How Do They Do It?
Season 8
201120 episodes
Episode 1
Fugu, Freight Trains, Scottish Tartan
Jun 3, 201122m
How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? And how do Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts?
Episode 2
Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears
Jun 10, 201122m
How do they design and produce the ultimate kingpin bowling ball? How do they raise and lower Tower Bridge? And how do they produce millions of gummy bears a day?...
Episode 3
Island Prison, Mailboxes, Jam
Jun 17, 201122m
How do they run Ryker's Island, one of the biggest jails in the world? How do they make the famous Royal Mail post box? And how do they turn fruit...
Episode 4
Brewery, Playing Cards, Gulfstream
Jun 24, 201122m
How do they make playing cards that can defeat a cheat? How do they brew a billion bottles of lager a year? And how do they make the world's most...
Episode 5
Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British Library
Jul 1, 201122m
How do they put the holes in Swiss cheese? How do they restore and improve a classic battle tank? And how do robotic librarians run one of the world's biggest...
Episode 6
Pretzels, Gondolas, Pearls
Jul 15, 201122m
How do they persuade an oyster to grow a perfect pearl? How do they put the twist in classic Pennsylvania pretzels? And how do they build Venice's traditional gondolas?
Episode 7
Roulette Tables, Olive Oil, Batmobile
Jul 22, 201122m
How do they make a perfectly unpredictable roulette wheel? How do they produce the world's purest olive oil? And how can a rusty wreck be transformed into a classic Batmobile?
Episode 8
Ice Rink, Car Plant
Jul 29, 201122m
How do they instruct robots to mass-produce cars, and how do they transform the world's biggest football stadium into its largest ice hockey arena? Find out.
Episode 9
Duck Calls, Wasabi, Accordions
Aug 5, 201122m
How do they craft accordions? How do they make the wasabi that puts a kick in Japan's raw fish? And how do they produce duck calls that can trick birds?
Episode 10
Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills
Aug 26, 201122m
How do they make the Japanese toilets that treat you to a wash and blow dry? How has the US Navy built a helicopter that doesn't need a pilot?
Episode 11
24 Hours of Daytona, Rum
Oct 18, 201122m
How do they keep the cars of Daytona on track for 24 hours of high speed racing, and how do they turn the sweetest sugar cane into world-renowned Caribbean rum?
Episode 12
Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer Cleats
Oct 19, 201122m
How do they farm sturgeon for caviar? How do they mould centuries of history into the finest Japanese porcelain? How do they make world-class football boots?
Episode 13
Bomb Squad, Cider, Husqvarna
Oct 27, 201122m
How do they find and defuse thousands of World War II landmines? How do they make crisp tasting cider? How do they clear undergrowth with a thin strip of nylon...
Episode 14
Circus, Guitars
Dec 1, 201122m
How do they set up a 1,700 seat circus tent in just 36 hours, and how do they turn Japanese maple and mahogany into the coolest instruments on earth -...
Episode 15
Taiko Drums, Green Factory, Pasta
Dec 8, 201122m
How is a 700-year-old tree made into a two tonne Japanese drum? How can a factory produce thousands of cars and stay green? And how do Italians make great tasting...
Episode 16
Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino Security
Dec 15, 201122m
How does the German city of Frankfurt produce their famous frankfurter sausages? How are the world's most accurate rifles manufactured? How do casinos stop card cheats?
Episode 17
Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Parcels
Dec 29, 201122m
How are millions of parcels delivered around the world every day? How do they make cricket bats that can hit a ball at 150kmph?
Episode 18
Powerboats, Swiss Watches, Wallpaper
Jan 5, 201222m
How do they build powerboats that can go faster than sports cars? How do they produce Swiss watches? How do they create wallpaper fit for palaces?
Episode 19
Submarine Rescue, Subaru
Jan 12, 201222m
How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? Submarine rescue specialists test the ability of the world's navies to respond to an underwater emergency.
Episode 20
Cruise Ship, Truffles, Asphault
Jan 19, 201222m
How do they guide the world's largest cruise ships under low bridges? How do they find Alba's famous white truffles? How do they mine Trinidad's natural asphalt lake?