How Do They Do It?

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7x1
Peanut Butter; Breaking Points
Episode overview
How peanut butter is made and how household devices are tested.
7x2
Guinness; Silk; Canned Soup
Episode overview
A Guinness brewery tour, silk's journey from silkworm cocoons to closets, and how soup is put into cans.
7x3
Fire Extinguisher; Cruise Liner
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Examining how phosphates are used to put out fires, and the processes involved in refuelling and resupplying cruise liners.
7x4
Diggers; Thai Sauce; Willis Tower Skydeck
Episode overview
Examining the operation of versatile construction machines, how beans are turned into sauce, and the processes involved in maintaining the Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago.
7x5
Tabasco; Monument Marble; Umbrellas
Episode overview
The mining of the marble used in Washington DC's monuments, the manufacture of Tabasco sauce and storm-proof umbrellas.
7x6
Sponges; Cabbie Knowledge
Episode overview
Examining the technology used to dive for natural sponges, and how taxi drivers know their way to so many different destinations
7x7
Money Movers; Game Fishing Rods; Bagpipes
Episode overview
How money is transferred in a safe and secure manner with behind-the-scenes banking technology, landing big game fish, bagpipes.
7x8
Whiskey; Disaster Prevention
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The processes involved in turning water into whisky, and the preparations that are being made for another natural disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.
7x9
Crash Testing; Books; Margarine
Episode overview
The technology involved in building life-saving crash test dummies, book binding, and the making of the butter substitute, margarine.
7x10
Six Shooters; Airplane Tires; Artificial Turf
Episode overview
How aircraft tires are constructed, precision 19th-Century revolvers, and how synthetic fibers are designed to imitate natural grass.
7x11
Money; Handmade Shoes
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The complex technological processes involved in creating banknotes, and how leather hide is turned into a pair of shoes.
7x12
Sugar; Fish Farming; Speed Suits
Episode overview
Explore how fish are farmed, raw cane is turned into sugar, and suits are tailored in just one day.
7x13
Car Batteries; Chocolate; Toothbrushes
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7x14
Eiffel Tower; Motorcycles; Snowboards
Episode overview
The complex processes involved in maintaining the Eiffel Tower, and how snowboards are made.
7x15
Decaf Coffee; Smoked Salmon; Water Jets
Episode overview
How coffee beans are decaffeinated, salmon is smoked, and water is harnessed to power ships.
7x16
Arson Dogs; Oaked Wine; Chrome
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Examining the training of arson investigation dogs and the making of oak barrels for French wine.
7x17
Racing Mowers; Price of Bread; Coconut Water
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Building the world's fastest lawnmower; setting the price of bread; how coconuts clean water.
7x18
Underground Mine; Shotguns
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The working processes of America's largest mine, and how made-to-measure shotguns are manufactured.
7x19
Flour & Cakes; Western Saddles; Off-Roader
Episode overview
The complex technological processes involved in making off-road vehicles, the best way to stay on a bucking bronco, and how flour is used when making cakes.
7x20
UPS; Matches
Episode overview
The processes involved in turning trees into matches.

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