How Do They Do It? - Season 12
Season 12
Network
DatesMay 10, 2015 - Oct 1, 2015
Episodes
Season 12Episode 125 min
Heavy-lift Aircraft; Hunting Boots; Bananas
A look at how skyline logging wrangles Vancouver's most elusive trees. Plus, muscle and skill turns ordinary clay into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop.
May 10, 2015
Season 12Episode 225 min
Logging; Tiles; Jaffa Cakes
Jets over to Spain to one of the most advanced and powerful planes in the world. Plus, there's a secret to making warm waterproof boots and how bananas get just...
May 14, 2015
Season 12Episode 325 min
Monorail; Royal Copenhagen Porcelain; New York Cupcakes
Commuters rise above Mumbai's chaos by riding India's only monorail. In Denmark, porcelain statues are hand painted and take several weeks to complete. Creative cupcake recipes originate in Manhattan and stretch around the world.
May 21, 2015
Season 12Episode 425 min
Wine; Goretex Extreme Weather Clothing
Travel down under, home to some of the largest wineries in the world and see how some of the most popular wines are produced. What does PTFE stand for? And how is it used to make extreme weather clothing for the most demanding customers.
May 28, 2015
Season 12Episode 525 min
Screws; Marmalade; Printed Dresses
Building a fighter jet; Turning bitter oranges into marmalade; Printing out a dress fit for the catwalk.
Jun 4, 2015
Season 12Episode 625 min
Road Rollers; Canned Bread; Vertu Phones
The powerful machines essential to building roads and highways are made; No pans are needed when you can bake bread in a can; Luxurious cell phones are made with rubies and sapphires.
Jun 11, 2015
Season 12Episode 725 min
Tinned Grapefruit; Snow Machines; Conveyor Belts
Jun 18, 2015
Season 12Episode 825 min
Harp Strings; Roof Windows; Belgian Waffles
Making the world's finest harp strings; Building roof windows that can keep out a hurricane; Making Belgian waffles.
Jul 3, 2015
Season 12Episode 925 min
AGA Cookers; Incense Sticks; Jenever
Scrap metal is made into a gourmet cooking machine; The exotic aromas of India are created by hand; How sailors got their Dutch Courage.
Jul 9, 2015
Season 12Episode 1025 min
Robo-farm; Log Stacker; Piano Moving
A farm in the Netherlands is run almost entirely by robots. One of the largest toughest log stackers is put to work in Sweeden and grand pianos are navigated through the streets of New York.
Jul 23, 2015
Season 12Episode 1125 min
Bamboo Scaffolding; Strontium
Indian construction crews that use bamboo for their scaffolding needs; Mining strontium for multicolored fireworks.
Jul 30, 2015
Season 12Episode 1225 min
Espadrilles; Prefabricated Houses; Underground Storage
Fashionable footwear; prefabricated houses; underground storage for books and documents.
Aug 6, 2015
Season 12Episode 1325 min
Macadamia Nuts; Tap Water; Crowd Barriers
South Africa's macadamia farmers; Chicago's water-filtration system. Also: the use of Mojo Barriers to keep music fans safe at the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands.
Aug 13, 2015
Season 12Episode 1425 min
High Rise Construction; Dr. Marten Boots; Cooking Pans
How do they build the biggest apartment block on the planet? How do they make the classic British boot? And how do they make cooking pans tough enough to last...
Aug 20, 2015
Season 12Episode 1525 min
Sitar; Biltong; Bulldozers
How do they craft a classic Indian instrument, the Sitar? How do they make beef biltong? And how do they build monster bulldozers?
Aug 27, 2015
Season 12Episode 1625 min
Fedoras; Cement; Frozen Peas
How do they fashion the iconic Fedora hat? How do they make the cement that builds the world? And how do they harvest and freeze millions of peas in under...
Sep 3, 2015
Season 12Episode 1725 min
Mohair; Quadski; Harp
How do they turn goat fleeces into fabrics? How do they build a quad bike that turns into a jet-ski and how do they create the instrument of angels- the...
Sep 10, 2015
Season 12Episode 1825 min
Redbush Tea; Baggage Handling; Hairbrushes
How do they harvest thousands of tonnes of tea? How to they make sure that your luggage catches the same plane as you? And how do they make high-quality hairbrushes?
Sep 17, 2015
Season 12Episode 1930 min
Credit Cards, Tiffin, Boat Lift
Keeping crooks from cracking credit cards; lifting a 1000 ton ship 70 meters into the air while it is still in the water.
Sep 24, 2015
Season 12Episode 2030 min
Power Tunnel, Pizza Ovens, Playhouses
How do they deliver electricity into the heart of London? How do they use NASA technology to make a perfect pizza in minutes? How do they turn pine trees into playhouses?
Oct 1, 2015
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