The BEST episodes of How Do They Do It? season 13

Every episode of How Do They Do It? season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of How Do They Do It? season 13!

How Do They Do It? Ever wondered how the stripes get into toothpaste or how contact lenses are made? How do goods get from one country to another and then into our supermarkets? What are car tires made from and exactly why are plasma TV screens flat? Eating, drinking, driving, flying. These all are activities that we carry out with barely a second thought. But have you ever wondered what exactly goes into your teabag and how it got there? How does an airport handle hundreds of thousands of items of luggage each day? And just how can a car’s airbag inflate so quickly? Every day – often without even realizing it – we come into contact with technology, be it in the bathroom, in the car or on the golf course. We take a look at how things work, and focus on some of the most amazing examples of everyday objects including the world’s fastest elevator and the most expensive chocolate money can buy.

Last Updated: 4/24/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Ended
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Coffee; Bricks; Lava Lamps; Diamonds
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8.78
9 votes

#1 - Coffee; Bricks; Lava Lamps; Diamonds

Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/22/2016

How coffee is roasted; how bricks are built; how lava lamps are made; and how diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano.

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Caravans; Tuning Forks; Ice Resurfacers; Festival of Lights
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8.42
12 votes

#2 - Caravans; Tuning Forks; Ice Resurfacers; Festival of Lights

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/5/2016

Included: caravans; tuning forks; ice resurfacers; and Festival of Lights.

Watch Now:Apple TV
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8.20
5 votes

#3 - Axes; Messenger Bags; Fast-Rescue Boats

Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/3/2016

How axes, messenger bags and fast-rescue boats are made.

Watch Now:Apple TV
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8.17
6 votes

#4 - Gemstones, Cowboy Boots

Season 13 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/5/2016

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?

Cameras; Big Airbags; Jelly Beans
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8.00
10 votes

#5 - Cameras; Big Airbags; Jelly Beans

Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/29/2016

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.

Watch Now:Apple TV
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8.00
4 votes

#6 - Snails, Cutlery, Fishing Kayaks

Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/24/2016

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?

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8.00
5 votes

#7 - Crystal Glass, Flat Screen TVs

Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/7/2016

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?

Watch Now:Amazon
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8.00
2 votes

#8 - Pulverizers, Bomber Jackets

Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/14/2016

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?

Watch Now:Amazon
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8.00
4 votes

#9 - Aircraft Engines, Fisherman's Friend

Season 13 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/19/2016

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?

Longboards; Lemonade; Forklifts
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7.92
13 votes

#10 - Longboards; Lemonade; Forklifts

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/15/2016

How longboards are made; how lemons are turned into lemonade; and how forklifts are built.

Watch Now:Apple TV
star
7.80
5 votes

#11 - Sydney Opera House, Handsaws

Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/21/2016

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?

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7.75
8 votes

#12 - The Tesla; Horsehair Fabrics; Pool Cleaners

Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/17/2016

Included: the Tesla; horse-hair fabrics; and pool cleaners.

Watch Now:Apple TV
star
7.57
7 votes

#13 - Moonshine, Electric Bikes, Wetsuits

Season 13 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/28/2016

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?

Baklavas; Gyroplanes; Ukuleles; Catamarans
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7.50
12 votes

#14 - Baklavas; Gyroplanes; Ukuleles; Catamarans

Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/8/2016

How baklava is made; how pilots fly gyroplanes; how a ukulele is crafted; and how the world's fastest ferry was built.

Watch Now:Apple TV
star
7.20
5 votes

#15 - Wensleydale Cheese; Paintbrushes; Eucalyptus Oil; Plastic Wrap

Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/2016

How Wensleydale cheese, paintbrushes, eucalyptus oil and plastic wrap are made.

Watch Now:Apple TV
star
7.17
6 votes

#16 - Armored Cars, Christmas Trees

Season 13 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/26/2016

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?

Watch Now:Amazon
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7.00
2 votes

#17 - Emergency Bridges, Marker Pens, Superbike

Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/31/2016

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?

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6.25
4 votes

#18 - Duvets, Drill Pipes, Rubber Bands

Season 13 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/12/2016

How do they make the world's softest duvets, drill for oil thousands of metres below ground, and put the stretch in rubber bands?

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0.00
0 votes

#19 - Vinyl Records; Bumper Cars; Tiger Balm

Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/12/2016

Vinyl records, bumper cars and tiger balm are featured.

Watch Now:Apple TV
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0.00
0 votes

#20 - Non-alcoholic Beer; Tomcars; Escalators; Lie Detectors

Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/19/2016

How non-alcoholic beer, Tomcars, escalators and lie detectors are made.

Watch Now:Apple TV