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

电视节目 · Documentary

We rarely consider many of the objects that make up the modern world — elevators, carpets, helicopters, breast implants, street lights, and more. Go behind the scenes to discover how to do the things, and make the things that form the modern world.

2006年 · 21m

主演 Chris Broyles, Robert Llewellyn, Rupert Degas

第 1 集

Peppermint, Tennis Racquets

One family in America makes three quarters of the world's peppermint oil; making state-of-the-art, performance-enhancing tennis rackets.

20 分钟
第 2 集

Trombone, Spanish Bota

Making a trombone; making traditional Spanish wineskins; turning smelly muddy peat into rejuvenating face cream.

21 分钟
第 3 集

Surfboards, Satchels, Butter

Over 35 million people love to surf; a look at how they make the perfect board for catching waves; exploring how the world eats 10 million tonnes of butter per year.

20 分钟
第 4 集

Horse Air Transport, Chess Sets, Food Photography

How top race horses are delivered to their new owners; the creative methods that are used to photograph food.

20 分钟
第 5 集

Episode 5

Self-healing stainless steel is produced at one of the world's largest steel mills; cash is kept safe with uncrackable locks and the traditional Indian sugar, jaggery, is made to use in Ayurvedic medicine.

20 分钟
第 6 集

Episode 6

How geoduck, one of the world's weirdest seafood delicacies, is harvested; how a head of steam is built up on one of South Africa's oldest working trains; how water polo players are protected from injury.

20 分钟