How Do They Do It?

Engineers provide an inside look at the process that is involved with building mega machines, including the design process involved with their creation.

Where money is no limit, high-roller supercar enthusiasts pay big bucks for cars designed and built to be faster, sexier and more exotic than ever before.

State-of-the-art aircraft examined from start to finish, with a look at engineering design, manufacture and the factory space needed to accommodate assembly.

This episode begins with explaining how recycling works using as an example airplanes. Then goes on to Plasma TV’s by explaining the theory and showing us the Hitachi factory. After that it’s the fireworks turn. From China to New York, from production to consumption you can see how they do it! Big hot and noisy, it is time to make railway tracks. Melt, shape, cool, check, you are done! Finally, microseconds, micrometers, welcome to the world of inkjet cartridges and its ink, by taking a tour in the Hewlett Packard cartridge factory.

How do they turn the Arizona Cardinals' football stadium into a monster truck arena in 48 hours? How do they surf the world's deadliest wave?

How do they create the world's twistiest rollercoaster ride? How do they turn hard rock into the smoothest pool tables?

How do they fix the mast on top of the Empire State Building? And how do they extract copper from the largest man made hole in the world?

Go beneath the surface to understand forest fires, car exhaust and the space station.

How a spacesuit keeps an astronaut alive, the diesel engines that power the world's biggest ships, and the manufacturing processes behind the famous neon signs which cover Las Vegas

Secrets behind nuclear submarines; crash-test dummies; growing fruits and vegetables.

Learning how large ships make their way through the Panama Canal; technology assists in waste management.

The world's strongest knives; growing diamonds in a laboratory; producing enough bricks to build the modern world.

The science behind electricity; the world's largest floating cranes.

How do pilots perform jaw-dropping aerobatic stunts at supersonic speeds without crashing? How can a ski slope in the desert be kept cool? And how is sushi made?

How do they turn the trash from the world's biggest St Patrick's Day parade into power, transform a luxury limo into a racing car and craft the ultimate supersteel sword?

How do they make the world's most famous hat, and does it really hold ten gallons? Plus, how do they repair cables on the sea floor and feed 100,000 aeroplane...

Head underground into America's largest mine to find out how lead is extracted. And how do they manufacture and test made-to-measure shotguns?

How do they operate the world's most versatile construction machines? Plus, how do they maintain the Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago?

How are peanuts harvested, roasted and transformed into peanut butter; and how are domestic appliances tested?

How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? And how do Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts?

How do they design and produce the ultimate kingpin bowling ball? How do they raise and lower Tower Bridge? And how do they produce millions of gummy bears a day?...

How do they run Ryker's Island, one of the biggest jails in the world? How do they make the famous Royal Mail post box? And how do they turn fruit...

How do they transform rubber into chewing gum; how do they make fish hooks strong enough to catch a shark; and how are the models built at the world's largest...

How do they build Formula 1 racing cars; how do they make the Leatherman, America's best-selling multi-tool; and how do they create classic Finnish Aalto glassware?

Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.

Digging out the rare opal in the Australian desert; Building the classic bi-wing strong enough to stand the stresses of modern stunt flying; Making the nougat core of everybody's favorite sweets.

How do they farm the expensive spice saffron, how do they create giant roads made entirely from ice and how do they manufacture a muscle car?

How do they turn trees into toilet paper? How do they make absinthe and how do they make cricket balls tough enough to face batsmen?

A look at how to make parmesan cheese, and the key to keeping the runways running at the world's busiest airports. Plus, a look at manufacturing reclining chairs

A look at ways to weave an authentic Turkish carpet, and how helicopter blade technology is being used to make cross country skis. Plus, the practicalities behind the Niagara Falls

A look at how sea weed for sushi is farmed, how a beer bottle is made that lasts for fifteen years and how they keep swimmers and surfers off a sharks menu.

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.

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...

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.

How baklava is made; how pilots fly gyroplanes; how a ukulele is crafted; and how the world's fastest ferry was built.

How longboards are made; how lemons are turned into lemonade; and how forklifts are built.

How coffee is roasted; how bricks are built; how lava lamps are made; and how diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano.

How do they turn used aluminium cans into planes and rockets? Plus, how do they carve the traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock?

How do they build the ultimate car crushing colossus? Plus, how do Lea and Perrins concoct their Worcestershire sauce?

A look at how the amazing, and massive, decorations on Mardi Gras carnival floats are created, how rock candy is twisted together, and a look at how dentures are made.

How do the islanders of the Outer Hebrides use pedal power to weave world-famous Harris tweed? And, in Iceland, how do they prepare fermented shark?

How do they make the world's most expensive and luxurious beds? And, how do they deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station?

How do they make the distinctive Borsalino hat worn by Indiana Jones? And, how do they make a bicycle which can fold up to a tenth the size of a...

How 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?

How do they make a trombone? How do they make traditional Spanish wineskins? And, how do they turn smelly muddy peat into rejuvenating face cream?

Over 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 -...

A factory reveals the genius behind a favourite teatime accompaniment.

Craftsmen reveal the three-hundred-year-old secret to hand making violins.

Astronauts are protected from a hostile environment with space suits.