How Do They Do It? (UK)

Robert Llewellyn visits Volvo's factory in Korea to find out how excavators are built.

The team visits a giant salt mine in Canada and gets to grips with a hovercraft.

A look at how light bulbs are made and how a tower is demolished safely with explosives.

How Cold War military hardware is recycled, and how plasma television screens are made.

The crew explores the use of fibre optics in telecommunication and the production of zips in China.

A look at how fireworks are made in the Chinese city of Liuyang.

Presenter Robert Llewellyn discovers how pencils are made, and the secrets of the modern golf ball.

Robert Llewellyn examines the technology behind the Thames Barrier.

Robert Llewellyn pilots a high-speed racing boat, and looks at a special catamaran.

Glass recycling, a look at the 2 million tons of waste glass that gets thrown out each year, and also checks how Cargo ships are made in South Korea.