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Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

The documentary explores the design and production of mountain bike suspensions, surgical sutures, grain dryers and frying pans

The development and manufacturing processes behind the creation of downhill ski bindings, immersion parts washers, mining ventilation equipment, and pencil sharpeners

How do they make an almost invisible hearing aid that connects wirelessly to your phone? And, how do they build the carriages for London's new underground railway?

A look at the remote-controlled underwater robots that do the jobs too dangerous for human divers. Plus, the world's most cuddly teddy bears

Bindi and the keepers get Sophie the baby giraffe ready for her first steps into her enclosure, Robert helps to raise another baby - Melman the kangaroo

Lucas Congdon revisits five of his favourite builds and families. He and his team reveal their never-before-seen, most outrageous backyard creations

The processes used to turn used aluminium cans into planes and rockets. Plus, the way in which a traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock is carved

How manufacturer Lea and Perrins concocts its famous Worcestershire sauce. Plus, the shredding of cars and the making of sarees

Mike hunts down the cheapest Audi TT Quattro he can find, which is at the end of a 300-mile journey down to Cornwall, and later Edd tries to fix its gearbox

Mike Brewer wants to splash the cash on a custom bus, but mechanic Edd China favours a more conservative campervan due to him being an air-cooling expert

The Raneys answer an urgent call from central Alaska, where they find a family with all the infrastructure but minimal skills to realize their dream

Parker and team track down a legendary miner on the gold-rich west coast of New Zealand. Parker is blown away by what he finds in the sluice

The families demonstrate why finding food is essential to surviving 400 miles from civilisation, as Heimo pursues the animal that can feed him and Edna for months - a moose

It's a tense wait for Clayton Phipps as he calls in a surveyor to check his promising T-Rex dig site. Mike takes a risk to prep his valuable T-Rex skull

A look at how the amazing, and massive, decorations on Mardi Gras carnival floats are created, how rock candy is twisted together, and a look at how dentures are made

A look at how the world's most expensive tea is harvested and treated. Plus, how the Siekierki power plant of Warsaw, Poland, manages to heat half the city's homes

Tony mounts a major rescue to save a sinking excavator. Tensions rise when Fred brings in an old friend and two young greenhorns are trained to work the night shift

In Southern France, Mike and Elvis find a charming 2CV Fourgonnette. It's got a modest engine, tired suspension and missing rear seats

Sig gets blown off course in extreme seas. Jake faces the loss of his longtime engineer. Monte takes the wheel of the Wizard when Keith collapses

In Blackpool, a 1930s church is ready to be buried. Meanwhile, in Sussex the team attempts to resurrect a vintage limousine from the 1980s into a banger racer

John has a tough job taking a 60-tonne crane into the heart of Edinburgh, and Steve and Sam race to take a dockside container-stacker from Sunderland for shipping to Sweden

Part one of two. Phil and Jess join Josh Gates at a decaying mental hospital in Detroit. They investigate the reported spirits that threaten those who dare to enter

Sig gets blown off course in extreme seas. Jake faces the loss of his longtime engineer. Monte takes the wheel of the Wizard when Keith collapses

In Blackpool, a 1930s church is ready to be buried. Meanwhile, in Sussex the team attempts to resurrect a vintage limousine from the 1980s into a banger racer

Following the Arctic storm that drove everyone to shore, Shawn embarks on a marathon dive and Kris unveils a diving relay with The Reaper's new diver, Shaunna

Amanda and Kelly attempt to make a famous Appalachian apple brandy. Mark and Digger lend Popcorn Sutton's condenser to ambitious shiners

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home