Name: How Do They Do It?
Released: 2006-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Chris Broyles, Robert Llewellyn, Rupert Degas

Available on HBO Max

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.

Documentary · 2006 · 22 min

Starring Chris Broyles , Robert Llewellyn , Rupert Degas

EPISODE 2

Family Car/Titanium/Letter

Learn how they turn a family car into a tough rally car, and how they make titanium, the metal with which the modern aerospace industry relies.

21 min · 4 Apr 2007
EPISODE 3

Forest Fires/Car Exhaust/Space Station

Learn how platinum cleans your car's exhaust fumes, and find out how they build a space station 360 kilometres above the Earth.

20 min · 11 Apr 2007
EPISODE 5

Nuclear Sub/Crash Test Dummies/Fruit And Veg

Learn how they put out a fire on a nuclear sub, plus discover how crash test dummies make our cars safer, and how perfect fruit and vegetables are grown.

21 min · 18 Apr 2007
EPISODE 6

Land Mines/Air Boats/Warehouses

See how the world's largest land vehicles mine 90,000 tonnes of coal a day, and how air boats are used for hunting alligators in the Florida swamps.

21 min · 18 Apr 2007
EPISODE 7

Black Boxes/Steam Turbine/Racing Car

Discover how structure movers shift a steam turbine that weighs as much as 10 houses. Plus, how do black boxes survive a plane crash?

20 min · 25 Apr 2007
EPISODE 8

Jet Engine/Weapons/Telescope

How do they build and test jet engines; how do non-lethal weapons work; and how can racing drivers escape burning vehicles to survive a crash?

21 min · 25 Apr 2007