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How Do They Do It?
S16E18 - Basmati Microwave Rice, Automaton Singing Bird Boxes, British Life Guards Uniforms
How do they turn thousands of tonnes of basmati rice into millions of microwaveable meals? And, how do they craft beautiful mechanical singing birds?
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Season 14
Giant Floating Power Stations; The World's Smallest Aircraft
Giant Floating Power Stations; The World's Smallest Aircraft
Giant Floating Power Stations; The World's Smallest Aircraft.
crayons;mirrors
crayons;mirrors
How do they create coloured crayons used by children and artists around the world? Plus, how do artisans and craftsmen create treasured mirrors in India?
Race Cars That Run on Electricity; Mead
Race Cars That Run on Electricity; Mead
How do they power the next generation of race cars that run on electricity? Plus, how do they make mead - the favourite drink of the infamous Vikings?
Steam-Powered Paddleboats on the Mississippi River; The Waterfall Defense System
Steam-Powered Paddleboats on the Mississippi River; The Waterfall Defense System
How do they build the famous steam-powered paddleboats that cruise the Mississippi River? How did they create the powerful defence system called 'the waterwall'?
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About show
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, 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 begin airing the series, presented by Robert Llewellyn. This version was released on DVD in the UK in May 2010.
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.