How Do They Do It? - Season 8

How Do They Do It? - Season 8

Season 8

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DatesJun 3, 2011 - Jan 19, 2012
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Episodes

Fugu; Freight Trains; Scottish Tartan
Season 8Episode 125 min

Fugu; Freight Trains; Scottish Tartan

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?
Jun 3, 2011
Bowling Balls; Tower Bridge; Gummy Bears
Season 8Episode 225 min

Bowling Balls; Tower Bridge; Gummy Bears

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?...
Jun 10, 2011
Ice Rink; Car Plant
Season 8Episode 325 min

Ice Rink; Car Plant

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...
Jun 17, 2011
Taiko Drums; Green Factory; Pasta
Season 8Episode 425 min

Taiko Drums; Green Factory; Pasta

How do they make playing cards that can defeat a cheat? How do they brew a billion bottles of lager a year? And how do they make the world's most...
Jun 24, 2011
Island Prison; Mailboxes; Jam
Season 8Episode 525 min

Island Prison; Mailboxes; Jam

How do they put the holes in Swiss cheese? How do they restore and improve a classic battle tank? And how do robotic librarians run one of the world's biggest...
Jul 1, 2011
Swiss Cheese; Tanks; British Library
Season 8Episode 625 min

Swiss Cheese; Tanks; British Library

How do they persuade an oyster to grow a perfect pearl? How do they put the twist in classic Pennsylvania pretzels? And how do they build Venice's traditional gondolas?
Jul 15, 2011
Pretzels; Gondolas; Pearls
Season 8Episode 725 min

Pretzels; Gondolas; Pearls

How do they make a perfectly unpredictable roulette wheel? How do they produce the world's purest olive oil? And how can a rusty wreck be transformed into a classic Batmobile?
Jul 22, 2011
Brewery; Playing Cards; Gulfstream
Season 8Episode 825 min

Brewery; Playing Cards; Gulfstream

How do they instruct robots to mass-produce cars, and how do they transform the world's biggest football stadium into its largest ice hockey arena? Find out.
Jul 29, 2011
Roulette Tables; Olive Oil; Batmobile
Season 8Episode 925 min

Roulette Tables; Olive Oil; Batmobile

How do they craft accordions? How do they make the wasabi that puts a kick in Japan's raw fish? And how do they produce duck calls that can trick birds?
Aug 5, 2011
Bomb Squad; Cider; Husqvarna
Season 8Episode 1025 min

Bomb Squad; Cider; Husqvarna

How do they make the Japanese toilets that treat you to a wash and blow dry? How has the US Navy built a helicopter that doesn't need a pilot?
Aug 26, 2011
Duck Calls; Wasabi; Accordions
Season 8Episode 1125 min

Duck Calls; Wasabi; Accordions

How do they keep the cars of Daytona on track for 24 hours of high speed racing, and how do they turn the sweetest sugar cane into world-renowned Caribbean rum?
Oct 18, 2011
Toto Washlets; Fire Scout; Demolition Drills
Season 8Episode 1225 min

Toto Washlets; Fire Scout; Demolition Drills

How do they farm sturgeon for caviar? How do they mould centuries of history into the finest Japanese porcelain? How do they make world-class football boots?
Oct 19, 2011
Submarine Rescue; Subaru
Season 8Episode 1325 min

Submarine Rescue; Subaru

How do they find and defuse thousands of World War II landmines? How do they make crisp tasting cider? How do they clear undergrowth with a thin strip of nylon...
Oct 27, 2011
24 Hours of Daytona; Rum
Season 8Episode 1425 min

24 Hours of Daytona; Rum

How do they set up a 1,700 seat circus tent in just 36 hours, and how do they turn Japanese maple and mahogany into the coolest instruments on earth -...
Dec 1, 2011
Caviar; Porcelain; Soccer Cleats
Season 8Episode 1525 min

Caviar; Porcelain; Soccer Cleats

How is a 700-year-old tree made into a two tonne Japanese drum? How can a factory produce thousands of cars and stay green? And how do Italians make great tasting...
Dec 8, 2011
Circus; Guitars
Season 8Episode 1625 min

Circus; Guitars

How does the German city of Frankfurt produce their famous frankfurter sausages? How are the world's most accurate rifles manufactured? How do casinos stop card cheats?
Dec 15, 2011
Frankfurters; Sniper Rifles; Casino Security
Season 8Episode 1725 min

Frankfurters; Sniper Rifles; Casino Security

How are millions of parcels delivered around the world every day? How do they make cricket bats that can hit a ball at 150kmph?
Dec 29, 2011
Powerboats; Swiss Watches; Wallpaper
Season 8Episode 1825 min

Powerboats; Swiss Watches; Wallpaper

How do they build powerboats that can go faster than sports cars? How do they produce Swiss watches? How do they create wallpaper fit for palaces?
Jan 5, 2012
Cruise Ship; Truffles; Asphault
Season 8Episode 1925 min

Cruise Ship; Truffles; Asphault

How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? Submarine rescue specialists test the ability of the world's navies to respond to an underwater emergency.
Jan 12, 2012
Tsukiji; Cricket Bats; Parcels
Season 8Episode 2025 min

Tsukiji; Cricket Bats; Parcels

How do they guide the world's largest cruise ships under low bridges? How do they find Alba's famous white truffles? How do they mine Trinidad's natural asphalt lake?
Jan 19, 2012

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