How Do They Do It?

Episodes

Season 4

(Season 4) (2 episodes) (Season 11) (8 episodes)

S04E04

Land Mines, Air Boats, Warehouses

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2.5. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Land Mines, Air Boats, Warehouses

The world's largest land-mining machine; how airboats are built; warehouse for car parts.

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S04E05

Black Boxes, Steam Turbine, Racing Car

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5.5. 18:00, Discovery, 30 minutes

Black Boxes, Steam Turbine, Racing Car

How black boxes survive an airplane crash; transporting giant steam turbines; making fireproof suits for race-car drivers.

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About show

How Do They Do It? is a television series produced by Wag TV for Discovery Channel. Each programme explores how 2 or 3 ordinary objects are made and used. The show's slogan is "Behind the ordinary is the extraordinary." The series is broadcast throughout the world on various Discovery-owned networks including:

⁕Discovery Channel, Science Channel, DMAX and Quest in the United Kingdom;

⁕Science Channel in the United States;

⁕Discovery Channel in Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands;

⁕Discovery Channel and Discovery Science in Italy.

Series 1 and 2, which were co-produced with Rocket Surgery Productions, were narrated by Rupert Degas; series 3 and 4 were narrated by Iain Lee; and series 5 and 6 were narrated by Dominic Frisby. In 2008, the UK's Channel 5 begin airing the series, presented by Robert Llewellyn. This version was released on DVD in the UK in May 2010.

In the United States, the series airs on the Science Channel and is narrated by Chris Broyles.

This programme is similar to the popular Canadian-produced documentary programme, How It's Made, also broadcast on Discovery Channel networks.