 |
| 14 | "Balsamic Vinegar, " | October 24, 2014 |
| 15 | " " | November 7, 2014 |
| 16 | "Plaster, " | November 28, 2014 |
| 17 | " " | December 5, 2014 |
| 18 | " Batteries" | December 12, 2014 |
| 19 | " Bubble Tea" | December 19, 2014 |
Season 13 (2015)[]
| # | Features | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Logging, Tiles & Jaffa Cakes" | May 7, 2015 | |
| 2 | "Heavy Lift Plane, Hunting Boots, Bananas" | May 14, 2015 | |
| Assembling an advanced plane; making warm, waterproof boots. Also: how they get bananas just ripe. | |||
| 3 | "Monorail, Royal Copenhagen Porcelain & New York Cupcakes" | May 21, 2015 | |
| 4 | "Wine, Gore-Tex Extreme Weather Clothing" | May 28, 2015 | |
| 5 | "Screws, Marmalade & Printed Dresses" | June 4, 2015 | |
| 6 | "Road Rollers, Canned Bread & Vertu Phones" | June 11, 2015 | |
| 7 | "Tinned Grapefruit, Snowmaking and Conveyor Belts" | June 18, 2015 | |
| 8 | "Harp Strings, Roof Windows & Belgian waffle" | July 2, 2015 | |
| 9 | "AGA cooker, Incense Sticks and Jenever" | July 9, 2015 | |
| 10 | "Robo-farm, Log Stacker & Piano Moving" | July 23, 2015 | |
| 11 | "Bamboo scaffolding & Fireworks" | July 30, 2015 | |
| 12 | "Espadrille, Prefabricated Houses and Underground Storage" | July 6, 2015 | |
| 13 | "Macadamia Nuts, Tap Water & Crowd control barrier" | August 13, 2015 | |
| 14 | "High Rise Construction, Dr. Martens Boots & Cookware and bakeware" | August 20, 2015 | |
| 15 | "Sitar, Biltong & Bulldozers" | August 27, 2015 | |
| 16 | "Fedoras, Cement & Frozen Peas" | September 3, 2015 | |
| 17 | "Mohair, Gibbs Quadski and the Harp" | September 10, 2015 | |
| 18 | "Rooibos, Baggage handling system & Hairbrushes" | September 17, 2015 | |
| 19 | "Credit Cards, Tiffin and Boat Lift" | September 24, 2015 | |
| 20 | "Power Tunnel, Pizza oven and Wendy house" | October 1, 2015 | |
Season 14 (2016)[]
| # | Features | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ", Cuckoo Clocks, and " | August 8, 2016 | |
| How drinks cans are made; how cuckoo clocks are made and how paddle boards are crafted. | |||
| 2 | "Longboards, Lemonade, and Forklifts" | August 15, 2016 | |
| How longboards are made; how lemons are turned into lemonade; and how forklifts are built. | |||
| 3 | "Coffee, Bricks, Lava Lamps, and Diamonds" | August 22, 2016 | |
| How coffee is roasted; how bricks are built; how lava lamps are made; and how diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano. | |||
| 4 | "Cameras, Big Airbags, and Jelly Beans" | August 29, 2016 | |
| How the world's sharpest photos are taken; what it takes to create an airbag that can catch a falling car; and how jelly beans are made. | |||
| 5 | "Caravans, Tuning forks, Ice resurfacers, and Festival of Lights" | September 5, 2016 | |
| Included: caravans; tuning forks; ice resurfacers; and Festival of Lights. | |||
| 6 | "Vinyl Records, Bumper Cars, and Tiger Balm" | September 12, 2016 | |
| Vinyl records, bumper cars and tiger balm are featured. | |||
| 7 | "Non-alcoholic Beer, Tomcars, Escalators, and Lie detectors" | September 19, 2016 | |
| How non-alcoholic beer, Tomcars, escalators and lie detectors are made. | |||
