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How Do They Do It?

Season 8 · Episode 8 — Ice Rink, Car Plant

Jul 29, 2011 22m
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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.

Season 8 episodes

E1
Fugu, Freight Trains, Scottish TartanJun 3, 2011 · 22m

How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? And how do Scots weave over 700…

E2
Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy BearsJun 10, 2011 · 22m

How do they design and produce the ultimate kingpin bowling ball? How do they raise and lower Tower Bridge? And how do they produce million…

E3
Island Prison, Mailboxes, JamJun 17, 2011 · 22m

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 tur…

E4
Brewery, Playing Cards, GulfstreamJun 24, 2011 · 22m

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'…

E5
Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British LibraryJul 1, 2011 · 22m

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…

E6
Pretzels, Gondolas, PearlsJul 15, 2011 · 22m

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 V…

E7
Roulette Tables, Olive Oil, BatmobileJul 22, 2011 · 22m

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 t…

E8
Ice Rink, Car PlantJul 29, 2011 · 22m

How do they instruct robots to mass-produce cars, and how do they transform the world's biggest football stadium into its largest ice hocke…

E9
Duck Calls, Wasabi, AccordionsAug 5, 2011 · 22m

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…

E10
Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition DrillsAug 26, 2011 · 22m

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 pil…

E11
24 Hours of Daytona, RumOct 18, 2011 · 22m

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-re…

E12
Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer CleatsOct 19, 2011 · 22m

How do they farm sturgeon for caviar? How do they mould centuries of history into the finest Japanese porcelain? How do they make world-cla…

E13
Bomb Squad, Cider, HusqvarnaOct 27, 2011 · 22m

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…

E14
Circus, GuitarsDec 1, 2011 · 22m

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…

E15
Taiko Drums, Green Factory, PastaDec 8, 2011 · 22m

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 Ital…

E16
Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino SecurityDec 15, 2011 · 22m

How does the German city of Frankfurt produce their famous frankfurter sausages? How are the world's most accurate rifles manufactured? How…

E17
Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, ParcelsDec 29, 2011 · 22m

How are millions of parcels delivered around the world every day? How do they make cricket bats that can hit a ball at 150kmph?

E18
Powerboats, Swiss Watches, WallpaperJan 5, 2012 · 22m

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 p…

E19
Submarine Rescue, SubaruJan 12, 2012 · 22m

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 und…

E20
Cruise Ship, Truffles, AsphaultJan 19, 2012 · 22m

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 Trini…

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