How Do They Do It? - Season 13

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Baklavas, Gyroplanes, Ukuleles, Catamarans

1 - Baklavas, Gyroplanes, Ukuleles, Catamarans

Air Date: August 8, 2016

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

Longboards, Lemonade, Forklifts

2 - Longboards, Lemonade, Forklifts

Air Date: August 15, 2016

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

Coffee, Bricks, Lava Lamps, Diamonds

3 - Coffee, Bricks, Lava Lamps, Diamonds

Air Date: August 22, 2016

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

Cameras, Big Airbags, Jelly Beans

4 - Cameras, Big Airbags, Jelly Beans

Air Date: August 29, 2016

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.

Caravans, Tuning Forks, Ice Resurfacers, Festival of Lights

5 - Caravans, Tuning Forks, Ice Resurfacers, Festival of Lights

Air Date: September 5, 2016

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

Vinyl Records, Bumper Cars, Tiger Balm

6 - Vinyl Records, Bumper Cars, Tiger Balm

Air Date: September 12, 2016

Vinyl records, bumper cars and tiger balm are featured.

Non-Alcoholic Beer, Tomcars, Escalators, Lie Detectors

7 - Non-Alcoholic Beer, Tomcars, Escalators, Lie Detectors

Air Date: September 19, 2016

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

Axes, Messenger Bags, Fast-Rescue Boats

8 - Axes, Messenger Bags, Fast-Rescue Boats

Air Date: October 3, 2016

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

Wensleydale Cheese, Paintbrushes, Eucalyptus Oil; Plastic Wrap

9 - Wensleydale Cheese, Paintbrushes, Eucalyptus Oil; Plastic Wrap

Air Date: October 10, 2016

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

The Tesla, Horsehair Fabrics, Pool Cleaners

10 - The Tesla, Horsehair Fabrics, Pool Cleaners

Air Date: October 17, 2016

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

Snails, Cutlery, Fishing Kayaks

11 - Snails, Cutlery, Fishing Kayaks

Air Date: October 24, 2016

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?

Emergency Bridges, Marker Pens

12 - Emergency Bridges, Marker Pens

Air Date: October 31, 2016

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?

Crystal Glass, Flat Screen TVs

13 - Crystal Glass, Flat Screen TVs

Air Date: November 7, 2016

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?

Pulverizers, Bomber Jackets

14 - Pulverizers, Bomber Jackets

Air Date: November 14, 2016

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?

Sydney Opera House, Handsaws

15 - Sydney Opera House, Handsaws

Air Date: November 21, 2016

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?

Moonshine, Electric Bikes, Wetsuits

16 - Moonshine, Electric Bikes, Wetsuits

Air Date: November 28, 2016

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?

Gemstones, Cowboy Boots

17 - Gemstones, Cowboy Boots

Air Date: December 5, 2016

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?

Duvets, Drill Pipes, Rubber Bands

18 - Duvets, Drill Pipes, Rubber Bands

Air Date: December 12, 2016

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

Aircraft Engines, Fisherman's Friend

19 - Aircraft Engines, Fisherman's Friend

Air Date: December 19, 2016

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?

Armored Cars, Christmas Trees

20 - Armored Cars, Christmas Trees

Air Date: December 26, 2016

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?