How Do They Do It?
TV Show · Documentary

An insider's look and interviews show the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.

2006 · 22m
  • 10+
Starring Chris Broyles, Robert Llewellyn, Rupert Degas

Season 3

  • EPISODE 6
    Submarine; Moving Earth; Beer Car
    How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? How does a 6000 tonne monster digger manage to walk? And how do they run a car on waste beer?
    22m
  • EPISODE 2
    Family Car, Titanium, Letter
    Experts reveal how the metal behind the fastest plane ever is made, how letters get from one end of the UK to the other in just 24 hours and how regular cars are modified to race the most dangerous outdoor circuits in the world.
    21m
  • EPISODE 3
    Forest Fires, Car Exhaust, Space Station
    Astronauts train for the weightlessness of space without leaving the ground, toxic chemicals are removed from car exhaust fumes and fire fighters extinguish vast forest fires in some of the most inaccessible areas on the planet.
    20m
  • EPISODE 5
    Nuclear Sub, Crash Test Dummies, Fruit and Veg
    The crew of a nuclear submarine reveal how they stay safe during a fire.
    21m
  • EPISODE 6
    Land Mines, Air Boats, Car Warehouse
    Massive mining machines are made to be mobile, while one of Europe's largest warehouses has to organize and house 350,000 car parts and boats are built to navigate the swamps of Florida.
    21m
  • EPISODE 7
    Black Boxes, Steam turbine, Racing Car
    Investigators show how they retrieve and analyze the data stored on an airplane's black box. Then, workers transport a massive steam turbine halfway around the world and fireproof suits are made to protect race car drivers.
    20m

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Cast & Crew

  • C‌B
    Chris Broyles
    Self
  • Robert Llewellyn
    Self
  • Rupert Degas
    Self
  • Iain Lee
    Self
  • Iain Lee
    Self
  • M‌P
    Michael Pongracz
    Self
  • M‌G
    Mike Goral
    Self
  • N‌O
    Naz Osmanoglu
    Self
  • C‌B
    Chris Broyles
    Narrator
  • J‌W
    Jeff Wilburn
    Narrator
  • R‌S
    Richard Stansfield
    Producer

About

How Do They Do It?

Documentary

An insider's look and interviews show the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.

10+

COMMON SENSE

In-depth look at unusual and challenging jobs.

Information

Studio
Dmax
Released
2006
Rated
TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio
English
  • Español (México)
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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

  • Armenia
  • Österreich
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (Français)
  • Deutschland
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg (English)
  • Malta
  • Moldova, Republic Of
  • Nederland
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal (Português)
  • Россия
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • España
  • Sverige
  • Schweiz
  • Türkiye (English)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina (Español)
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia (Español)
  • Brasil
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
  • Ecuador (Español)
  • El Salvador (Español)
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala (Español)
  • Honduras (Español)
  • México
  • Nicaragua (Español)
  • Panamá
  • Paraguay (Español)
  • Perú
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  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Venezuela (Español)

The United States and Canada

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  • Estados Unidos (Español México)