How Do They Do It?

Episodes

Season 11

S11E13

Balsamic Vinegar, Drysuits, Stunt Plane

, Discovery, 30 minutes

Balsamic Vinegar, Drysuits, Stunt Plane

An insight into how the world's most expensive vinegar is made, how divers keep dry and warm in the freezing ocean, and how to build a plane that can fly upside down.

S11E14

Dock Cranes, Plastic Bags, Baubles

, Discovery, 30 minutes

Dock Cranes, Plastic Bags, Baubles

A look at how to build a port ready to receive the world's biggest container ships, and how 28 million plastic bags are made every day.

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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.