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An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
How baklava is made; how pilots fly gyroplanes; how a ukulele is crafted; and how the world's fastest ferry was built.
8/8/2016
How longboards are made; how lemons are turned into lemonade; and how forklifts are built.
8/15/2016
How coffee is roasted; how bricks are built; how lava lamps are made; and how diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano.
8/22/2016
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.
8/29/2016
ncluded: caravans; tuning forks; ice resurfacers; and Festival of Lights.
9/5/2016
Vinyl records, bumper cars and tiger balm are featured.
9/12/2016
How non-alcoholic beer, Tomcars, escalators and lie detectors are made.
9/19/2016
How axes, messenger bags and fast-rescue boats are made.
10/3/2016
How Wensleydale cheese, paintbrushes, eucalyptus oil and plastic wrap are made.
10/10/2016
Included: the Tesla; horse-hair fabrics; and pool cleaners.
10/17/2016
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?
10/24/2016
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?
10/31/2016
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?
11/7/2016
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?
11/14/2016
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?
11/21/2016
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?
11/28/2016
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?
12/5/2016
How do they make the world's softest duvets, drill for oil thousands of metres below ground, and put the stretch in rubber bands?
12/12/2016
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?
12/19/2016
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?
12/26/2016
