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Season 9 – How Do They Do It?

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After watching this series you may never look at ordinary objects in the same way again. A tube of toothpaste? Car tires? Tea bags? A lot of technology goes into even the simplest of consumer goods, and this program offers viewers a glimpse at just what that entails.
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How Do They Do It? — Season 9

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Chris Broyles

Narrator

Paul Daniels

Narrator

Richard Stansfield

Producer

Wyatt Channell

Executive Producer

Ross Young

Director

David Coward

Director

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 17, 2012 Husqvarna; Frankfurters; Wallpaper Husqvarna lawn tools; Frankfurt, Germany, produces world-famous frankfurter sausages; creating wallpaper fit for palaces and parliaments. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 12, 2012 Leatherman, Formula 1, Glassware Creating America's best-selling multi-tool; building the world's fastest racing car; the classic Finnish Aalto vase. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 19, 2012 Hats; Longest Road Tunnel; Snake Catcher Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 26, 2012 Guacamole; Swamp Buggy; Scissors How volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole; building a truck that can cross a swamp; Fiskars scissors. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 2, 2012 Tennesse Whiskey; Nightvision; Saunas How traditional Tennessee whiskey is made; how night-vision goggles work; how Finns relax in a 160-degree sauna. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 9, 2012 World in Miniature, Hurricane Test Center, Rhubarb How a working miniature airport is built; designing a house to survive a hurricane; growing rhubarb in the dark. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 16, 2012 Fighter Plane, Trappist Beers, SUV Building a modern fighter jet; Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers; America's best performing SUV. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 23, 2012 Leather Footballs, Mussels, Helmet Making footballs for the National Football League; how mussels are farmed; designing the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet. Details Episode 9 Aired Aug 30, 2012 Almonds; Snowblower; Detergents How billions of bees produce a million tons of California almonds; clearing snow to keep Norway's planes flying; removing the toughest stains. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 6, 2012 Suspension Bridge; Crossbows; Tracking Clothes Making a cable strong enough to hold a bridge; modern hunters use medieval weapons; how stores determine the right sizes and colors to have in stock. Details Episode 11 Aired Sep 13, 2012 Scania Trucks; Miracle Forensics; Gouda Building the world's most powerful trucks; solving crimes using the world's largest DNA database; making cheese with paraffin. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 20, 2012 Vanilla; Anchors; Lighters How do they grow the world's favorite ice cream flavor; build the anchors for the world's largest ships; produce 12 million lighters a year. Details Episode 13 Aired Sep 27, 2012 Guitars; Rope Access; Fast Tractor Crafting the finest classical guitars; how climbers keep the blades turning on a 100-meter wind turbine; making America's ultimate mowing machine. Details Episode 14 Aired Oct 4, 2012 Liferafts; Mind Control; Stamps Building a liferaft that will hold 150 people; golfers improve their shots with mind control; designing Jubilee postage stamps. Details Episode 15 Aired Oct 11, 2012 Tequila; Steam-Powered Megacity; Soft Ice Cream A drink made from cactus; New York City uses steam; making soft ice cream. Details Episode 16 Aired Oct 18, 2012 Stuntmen; Seabreacher; Amber How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber. Details Episode 17 Aired Oct 25, 2012 Tennis balls; Surround Sound; Steak Making and testing tennis balls; the ultimate surround sound home cinema system; supplying New York with the finest steaks. Details Episode 18 Aired Nov 29, 2012 Rayon; Snuff; Cola How to turn trees into clothing and cloth; how to make English snuff; how to make fizzy drinks. Details Episode 19 Aired Dec 6, 2012 The Social Network; Zubrowka; Aerial Cable Car How to connect a billion people across the world; using grass to make vodka; building the world's most expensive cable car. Details Episode 20 Aired Dec 13, 2012 Skydiving Suits; Surstromming; Hemp-Crete A skydiving suit that makes a man fly; making the world's smelliest food; turning weeds into walls. Details Episode 21 Aired Dec 20, 2012 Chewing Gum; Fish Hooks; Legoland How to turn rubber into chewing gum; making a fish hook to catch a shark; building the models at the world's largest Legoland. Details
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Season Info

Director
Ross Young, David Coward, Alexis Burke, Jon Nutter
Executive Producer
Wyatt Channell, Martin Durkin
Network
Science Channel
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 17, 2012