Season 17

How Do They Do It?

9 episodes

Eider Down and Digestives

A factory reveals the genius behind a favourite teatime accompaniment.

Craftsmen reveal the three-hundred-year-old secret to hand making violins.

Astronauts are protected from a hostile environment with space suits.

A family grows grapes on a grand scale, and engineers create new showers.

Companies make oodles of noodles and charcoal the old-fashioned way.

Blacksmiths unlock the ancient secrets of the infamous damask steel blade.

A vegetable satisfies sweet cravings, and rubber gets the party popping.

A plant is turned into candy, and traditional weaving is used to make lace.

The explosive secrets of platinum production are revealed.