How Do They Do It?

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Season 14

S14E04

Helmets, Tea, District Heating

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6.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Helmets, Tea, District Heating

How do they harvest and treat the world's most expensive tea? Plus, how does the Siekierki power plant of Warsaw, Poland heat half the city's homes?

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S14E05

Royal Enfield, Art Fraud, Milk

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7.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Royal Enfield, Art Fraud, Milk

How do they engineer the latest incarnation of the classic Royal Enfield Continental GT motorbike? Plus, how do 'art detectives' spot a forgery?

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S14E06

Crash Testing, Delftware, Umbrellas

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10.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Crash Testing, Delftware, Umbrellas

How do they blend science and destruction at crash test centres? And how do they piece together the complex mechanism of a pocket sized umbrella?

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S14E07

Iron Ore, Wave Flume, Chandeliers

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11.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Iron Ore, Wave Flume, Chandeliers

How do they extract iron ore from one of the most remote mines on the planet? And how do they make chandeliers that are fit for a queen?

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S14E08

Oyster Knives, Stadium Lights, Diamonds

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12.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Oyster Knives, Stadium Lights, Diamonds

How do they forge the blades to crack open oyster shells? Plus, how do scientists in a lab grow the synthetic diamonds of the future?

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S14E09

Cheddar Cheese, CPR Mannequins, Dishwashers

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13.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Cheddar Cheese, CPR Mannequins, Dishwashers

How do they make cheddar, the world's most popular cheese? How do they breathe life into Rususci Anne - the plastic woman that teaches CPR?

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Available in 1 day

S14E10

Ford Transits, Driza-bone, Saltfish

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14.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Ford Transits, Driza-bone, Saltfish

How do Ford produce the ubiquitous white van, the Transit? Plus, how do they ensure the Driza-bone coat lives up to its name?

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Available in 4 days

S14E11

Wood Stoves, Indigo, Synthesiser

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17.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Wood Stoves, Indigo, Synthesiser

How do they make wood burning stoves that bring warmth to the bleak Norwegian winter? Plus, how do build the synthesiser that changed music forever?

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Available in 5 days

S14E12

Morgan Cars, Bamboo Cotton, Toilets

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18.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Morgan Cars, Bamboo Cotton, Toilets

How do they assemble the reinvented Morgan 3 Wheeler? Plus, how do they protect firefighters' hands from heat, flame and chemical attack?

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Available in 6 days

S14E13

Wind Turbines, Car Tyres, Mushrooms

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19.2. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Wind Turbines, Car Tyres, Mushrooms

How do they make wind turbines with twice the wingspan of a Boeing? Plus, how do they mould car tyres from the ooze of a tree?

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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.