
How Do They Do It?
2006–2020 · discovery+ · 30 min · 16 seasons
S16E20 · Remotely Operated Vehicles
Thu, 2 July, 7:00 am
How do they build remote-controlled underwater robots to do jobs too dangerous for human divers? How do they make the world's most cuddly teddy bears?
About
As the modern world becomes increasingly sophisticated and mechanised, we grow further removed from the way things are made and how things are done - from the miraculous feats of engineering which underpin life in the 21st Century.
Episodes
- E01
Peppermint, Tennis Racquets
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow does one family in America make three quarters of the world's peppermint oil? Also, how do they make state-of-the-art, performance-enhancing tennis rackets?
- E02
Trombone, Spanish Bota
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they make a trombone? How do they make traditional Spanish wineskins? And, how do they turn smelly muddy peat into rejuvenating face cream?
- E03
Surfboards, Satchels, Butter
Thu, 2 July· 30 minOver 35 million people love to surf, so how do they make the perfect board for catching waves? Plus, the world eats 10 million tonnes of butter a year -...
- E04
Horse Air Transport, Chess Sets, Food Photography
Thu, 2 July· 30 minTop race horses are given VIP treatment to get to their new owners, how are they transported? Plus, what creative methods do they use to photograph food?
- E05
Stainless Steel, Safe Locks
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they produce a million tonnes of stainless steel? How do they keep cash safe with an uncrackable lock? How do they make traditional Indian sugar?
- E06
Geoduck, Steam Trains
Thu, 2 July· 30 minMany items that make up the modern world are the result of sophisticated engineering and production processes. How do they do it?
- E07
Bufori Cars, Sports Whistles
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they build one of the world's most exclusive luxury cars? How do they make a referee's whistle that can be heard above 50,000 screaming fans?
- E08
Pile Drivers, Cricket Bats
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they turn English willow into cricket bats for India's finest cricketers? And, how do they construct the foundations for tall buildings?
- E09
Tractors, Cowbells
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they build a tractor every three minutes to power Indian agriculture? How do they cast the bronze bells that help Swiss farmers keep track of their cows?
- E10
Bird's Nest Soup, Rowing Oars
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they collect millions of real birds' nests to make birds' nest soup? Plus, how do they use aerospace technology to make rowers go faster?
- E11
Turbochargers, Plastic Roads
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they quadruple the power of the world's biggest engines with the most powerful turbochargers? How do they build new roads from old waste plastic?
- E12
Sails, Ceremonial Swords
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they harness the wind to power a racing yacht to Olympic gold? How do they make a sword fit for an officer at the world's largest sword factory?
- E13
Guitar Amplifier, Clay Pots
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they make the amplifier used by rock legends, the famous Marshall amp? Plus, how do they turn wet clay into frost-proof garden pots?
- E14
Petronas Window Cleaners
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they clean the world's tallest twin towers? How do they make a jigsaw where every piece is unique? How do they craft Olympic level hockey sticks?
- E15
RVs, Chupa Chups
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they fit all the features of a luxury apartment into a motorhome? And, how do they make a ballet shoe that can take the weight of a dancer...
- E16
Mushrooms, Maps
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they grow nearly 200,000 tonnes of mushrooms a year in the mushroom capital of the world? And, how do they make billions of life-saving gloves?
- E17
Fertiliser, Maple Syrup
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they mine a million tonnes of fertiliser from below the sea? How do they hand print millions of colourful clothes using the art of batik?
- E18
Basmati Rice, Mechanical Birds
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they turn thousands of tonnes of basmati rice into millions of microwaveable meals? How do they craft beautiful mechanical singing birds?
- E19
Hearing Aids, Trains
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they make an almost invisible hearing aid that connects wirelessly to a phone? How do they build the carriages for London's new underground railway?
- E20
Remotely Operated Vehicles
Thu, 2 July· 30 minHow do they build remote-controlled underwater robots to do jobs too dangerous for human divers? How do they make the world's most cuddly teddy bears?