How Do They Do It? (UK)

  • Premiered: Jan 2008
  • Episodes: 70
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • Channel 5
  • Monday at 19
  • Documentary Reality

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Season 5
5x4
Car Building Robots, Cork, Water Desalination
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Jan 20, 2010
Robert Llewellyn learns about the robots used to build cars, investigates how bottles are sealed using tree bark and reveals the process behind making sea water drinkable.
5x5
Solar Power, Transition Lenses, Aircraft Recovery
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Jan 24, 2010
Robert Llewellyn reveals how the power of the sun is harnessed to generate electricity, and explores the manufacturing process behind colour-changing lenses. He also examines how a falling aircraft can be caught with a parachute
5x1
Blue Angels, Artificial Snow, Sushi
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Jan 04, 2011
Robert Llewellyn explores how the Blue Angels flying team performs breathtaking stunts at breakneck speeds, and discovers the techniques used to keep a ski slope cold in the middle of .. show full overview
5x2
Scuttling Ships, Earthquake Proofing Buildings
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Jan 10, 2011
Explosives experts prepare to sink out-of-service warship the USS General Hoyt S Vandenberg, to create a new wreck site for divers. Plus, Robert Llewellyn finds out how engineers have .. show full overview
5x3
Recycling Paper, Plug-in Hybrid Cars
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Jan 17, 2011
Robert Llewellyn investigates the process of turning waste paper into glossy magazines at the Leipa mill in Schwedt, Germany. He also finds out how plug-in hybrid sports car the Fisker .. show full overview
5x6
Cowboy Hats, Deep Dea Diving, Airline Food
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Jan 27, 2011
This episode features information on how a classic cowboy hat is fashioned, how deep-sea workers train for their hazardous jobs and how airline food is manufactured and delivered.
5x7
Stainless Steel, Triumph Rocket III, Paper Production
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Jan 31, 2011
Robert Llewellyn finds out how iron is turned into stainless steel with the addition of chromium, and explores the construction process of the world's biggest production bike, the .. show full overview
5x8
Underground Railways, Satellites, Fresh Flowers
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Feb 07, 2011
Robert Llewellyn explores the construction of an underground railway in the South African city of Johannesburg, and finds out how small observation satellites built in Surrey are used by .. show full overview
5x9
Large Aquarium, Making Sapphire, Bentlys
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Feb 14, 2011
Robert explores how the world's biggest sharks are looked after at the world's largest aquarium, how luxury cars are made and how the world's toughest glass is manufactured.
5x10
Satellites , Ship Maintenance, Stretched Limos
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Feb 21, 2011
In this episode we learn how NASA operates its large satellites, how a huge oil tanker is docked, and how stretch limousines are created.
5x11
Batteries, Artificial island, Creating Perfumes
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Mar 05, 2011
Robert looks at the secrets behind some of the world's most expensive perfumes, the genius recycling solution invented to solve Singapore's waste and overcrowding problems, and how salty sea water can be turned into a source of power.
5x12
Jumbo Garage, Nuclear Power, Pianos
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Mar 07, 2011
Robert learns how passenger jets complete thousands of successful journeys every year when he visits a state-of-the-art engineering facility in Dubai. He scopes out one of the world's .. show full overview
5x13
Power from Waste, Customize Supercars, Super Steel Swords
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Mar 14, 2011
We learn how rubbish is turned into electricity, how the world's fastest street car is produced, and how some of the world's sharpest swords are constructed.
5x14
Propellers, Hybrid Magnet, Crash Response System
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Mar 21, 2011
Robert Llewellyn finds out how a company in the Netherlands manufactures some of the world's largest propellers. He learns about the maintenance of the two-storey hybrid magnet at .. show full overview
5x15
Container Port, Oil Recovery, Storing Films
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Mar 28, 2011
Robert Llewellyn finds out how Singapore - one of the world's busiest container ports - handles up to 1,000 ships a day. He also discovers the process used to mine oil reserves beneath .. show full overview
5x16
Mega Hotels, Lasers, Desert Golf
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Apr 04, 2011
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5x17
Orange Juice, Bending Glass, Solid Rock
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Apr 11, 2011
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5x18
Work in 600-degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand Ports
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Apr 18, 2011
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5x19
G Suits, Smart Grid, Vehicle Slowdown
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May 09, 2011
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5x20 Show finale
Military helicopters, Metro systems, Engineering artificial reefs
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May 16, 2011
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