| 8 | "Axes, Messenger bags, and " | October 3, 2016 | |
| How axes, messenger bags and fast-rescue boats are made. | |||
| 9 | "Wensleydale Cheese, Paintbrushes, Eucalyptus Oil, and Plastic Wrap" | October 10, 2016 | |
| How Wensleydale cheese, paintbrushes, eucalyptus oil and plastic wrap are made. | |||
| 10 | "Tesla Model S, horse tail fabrics & Automated pool cleaner" | October 17, 2016 | |
| Tesla Model S, horse tail fabrics, clean the largest swimming pools | |||
| 11 | "Pianos, Electronic impact drills, Gears and Aircraft chairs" | November 6, 2016 | |
| 12 | "Electric Toothbrushes, Stamps, and Motorcycle" | November 6, 2016 | |
| 13 | "Electronic door locks, Fiat Sedici E, and Deli Meats" | November 13, 2016 | |
| 14 | ", Slot Machines, Pinball Machines, and Boomerangs" | November 13, 2016 | |
| 15 | "Bicycles, Racing Cars, Fire Extinguishers, and Banjos" | November 20, 2016 | |
| 16 | "Kitchen shears, Airlines, Asphalt Tinola, and " | November 20, 2016 | |
| 17 | "Watches, Icons, and Luxury cars" | November 27, 2016 | |
| 18 | "Paper flowers, Formula 1, MotoGP, and NASCAR" | November 27, 2016 | |
| 19 | "Violins, , and Barber chairs" | December 4, 2016 | |
| 20 | "Laminate, , Motor Diesel, and Drums" | December 4, 2016 | |
Season 15 (2017)[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Satellites, Robotic medication dispensers, Incense cones, Skoda Fabia K." | August 28, 2017 |
| 2 | "Mouth fish phines, Dolls, Tattoos & Motorcycle blocks" | September 26, 2017 |
| 3 | "FLONs, Change Machines, Car machines, and Sugar" | October 6, 2017 |
| 4 | "Iveco Trucks, Diesel Filters, and Walking Canes" | October 23, 2017 |
| 5 | "Zaccer, Road Cases, Candy canes and Rally cars" | October 23, 2017 |
| 6 | "Drinking[clarification needed], DAF Trucks, Luxury Watches and Nail clippers" | October 28, 2017 |
| 7 | "Asphalt Ringier, Uranium, Macaroons, and Pills" | November 9, 2017 |
| 8 | "Electric Sports, Sushi, Soy Sauce, and Detergents" | November 27, 2017 |
| 9 | "MAN Trucks, Oil, Gin and KIA R Electric" | November 29, 2017 |
| 10 | "Paper fans, Asphalt power[clarification needed], Tea, and Bassoons" | December 9, 2017 |
| 11 | "SEK, Lime chairs, Diesel blocks, and chandeliers" | December 12, 2017 |
Season 16[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | TBA |
| 2 | TBA | TBA |
| 3 | TBA | TBA |
| 4 | TBA | TBA |
| 5 | TBA | TBA |
| 6 | TBA | TBA |
| 7 | "Bufori cars, whistle, paprika" | TBA |
| 8 | "Pile driver, cricket bat, hand fan" | TBA |
| 9 | TBA | TBA |
| 10 | TBA | TBA |
| 11 | TBA | TBA |
Special[]
Episodes 60 minutes long taken the best from series 3 and 4
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Fighter Jet, Moving Earth, Telescopes, Black Box, Space Shuttle" | September 3, 2007 |
| 2 | "Extracting Copper, Empire State Building, Nuclear Sub, Rescue Services, Biggest Ships" | September 4, 2007 |
FIVE (UK) version[]
Series 1[]
Each episode is 30 minutes long and airs on terrestrial UK channel five. Each programme features 2 items from the original series with 1 new item filmed with presenter Robert Llewellyn. Llewellyn also presents links in between the original items.
