How Do They Do It? Season 13

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Season 13

Air date: 2016-08-08

Episodes: 20

Episodes

E1: Baklavas, Gyroplanes, Ukuleles, Catamarans

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

Air date: 2016-08-08

E2: Longboards, Lemonade, Forklifts

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

Air date: 2016-08-15

E3: Coffee, Bricks, Lava Lamps, Diamonds

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

Air date: 2016-08-22

E4: Cameras, Big Airbags, Jelly Beans

How the world's sharpest photos are taken; what it takes to create an airbag that can catch a falling car; and how jelly beans are made.

Air date: 2016-08-29

E5: Caravans, Tuning Forks, Ice Resurfacers, Festival of Lights

ncluded: caravans; tuning forks; ice resurfacers; and Festival of Lights.

Air date: 2016-09-05

E6: Vinyl Records, Bumper Cars, Tiger Balm

Vinyl records, bumper cars and tiger balm are featured.

Air date: 2016-09-12

E7: Non-Alcoholic Beer, Tomcars, Escalators, Lie Detectors

How non-alcoholic beer, Tomcars, escalators and lie detectors are made.

Air date: 2016-09-19

E8: Axes, Messenger Bags, Fast-Rescue Boats

How axes, messenger bags and fast-rescue boats are made.

Air date: 2016-10-03

E9: Wensleydale Cheese, Paintbrushes, Eucalyptus Oil; Plastic Wrap

How Wensleydale cheese, paintbrushes, eucalyptus oil and plastic wrap are made.

Air date: 2016-10-10

E10: The Tesla, Horsehair Fabrics, Pool Cleaners

Included: the Tesla; horse-hair fabrics; and pool cleaners.

Air date: 2016-10-17

E11: Snails, Cutlery, Fishing Kayaks

How do they feed France's appetite for snails, turn slabs of steel into shiny cutlery, and craft a kayak you can paddle with your feet?

Air date: 2016-10-24

E12: Emergency Bridges, Marker Pens

How do they build emergency bridges that can take the weight of a tank, make a marker pen that never fades, and design a 200-mph superbike?

Air date: 2016-10-31

E13: Crystal Glass, Flat Screen TVs

How do they blow the world's finest crystal, heat the deepest swimming pool, and fill a million bottles a day of the world's favourite ketchup?

Air date: 2016-11-07

E14: Pulverizers, Bomber Jackets

How do they forge a set of jaws that can chomp through concrete, stitch the historic airman's bomber, and brew the oldest beer in the Western World?

Air date: 2016-11-14

E15: Sydney Opera House, Handsaws

How do they turn Sheffield steel into a carpenter's handsaw, make a microphone that can pick up a whisper, and safely steer through a frozen river?

Air date: 2016-11-21

E16: Moonshine, Electric Bikes, Wetsuits

How do they brew moonshine in the heart of New York City, make a battery powered bicycle, and grow the rubber for wetsuits in the Arizona desert?

Air date: 2016-11-28

E17: Gemstones, Cowboy Boots

How do they mine one of the rarest gemstones in the world, craft the classic cowboy boot, and build a road sweeper that can pick up seven tonnes of trash?

Air date: 2016-12-05

E18: Duvets, Drill Pipes, Rubber Bands

How do they make the world's softest duvets, drill for oil thousands of metres below ground, and put the stretch in rubber bands?

Air date: 2016-12-12

E19: Aircraft Engines, Fisherman's Friend

How do they build a diesel engine that can fly, make cough sweets, turn clear plastic into bank notes, and whip up ice cream flavours?

Air date: 2016-12-19

E20: Armored Cars, Christmas Trees

How do they turn a family car into a fortress on wheels, grow millions of perfect Christmas trees and hammer out the world's finest cymbals?

Air date: 2016-12-26