A factory reveals the genius behind a favourite teatime accompaniment.

Eider Down and Digestives

Violins and Milk Deliveries

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.

An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.