How Do They Do It?

Episodes

Season 13

S13E01

Logging; Tiles; Jaffa Cakes

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6.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Logging; Tiles; Jaffa Cakes

The Season 13 premiere features skyline logging; and a Spanish workshop that turns ordinary clay into intricate tiles. Also: preparing a 90-year-old British treat.

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S13E02

Heavy Lift Plane; Hunting Boots; Bananas

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7.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Heavy Lift Plane; Hunting Boots; Bananas

Assembling an advanced plane; making warm, waterproof boots. Also: how they get bananas just ripe.

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S13E03

Monorail; Royal Copenhagen Porcelain; New York Cupcakes

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8.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Monorail; Royal Copenhagen Porcelain; New York Cupcakes

Mumbai's monorail; hand-painted porcelain statues in Denmark; and creative cupcake recipes.

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S13E04

Wine; Goretex Extreme Weather Clothing

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9.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Wine; Goretex Extreme Weather Clothing

How popular wines are produced; and how PTFE is used to make extreme weather clothing.

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S13E05

Screws; Marmalade; Printed Dresses

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10.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Screws; Marmalade; Printed Dresses

How screws help hold the world together. Also: marmalade's bitter roots; and fashionable clothing created with technology.

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S13E06

Road Rollers; Canned Bread; Vertu Phones

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13.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Road Rollers; Canned Bread; Vertu Phones

Included: road rollers; canned bread; and cell phones made with rubies and sapphires.

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Available in 2 days

S13E07

Tinned Grapefruit; Snow Machines; Conveyor Belts

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14.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Tinned Grapefruit; Snow Machines; Conveyor Belts

How grapefruit is picked and processed in the African country of Swaziland; a North America ski resort that produces snow on demand; and the luggage-transportation systems at the world's airports.

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Available in 3 days

S13E08

Harp Strings; Roof Windows; Belgian Waffles

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15.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Harp Strings; Roof Windows; Belgian Waffles

How harp strings and roof windows are made. Also: origins of Belgian waffles.

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Available in 4 days

S13E09

AGA cooker; Incense Sticks; Jenever

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16.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

AGA cooker; Incense Sticks; Jenever

How scrap metal is turned into AGA cookers; how incense is made; and how Dutch gin is created.

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Available in 5 days

S13E10

Robo-farm; Log Stacker; Piano Moving

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17.1. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Robo-farm; Log Stacker; Piano Moving

A Netherlands farm that's run almost entirely by robots; and a log stacker. Also: moving grand pianos through the streets of New York.

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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.