Summary for : How Do They Do It? (UK) – Episode 20
Robert Llewellyn looks at the science involved in the manufacture of a military helicopter’s fibreglass rotor blades, which can spin faster than the speed of sound, and visits Singapore to see one of the world’s longest automated railway lines. He also learns about a wave-generating artificial reef for surfers at the Dorset resort of Boscombe.source:LocateTv.com
Summary for : How Do They Do It? (UK) – Episode 19
Robert Llewellyn learns how fighter pilots train for flights by climbing inside a 1,000-horsepower centrifuge in Texas. He also looks at a device that can prevent a thief’s high-speed escape in a stolen car by controlling the vehicle’s engine management system, and finds out how the energy needs of 50 million people are balanced with the output of more than 1,200 generators in Pennsylvania.source:LocateTv.com
Summary for : How Do They Do It? (UK) – Episode 18
Robert Llewellyn examines the science behind clothing worn by steel mill workers in Indiana, where temperatures can exceed 1,000C, and sees how a hopper dredger deposits sand taken from the sea bed to create new land off the coast of Rotterdam in Holland. He also learns about how champagne is made, including the complex process of adding bubbles.source:LocateTv.com