How Do They Do It? Season 6 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Coordinate Blue Angels Airshows, Build An Indoor Ski Slope, Make Sushi

How do pilots perform jaw-dropping aerobatic stunts at supersonic speeds without crashing? How can a ski slope in the desert be kept cool? And how is sushi made?

2. Produce Power from Waste, Customize Supercars, Make Super Steel Swords

How do they turn the trash from the world's biggest St Patrick's Day parade into power, transform a luxury limo into a racing car and craft the ultimate supersteel sword?

3. Cowboys Hats, Deep Sea Dive, Inflight Catering

How do they make the world's most famous hat, and does it really hold ten gallons? Plus, how do they repair cables on the sea floor and feed 100,000 aeroplane...

4. De-Ice Planes, Glossy Magazines, Electric Sports Car

How do they stop planes from icing up; how is clay used to keep glossy magazines looking sharp; and how do they build an electric car that can reach 200kmph?

5. Communicate With Spacecraft, Maintain Supertankers

How do they talk to spacecraft in orbit; how do they keep the world's biggest ships in tip-top condition; and how can they lengthen luxury limos and still provide a...

6. Operate Mega Hotels, Cut Metal With Lasers, Build A Gold Course In Dubai

How do they provide services in one of the world's largest casino hotels, cut through metal with a beam of light, and build a golf course in the desert?

7. Drill Through Solid Rock, Produce OJ, Bend Glass

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...

8. Service Jumbo Jets, Create Nuclear Power, Build Pianos

How do they service the A380, the world's largest plane? Plus, how do they generate 500,000 kWh from 1oz of uranium, and build and tune a piano to concert standard?

9. Artificial Reefs, Earthquake Proof Buildings, Rocket Fuel Cars

How do they turn an old warship into a playground for scuba divers, plan to stop San Francisco collapsing when the next earthquake strikes, and run a car on rocket...

10. Develop G-Suits, Operate The Smart Grid, Track And Stop A Stolen Car

How do they make the magic suits that stop jet pilots blacking out when they are flying, and how can a robo-cop stop a stolen car without a high-speed chase?

11. Assembly Line Robots, Seal Wine Bottles, Desalinize Sea Water

How do they program robots to build cars, how are wine bottles sealed, and how can sea water be transformed into fresh drinking water?

12. Airplane Parachutes, Solar Power, Photochromic Lenses

How do they use explosive rockets to catch crashing planes in mid-air and how do sunbathing techniques help scientists catch rays of sun? Plus, the shady secrets of sunglasses.

13. Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round

Find out how they blast 10,000 tonnes of rock, how the earth is mapped from space, and how fresh flowers are provided all year round.

14. Work In 600 Degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand One Of The World's Largest Ports

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...

15. Manufacture Propellers, Create Intelligent Cars, Turn Metal Into Magnets

How have they designed a car that can call the emergency services? How is metal turned into magnets? And how are the biggest ships propelled?

16. Maintain The World's Largest Aquarium, Make Sapphire, Manufacture Bentleys

How do they look after sharks at the world's biggest aquarium? How do they grow precious stones? And what does it take to build a luxury Bentley?

17. Mine Oil, Operate Shipping Lanes, Restore Film

How do they avoid docking disasters when handling a thousand ships a day, how do they create a world of oil reserves from sticky forest mud, or bring old movies...

18. Make Batteries, Build Artificial Islands, Create Perfume

How do they make batteries from brine? How do they build a tropical island from trash? And how are fragrances blended to create different types of scents?

19. Manufacture Stainless Steel, Make Paper, Monster Motorcycle

How can steel repair itself? How do they create the world's most powerful bikes? And how is wood transformed into paper?

20. Make Military Helicopters, Design Metro Systems, Engineer Artificial Reefs Finale

Find out how they make military helicopters, how they design metro systems and how they engineer artificial reefs.