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Excavators, London's sewers, Tyres" | January 10, 2008 |
| 2 | "Salt mine, hovercraft, training shoes" | January 17, 2008 |
| 3 | "Lightbulbs, demolition with explosives, giant cranes" | January 24, 2008 |
| 4 | "Cold War Military Recycling, the perfect Martini, plasma TVs" | January 31, 2008 |
| 5 | "Fibre Optics, Movements of Goods, zips" | February 4, 2008 |
| 6 | "Fireworks, Limestone, Rail Tracks" | February 11, 2008 |
| 7 | "Pencils, Pilot a Cargo Ship, Golfballs" | February 18, 2008 |
| 8 | "Thames Barrier, Newspaper Recycling, Glassmaking" | February 25, 2008 |
| 9 | "High Speed Racing Boat, Mobile Phones, Kugira" | March 3, 2008 |
| 10 | "Recycling, Self Winding Watches, Flat Pack Tanker" | March 10, 2008 |
Series 2[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mid-Air Refuelling, Skyscrapers, Tea" | March 17, 2008 |
| 2 | "Airbags, Internet Shopping, Car Recycling" | March 24, 2008 |
| 3 | "Ice Breaker Ships, Bells, Rubber Bands" | March 31, 2008 |
| 4 | "Diamond Mines, Electricity from Coal, Ten-Pin Bowling" | April 7, 2008 |
| 5 | "Wood Harvesting, Car Transportation, Confectionery" | April 14, 2008 |
| 6 | "Resilient Banknotes, Art of Falconry, Largest Lorry" | April 21, 2008 |
| 7 | "Armoured Car, Thames Cleaning, IKEA" | April 28, 2008 |
| 8 | "Combine Harvester, Satellites, Crash Helmet" | May 5, 2008 |
| 9 | "Gold Mining, Fire Resistant Materials, Skyscraper Lifts" | May 12, 2008 |
| 10 | "Airbus 380, Pit Stops under 10 Seconds, Tomato Ketchup" | May 19, 2008 |
Series 3[]
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "High-Speed Catamarans, Stunt Planes, Contact Lenses" | October 9, 2008 |
| 2 | "Channel Tunnel, Escalators, Car Production" | October 16, 2008 |
| 3 | "Aluminium Cans, Steam Locomotive, Golf Clubs" | 23 October 2008 |
| 4 | "Tugboat, Water Drilling, Mountain Bike" | October 30, 2008 |
| 5 | "Lancashire Fire Service, Traffic-Management, Gigantic Tunneling Machine" | November 6, 2008 |
| 6 | "Marmite, Uncapsizable Lifeboat, Energy-Efficient Lightbulb" | November 13, 2008 |
| 7 | "Steel Works, Recycling Rubbish into Compost, Wensleydale Cheese" | November 20, 2008 |
| 8 | "Thames Water Ring, Wind Farm, Ice-Surfacing Machine" | November 27, 2008 |
| 9 | "Heathrow Luggage, Golf Course, Printer Cartridges" | December 4, 2008 |
| 10 | "American Fire Engines, Oil Refinery, Air Traffic Control" | December 11, 2008 |
Series 4[]
Series 4 does not feature a specially shot item with presenter Robert Llewellyn; instead this is a reversion of the Discovery Channel series 5 with filmed links presented by Robert between the items. This series was not made available on Five's online video site.
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Panama Canal, Waste Disposal" | 16 August 2010 |
| 2 | "World's Strongest Knife, Diamonds, Bricks" | 23 August 2010 |
| 3 | "Live pylon repairs, Floating Crane" | 6 September 2010 |
| 4 | "Drinking Water, Television Screens, Luxury Cars" | 13 September 2010 |
| 5 | "Overnight Parcel Delivery, Coal Mining" | 20 September 2010 |
| 6 | "Tetra Pak, Pre-Fab Houses, Ambulances" | 27 September 2010 |
| 7 | "Sat Nav, Aluminium foil" | 4 October 2010 |
| 8 | "Carpet, Lego" | 11 October 2010 |
| 9 | "Container Ship Estelle Maersk, Peterbilt Trucks" | 18 October 2010 |
| 10 | "Windshield wipers, Space Shuttle, Binoculars" | 20 October 2010 |
| 11 | "Transporting Oil Rigs, Electric Razors" | 25 October 2010 |
| 12 | ", Mufflers, Locks" | 27 October 2010 |
| 13 | "Airbus, Chainsaws" | 1 November 2010 |
| 14 | "Mirrors, Car Wrapping Labels" | 8 November 2010 |
| 15 | "Jeans, Wine Glasses" | 15 November 2010 |
| 16 | "Freeways Construction, Minting Coins" | 22 November 2010 |
| 17 | "Railways, Ballpoint pens" | 29 November 2010 |
| 18 | "Hydroelectric Dam, Silicon Chips" | 4 December 2010 |
| 19 | "Petrol, Swiss Army Knife" | 13 December 2010 |
| 20 | "Weather Forecasting, Hovercraft" | 20 December 2010 |
Series 5[]
Series 5 does not feature a specially shot item with presenter Robert Llewellyn; instead this is a reversion of the Discovery Channel series 6 with filmed links presented by Robert between the items. This series was not made available on Five's online video site.
