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An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
How Do They Do It? is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, Discovery+, Discovery+ (Via Amazon Prime), HBO (Via Hulu), HBO Max, Max (Via Amazon Prime), Philo, Prime Video, Amazon Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Spectrum On Demand, The Roku Channel, and Tubi in United States. You can also rent or buy it from Google Play, Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
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Episode 1
Digging out the rare opal in the Australian desert; Building the classic bi-wing strong enough to stand the stresses of modern stunt flying; Making the nougat core of everybody's favorite sweets.
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Episode 2
How do they farm the expensive spice saffron, how do they create giant roads made entirely from ice and how do they manufacture a muscle car?
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Episode 3
How do they turn trees into toilet paper? How do they make absinthe and how do they make cricket balls tough enough to face batsmen?
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Episode 4
How do they cultivate green salad on scorching desert plains, how do they make rigging for ships and how do they produce lifesaving insulin from bread?
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Episode 5
How do they build one of the world's most powerful locomotives? And how do they turn cows' milk into clotted cream?
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Episode 6
A look at how products are manufactured around the world. Looking at sardine fishing, Piaggio scooters and erector sets.
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Episode 7
A look at how products are manufactured around the world. Featuring plane painting, pasties and how clogs are made.
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Episode 8
How do they cast bells fit for the world's greatest cathedrals? And how do they clear up the effect of one of America's biggest storms?
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Episode 9
A look at how products are manufactured around the world. Featuring Titan Tires, espresso and how diamonds are cut.
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Episode 10
A look at how products are manufactured around the world. Featuring the complex network of Paris sewers, Beretta's and cotton manufacture.
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Episode 11
What is the secret of the lion dance, how are tunnels built, and what is a super sopper? Find out as more items are put under the microscope.
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Episode 12
How do they make pistachios, what is the Forbidden City, and how do they produce radars? Find out as more items are put under the microscope.
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Episode 13
How do they build wrecker trucks, how do they produce Roquefort, and how are trees transported? Find out as more items are examined.
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Episode 14
How do they produce marble, how do they make mahjong pieces, and how do they build escape slides? Finds out as more items are put under the microscope.
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A look at how products are manufactured around the world. Featuring Kamaz trucks, products for hair and the Canton Tower.
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A look at how products are manufactured. Featuring ball-bearings, what goes into cartoonist's ink and discover how false eyes are made.
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A look at how products are manufactured around the world. How are Russian dolls manufactured, how is aloe vera produced and how are flags made?
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A look at how products are manufactured around the world. How is vodka produced, how are Chinamax ships manufactured and how is abalone made?
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A look at how products are made around the world. Featuring the St Petersburg metro, the world's most expensive coffee and chip makers.
Where to watch How Do They Do It?Episode 20
A look at how products are made. Featuring how leather is produced, how goods are moved down the Grand Canal and how Flyboard is created.
Where to watch How Do They Do It?Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Rupert Degas
Robert Llewellyn
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