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How Do They Do It?

2006 · 17 seasons

A calm, curious factory tour that turns everyday objects into small wonders, easy to half-watch and oddly soothing.

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

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • science
  • technology
  • work
  • education
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness0
Complexity3
Emotional weight1

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Genres
documentary
Starring
Rupert Degas, Robert Llewellyn, Naz Osmanoglu, Jeff Wilburn
Length
17 seasons, 287 episodes, 22 min each
Network
Discovery
Country
Canada, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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