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Blue Angels Airshows, Indoor Ski Slope, Sushi" | 4 January 2011 |
| 2 | "Artificial Reefs, Earthquake-proof Buildings, Cars on Rocket Fuel" | 10 January 2011 |
| 3 | "De-Ice Planes, Glossy Magazines, Electric Sports Car" | 17 January 2011 |
| 4 | "De-Make Assembly Line Robots, Seal Wine Bottles, Desalinatize Sea Water" | 20 January 2011 |
| 5 | "Design Airplane Parachutes, Create Solar Power, Make Photochromic Lenses" | 24 January 2011 |
| 6 | "Cowboys Hats, Deep Sea Dive, Inflight Catering" | 27 January 2011 |
| 7 | "Stainless steel, Making motorbikes, Making paper" | 31 January 2011 |
| 8 | "Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round" | 7 February 2011 |
| 9 | "Large aquarium, Making sapphire, Bentlys" | 14 February 2011 |
| 10 | "Satellites, Ship Maintenance, Making stretched limos" | 21 February 2011 |
| 11 | "Batteries, Building an artificial island, Creating perfumes" | 28 February 2011 |
| 12 | "Jumbo Garage, Nuclear Power, Pianos" | 7 March 2011 |
| 13 | "Produce Power from Waste, Customize Supercars, Super Steel Swords" | 14 March 2011 |
| 14 | "Manufacturing propellers, Intelligent cars, Turning metal into magnets" | 21 March 2011 |
| 15 | "Traffic Control Systems, Mining Oil, Film Reconstruction" | 28 March 2011 |
| 16 | "Mega Hotels, Lasers, Desert Golf" | 4 April 2011 |
| 17 | "Orange Juice, Bending Glass, Solid Rock" | 11 April 2011 |
| 18 | "Work in 600-degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand Ports" | 18 April 2011 |
| 19 | "G Suits, Smart Grid, Vehicle Slowdown" | 9 May 2011 |
| 20 | "Military helicopters, Metro systems, Engineering artificial reefs" | 16 May 2011 |
Science Channel[]
Season Unknown[]
Episodes in this group aired with 30-minute runtimes (including commercials). On hiatus as of February 2014.
| # | Features | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Leather Pouf Ottomans, The Grand Canal (China), FlyBoards" | February 6, 2014 |
References[]
- ^ "How Do They Do It?". June 23, 2010 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 1 Online". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 2 Online". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 3 Online". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ "How Do They Do It?". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "How Do They Do It? – S4 – Episode 6: Land Mines/Air Boats/Fireproof Clothing". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Land Mines, Air Boats, Car Warehouse". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 5 Online". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 6 Online". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ a b "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 7 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "How Do They Do It? - S07E15". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-01 – via www.tvtime.com.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 8 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 9 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 10 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 11 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ official How Do They Do It video for Cricket balls on YouTube
- ^ official How Do They Do It video for Sardines on YouTube
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 12 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 13 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Watch How Do They Do It? Season 15 Online". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
External links[]
- How Do They Do It? at IMDb
- How Do They Do It?, Discovery Channel UK
- How Do They Do It?[permanent dead link], Discovery Channel Asia
- ¿Cómo lo hacen?, Discovery Channel en Español
- Official Youtube channel with "How Do They Do It?" videos, among others
- WAG TV
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- British documentary television series
- 2000s Canadian documentary television series
- Discovery Channel original programming
- Documentary television series about industry