The BEST episodes of How Do They Do It?
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
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.
#1 - Recycling; Plasma TV; Fireworks; Railroad Tracks; Ink
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2006
This episode begins with explaining how recycling works using as an example airplanes. Then goes on to Plasma TV’s by explaining the theory and showing us the Hitachi factory. After that it’s the fireworks turn. From China to New York, from production to consumption you can see how they do it! Big hot and noisy, it is time to make railway tracks. Melt, shape, cool, check, you are done! Finally, microseconds, micrometers, welcome to the world of inkjet cartridges and its ink, by taking a tour in the Hewlett Packard cartridge factory.
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#2 - Arson Dogs; Oaked Wine; Chrome
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/10/2010
Examining the training of arson investigation dogs and the making of oak barrels for French wine.
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#4 - Caravans; Tuning Forks; Ice Resurfacers; Festival of Lights
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/5/2016
Included: caravans; tuning forks; ice resurfacers; and Festival of Lights.
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#5 - Mining Trucks; IKEA; Air Traffic
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/8/2006
#6 - Coffee; Bricks; Lava Lamps; Diamonds
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/22/2016
How coffee is roasted; how bricks are built; how lava lamps are made; and how diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano.
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#7 - Glass; Golf Balls; Zippers; Coke Cans; Tire Changes
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/10/2006
Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire Changes
#8 - Spacesuit; Diesel Engines; Neon Signs
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2007
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
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#11 - Money Movers; Game Fishing Rods; Bagpipes
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/9/2010
How money is transferred in a safe and secure manner with behind-the-scenes banking technology, landing big game fish, bagpipes.
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#16 - Parma Ham, Rowing Machines
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2018
How is Parma ham, the most famous ham in the world, made? Plus, how do they make rowing machines, and how are the iconic London Underground signs made?
#20 - Dry Wall; R 'n R Statuettes; Skytruck
Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/28/2014
How plasterboard is made from power station smoke, the casting of the world's top awards, and how planes are built that can take off and land almost anywhere.
#21 - Repainting Airliners; Dutch Clogs; Cornish Pasties
Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/2013
#22 - Growing Food in the Desert; Tall Ship Rigging; Insulin
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/2013
Salad; Rope; Insulin
