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Summary: How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? And how do Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts?

Episode 2: Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears

Air Date: June 10th, 2011

Summary: How do they design and produce the ultimate kingpin bowling ball? How do they raise and lower Tower Bridge? And how do they produce millions of gummy bears a day?...

Episode 3: Island Prison, Mailboxes, Jam

Air Date: June 17th, 2011

Summary: How do they run Ryker's Island, one of the biggest jails in the world? How do they make the famous Royal Mail post box? And how do they turn fruit...

Episode 4: Brewery, Playing Cards, Gulfstream

Air Date: June 24th, 2011

Summary: How do they make playing cards that can defeat a cheat? How do they brew a billion bottles of lager a year? And how do they make the world's most...

Episode 5: Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British Library

Air Date: July 1st, 2011

Summary: How do they put the holes in Swiss cheese? How do they restore and improve a classic battle tank? And how do robotic librarians run one of the world's biggest...

Episode 6: Pretzels, Gondolas, Pearls

Air Date: July 15th, 2011

Summary: How do they persuade an oyster to grow a perfect pearl? How do they put the twist in classic Pennsylvania pretzels? And how do they build Venice's traditional gondolas?

Episode 7: Roulette Tables, Olive Oil, Batmobile

Air Date: July 22nd, 2011

Summary: How do they make a perfectly unpredictable roulette wheel? How do they produce the world's purest olive oil? And how can a rusty wreck be transformed into a classic Batmobile?

Episode 8: Ice Rink, Car Plant

Air Date: July 29th, 2011

Summary: How do they instruct robots to mass-produce cars, and how do they transform the world's biggest football stadium into its largest ice hockey arena? Find out.

Episode 9: Duck Calls, Wasabi, Accordions

Air Date: August 5th, 2011

Summary: How do they craft accordions? How do they make the wasabi that puts a kick in Japan's raw fish? And how do they produce duck calls that can trick birds?

Episode 10: Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills

Air Date: August 26th, 2011

Summary: How do they make the Japanese toilets that treat you to a wash and blow dry? How has the US Navy built a helicopter that doesn't need a pilot?

Episode 11: 24 Hours of Daytona, Rum

Air Date: October 18th, 2011

Summary: How do they keep the cars of Daytona on track for 24 hours of high speed racing, and how do they turn the sweetest sugar cane into world-renowned Caribbean rum?

Episode 12: Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer Cleats

Air Date: October 19th, 2011

Summary: How do they farm sturgeon for caviar? How do they mould centuries of history into the finest Japanese porcelain? How do they make world-class football boots?

Episode 13: Bomb Squad, Cider, Husqvarna

Air Date: October 27th, 2011

Summary: How do they find and defuse thousands of World War II landmines? How do they make crisp tasting cider? How do they clear undergrowth with a thin strip of nylon...

Episode 14: Circus, Guitars

Air Date: December 1st, 2011

Summary: How do they set up a 1,700 seat circus tent in just 36 hours, and how do they turn Japanese maple and mahogany into the coolest instruments on earth -...

Episode 15: Taiko Drums, Green Factory, Pasta

Air Date: December 8th, 2011

Summary: How is a 700-year-old tree made into a two tonne Japanese drum? How can a factory produce thousands of cars and stay green? And how do Italians make great tasting...

Episode 16: Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino Security

Air Date: December 15th, 2011

Summary: How does the German city of Frankfurt produce their famous frankfurter sausages? How are the world's most accurate rifles manufactured? How do casinos stop card cheats?

Episode 17: Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Parcels

Air Date: December 29th, 2011

Summary: How are millions of parcels delivered around the world every day? How do they make cricket bats that can hit a ball at 150kmph?

Episode 18: Powerboats, Swiss Watches, Wallpaper

Air Date: January 5th, 2012

Summary: How do they build powerboats that can go faster than sports cars? How do they produce Swiss watches? How do they create wallpaper fit for palaces?

Episode 19: Submarine Rescue, Subaru

Air Date: January 12nd, 2012

Summary: How do they rescue the crew of a sunken submarine? Submarine rescue specialists test the ability of the world's navies to respond to an underwater emergency.

Episode 20: Cruise Ship, Truffles, Asphault

Air Date: January 19th, 2012

Summary: How do they guide the world's largest cruise ships under low bridges? How do they find Alba's famous white truffles? How do they mine Trinidad's natural asphalt lake?

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