Season 8 (2011)

Fugu, Freight Trains, Scottish Tartan
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June 3, 2011 • 22m

How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? And how do Scots weave...Read more

Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears
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June 10, 2011 • 22m

How do they design and produce the ultimate kingpin bowling ball? How do they raise and lower Tower Bridge? And how do they produc...Read more

Island Prison, Mailboxes, Jam
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June 17, 2011 • 22m

How do they run Ryker's Island, one of the biggest jails in the world? How do they make the famous Royal Mail post box? And how do they turn fruit...

Brewery, Playing Cards, Gulfstream
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June 24, 2011 • 22m

How do they make playing cards that can defeat a cheat? How do they brew a billion bottles of lager a year? And how do they make the world's most...

Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British Library
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July 1, 2011 • 22m

How do they put the holes in Swiss cheese? How do they restore and improve a classic battle tank? And how do robotic librarians ru...Read more

Pretzels, Gondolas, Pearls
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July 15, 2011 • 22m

How do they persuade an oyster to grow a perfect pearl? How do they put the twist in classic Pennsylvania pretzels? And how do the...Read more

Roulette Tables, Olive Oil, Batmobile
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July 22, 2011 • 22m

How do they make a perfectly unpredictable roulette wheel? How do they produce the world's purest olive oil? And how can a rusty w...Read more

Ice Rink, Car Plant
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July 29, 2011 • 22m

How do they instruct robots to mass-produce cars, and how do they transform the world's biggest football stadium into its largest ...Read more

Duck Calls, Wasabi, Accordions
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August 5, 2011 • 22m

How do they craft accordions? How do they make the wasabi that puts a kick in Japan's raw fish? And how do they produce duck calls...Read more

Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills
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August 26, 2011 • 22m

How do they make the Japanese toilets that treat you to a wash and blow dry? How has the US Navy built a helicopter that doesn't need a pilot?

24 Hours of Daytona, Rum
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October 18, 2011 • 22m

How do they keep the cars of Daytona on track for 24 hours of high speed racing, and how do they turn the sweetest sugar cane into...Read more

Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer Cleats
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October 19, 2011 • 22m

How do they farm sturgeon for caviar? How do they mould centuries of history into the finest Japanese porcelain? How do they make ...Read more

Bomb Squad, Cider, Husqvarna
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October 27, 2011 • 22m

How do they find and defuse thousands of World War II landmines? How do they make crisp tasting cider? How do they clear undergrow...Read more

Circus, Guitars
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December 1, 2011 • 22m

How do they set up a 1,700 seat circus tent in just 36 hours, and how do they turn Japanese maple and mahogany into the coolest in...Read more

Taiko Drums, Green Factory, Pasta
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December 8, 2011 • 22m

How is a 700-year-old tree made into a two tonne Japanese drum? How can a factory produce thousands of cars and stay green? And ho...Read more

Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino Security
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December 15, 2011 • 22m

How does the German city of Frankfurt produce their famous frankfurter sausages? How are the world's most accurate rifles manufact...Read more

Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Parcels
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December 29, 2011 • 22m

How are millions of parcels delivered around the world every day? How do they make cricket bats that can hit a ball at 150kmph?

Powerboats, Swiss Watches, Wallpaper
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January 5, 2012 • 22m

How do they build powerboats that can go faster than sports cars? How do they produce Swiss watches? How do they create wallpaper fit for palaces?

Submarine Rescue, Subaru
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January 12, 2012 • 22m

How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? Submarine rescue specialists test the ability of the world's navies to respond ...Read more

Cruise Ship, Truffles, Asphault
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January 19, 2012 • 22m

How do they guide the world's largest cruise ships under low bridges? How do they find Alba's famous white truffles? How do they m...Read more