How Do They Do It?

Episodes

Season 15

(Season 15) (8 episodes) (Season 16) (2 episodes)

S15E13

Car Siberia to Sahara; Baseball Gloves

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19.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Car Siberia to Sahara; Baseball Gloves

How do they take a car from Siberia to the Sahara without leaving Germany? Plus, how do they hand craft a baseball glove that will last a lifetime?

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S15E14

Print Newspapers; Knitting Socks

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20.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Print Newspapers; Knitting Socks

How do they print over 10 million copies a day of the world's best-selling newspaper? How do they knit 32,000 pairs of socks a day at South Africa's biggest sock...

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S15E15

Raisins;papyrus

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21.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Raisins;papyrus

How do they produce 99% of America's raisins in California's San Joaquin Valley? Plus, how do they make the world's oldest type of paper?

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S15E16

Charcoal Briquettes; Soba Noodles; Vaulting Poles

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24.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Charcoal Briquettes; Soba Noodles; Vaulting Poles

How do they use ancient techniques and modern technology to produce thousands of tonnes of barbecue charcoal? How do they cook up Japan's soba noodles?

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S15E17

Freshwater Pearls, Knives, Hippo Roller

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25.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Freshwater Pearls, Knives, Hippo Roller

How do they grow America's only freshwater pearls in Tennessee? How are the world's sharpest knives made, and how do they forge the world's sharpest knives?

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S15E18

Sugar, Feather Dusters, Balloons

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26.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Sugar, Feather Dusters, Balloons

How do they turn ugly root vegetables into sweet sugar? How do they make feather dusters? And, how do they make billions of balloons to keep parties popping?

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S15E19

Pencils, Liquorice, Lace

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27.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Pencils, Liquorice, Lace

How do they turn trees into billions of pencils? How do they make liquorice? And, how do they use traditional techniques to weave the world's most fashionable lace?

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S15E20

Platinum, Manga Comics, Limoncello

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28.3. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Platinum, Manga Comics, Limoncello

How do they mine one of the world's most valuable metals, platinum? How do they produce manga comics? How do they turn lemons into an Italian after-dinner drinks?

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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.