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The Best Episodes of How Do They Do It?

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The Best Episodes of How Do They Do It?

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  1. Background image for Charcoal Briquettes, Soba Noodles, Vaulting Poles
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Charcoal Briquettes, Soba Noodles, Vaulting Poles

    S15:E16

    How do they use ancient techniques and modern technology to produce thousands of tonnes of barbecue charcoal? How do they cook up Japan's soba noodles?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Armored Cars, Elevators, Cheese
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #2 - Armored Cars, Elevators, Cheese

    S2:E12

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Vanilla, Anchors
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Vanilla, Anchors

    S9:E10

    How do they grow enough vanilla to make the world's favourite ice cream flavour? How are anchors for huge ships built? How are 12 million lighters made every year?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Recycling, Plasma TV, Fireworks, Railroad Tracks, Ink
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Recycling, Plasma TV, Fireworks, Railroad Tracks, Ink

    S1:E1

    This episode begins with explaining how recycling works using as an example airplanes. Then goes on to Plasma TV’s by explaining the theory and showing us the Hitachi factory. After that it’s the fireworks turn. From China to New York, from production to consumption you can see how they do it! Big hot and noisy, it is time to make railway tracks. Melt, shape, cool, check, you are done! Finally, microseconds, micrometers, welcome to the world of inkjet cartridges and its ink, by taking a tour in the Hewlett Packard cartridge factory.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Diamond Mine, Skyscraper, Car Crusher
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Diamond Mine, Skyscraper, Car Crusher

    S2:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Skydiving Suits, Surströmming
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Skydiving Suits, Surströmming

    S9:E20

    How do skydiving suits work? How do they produce Surströmming, one of the world's smelliest foods? How do they transform weeds into walls?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Power Tunnel, Pizza Ovens, Playhouses
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Power Tunnel, Pizza Ovens, Playhouses

    S12:E20

    How do they build tunnels to prevent blackouts in one of the world's biggest cities? How do they turn millions of hectares of pine forest into perfect pieces of timber?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Logging, Baggage, Light Show
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #8 - Logging, Baggage, Light Show

    S2:E5

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Drill Through Solid Rock, Produce OJ, Bend Glass
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Drill Through Solid Rock, Produce OJ, Bend Glass

    S6:E7

    How do they drill through a kilometre of solid rock to find the hidden riches in the desert, pick 20,000 oranges a minute for juice, and get glass to curve...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Smooth As Marble, Hot Stuff, Umbrellas
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Smooth As Marble, Hot Stuff, Umbrellas

    S7:E4

    How do they mine marble for Washington's monuments; how do they make Tabasco Sauce; and how do they produce storm proof umbrellas?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Tales From The Black Stuff, Silk, In The Can
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Tales From The Black Stuff, Silk, In The Can

    S7:E5

    How do they make Irish stout and how do they use silkworms to create gunpowder bags and clothes? Plus, how do they put soup into cans?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Fighter Plane, Trappist Beers, SUV
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Fighter Plane, Trappist Beers, SUV

    S9:E6

    How is a modern fighter jet built? How do Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers? How do they build America's best performing SUV?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Liferafts, Mind Control
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Liferafts, Mind Control

    S9:E14

    How can lifeboats hold up to 150 people? How can mind control techniques help golfers improve their shots? How do they make millions of celebratory stamps?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire Changes
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire Changes

    S1:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Airbus, Fire Engines, Ketchup
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #15 - Airbus, Fire Engines, Ketchup

    S2:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Work In 600 Degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand One Of The World's Largest Ports
    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Work In 600 Degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand One Of The World's Largest Ports

    S6:E14

    How do they fashion cool clothing that can withstand the heat of a furnace, and how do they turn sea into land to create artificial islands? Plus, putting the fizz...

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Battery Power, Chocolate, Toothbrushes
    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Battery Power, Chocolate, Toothbrushes

    S7:E14

    How do they make toothbrushes; how do they produce millions of car batteries; and how are cacao beans transformed into chocolate?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for World In Miniature, Rhubarb
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #18 - World In Miniature, Rhubarb

    S9:E4

    How do they build working miniature airports? How do they design houses to survive hurricanes? How is rhubarb cultivated in the dark?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Almonds, Snowblower
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Almonds, Snowblower

    S9:E5

    How do billions of bees produce tonnes of California almonds? How do they clear the snow to keep Norway's planes in action? How are tricky stains removed?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Tennessee Whiskey, Nightvision
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #20 - Tennessee Whiskey, Nightvision

    S9:E9

    How do they make Tennessee whiskey the traditional Lincoln County way? How do night goggles work? How do the Finnish relax in 160-degree saunas?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Stuntmen, Seabreacher, Amber
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Stuntmen, Seabreacher, Amber

    S9:E16

    How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Phoenix Stadium, La Trade Tower, Surfing
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #22 - Phoenix Stadium, La Trade Tower, Surfing

    S3:E1

    How do they turn the Arizona Cardinals' football stadium into a monster truck arena in 48 hours? How do they surf the world's deadliest wave?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Crash Course; Water Display; White Wash
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Crash Course; Water Display; White Wash

    S3:E8

    See how the California Highway Patrol stop a speeding car, and how 75,000 litres of water is shot 24 stories high in a spectacular display?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Cruise Liner; Space Shuttle; Suspension Bridge
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Cruise Liner; Space Shuttle; Suspension Bridge

    S3:E9

    How do they repair the hull of an 80,000 tonne cruise liner? And how do they keep Europe's longest suspension bridge from collapsing?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Bulletproof Vests, Robots, Formation Skydivers
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Bulletproof Vests, Robots, Formation Skydivers

    S3:E13

    Discover how formation skydivers train in a wind tunnel, and learn how a bullet proof vest can stop a dozen rounds at point blank range.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Charcoal Briquettes, Soba Noodles, Vaulting Poles" is the best rated episode of "How Do They Do It?". It scored 8/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/18/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Armored Cars, Elevators, Cheese".