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Season 13 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Longboards, Lemonade, and Forklifts

Episode: 13x02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2015

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Find out how longboards are made, what it takes to turn lemons into lemonade, and how a forklift is built.

Coffee, Bricks, Lava Lamps, and Diamonds

Episode: 13x03 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2015

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Find out how coffee is raosted, how the bricks that built America are built, how lava lamps are made, and how they diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano.

Cameras, Big Airbags, and Jelly Beans

Episode: 13x04 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2015

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Find out how the world's sharpest photos are taken, what it takes to create an airbag that can catch a falling care, and how jelly beans are made.

Vinyl LP; The Dodgem; Tiger Balm

Episode: 13x06 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2015

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How do they make the groovy vinyl LP? How do they build the world's most crashed car, the dodgem? How do they create one of the world's oldest pain remedies, tiger balm?

Nonalcoholic Beer; Tomkar; Escalators; Lie Detectors

Episode: 13x07 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2015

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How do they brew a beer that won't make you drunk? How do they build a car that flies over rocks and boulders? How do they make escalators? How do lie detectors work?

Axes; Courier's Messenger Bag; Lifeboats

Episode: 13x08 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2015

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How do they forge one of the great inventions, the axe? How do they cut, sew, stitch and glue together a courier's messenger bag, and how do they build the fastest lifeboats?

Snails; Cutlery; Kayaks

Episode: 13x11 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2015

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How France's appetite for snails is sated, how slabs of steel are turned into shiny cutlery, and how to craft a kayak you can paddle with your feet.

Crushing Machine; Aviator Jacket; Beer Lambic

Episode: 13x14 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2015

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How to brew the oldest beer in the western world, stitch the historic airman's bomber, and forge a set of jaws that can chomp through concrete and demolish tower blocks.

Cooling of the building; Saws; Microphones

Episode: 13x15 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2015

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The complex technological processes involved in cooling the iconic Sydney Opera House. Plus, an insight into how Sheffield steel is transformed into a carpenter's handsaw, and the production of a microphone capable of picking up a whisper.

Moonshine; Battery-Powered Bicycle; Wetsuit

Episode: 13x16 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2015

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Tips for brewing moonshine in the heart of New York City. Plus, the creation of a battery-powered bicycle, and producing wetsuits using rubber grown in the Arizona desert.

Mining Rare Gemstones; Cowboy Boots; Sweepers

Episode: 13x17 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2015

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The complex technological processes involved in mining rare gemstones, crafting classic cowboy boots and building large-scale road-sweepers.

Duvets; Oil Well Drilling; Rubber

Episode: 13x18 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2015

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How engineers manage to drill for oil thousands of metres below ground. Plus, how duvets and rubber bands are made.

Diesel Aircraft Engine; Pastilles Cough; Ice Cream

Episode: 13x19 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2015

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The complex processes that allow people to build diesel engines that can fly, make cough sweets, turn clear plastic into unforgeable bank notes, and produce ice-cream.

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