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How do they turn used aluminium cans into planes and rockets? Plus, how do they carve the traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock.

How do they build the ultimate car crushing colossus? Plus, how do Lea and Perrins concoct their Worcestershire sauce.

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.

How do they harvest and treat the world's most expensive tea? Plus, how does the Siekierki power plant of Warsaw, Poland heat half the city's homes.

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

How do they forge the axe? How do they put together a courier's messenger bag, and how are the fastest lifeboats built.

The discovery of extra-terrestrial life faces a near impossible challenge. Experts explore the problems with proving or disproving the existence of aliens.

The New Threat. If an asteroid collides with the earth it could end life on our planet as we know it. Experts reveal just how close we are to an apocalypse.

Danny heads to Melbourne, where after years of extreme droughts they are securing the future of the city's water supplies with a huge desalination plant.

Danny Forster explores some amazing feats of engineering designed by some of the most innovative manufacturers in the industry.

A mysterious ruined city in Greece is home to the mythical Labyrinth and the Minotaur. Its catastrophic downfall may have inspired the legend of Atlantis.

Attila the Hun was one of history's fiercest warriors, and new evidence reveals if his terror was responsible for the fall of Roman Empire.

A probe mysteriously malfunctions as it enters deep space. Astronomers find evidence of an invisible planet in a distant solar system.

A malfunction on the ISS could poison its crew with a deadly gas. A startling image taken by a NASA probe points to evidence that life could exist on Mars.

Jupiter is hotter than it should be, and scientists are baffled. There's a strange discovery on Mars and detectives ask for NASA's help on a murder cold case.

How do they feed France's appetite for snails, turn slabs of steel into shiny cutlery, and craft a kayak you can paddle with your feet.

How do they build emergency bridges that can take the weight of a tank, make a marker pen that never fades, and design a 200-mph superbike.

How do they blow the world's finest crystal, heat the deepest swimming pool, and fill a million bottles a day of the world's favourite ketchup.

How do they turn Sheffield steel into a carpenter's handsaw, make a microphone that can pick up a whisper, and safely steer through a frozen river.

How do they mine one of the rarest gemstones in the world, craft the classic cowboy boot, and build a road sweeper that can pick up seven tonnes of trash.

How do they make the world's softest duvets, drill for oil thousands of metres below ground, and put the stretch in rubber bands.

Experts investigate to see if the fire on Apollo 1 that killed three astronauts was a cover-up. Was it a tragic accident or part of the moon landing conspiracy.

Experts investigate if there was a conspiracy to fake the moon landing. Does a secret report suggest the Nazis were involved in the Apollo space programme.

Black holes aren't simply violent monsters. New discoveries reveal their importance in creating stars, giving light, and building the universe itself.

Nebulas are the strange structures of cosmic gas and dust where stars are born and die. New discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.

Astronomers detect a potentially habitable planet tantalizingly close to Earth. A chance discovery at NASA reveals a top secret military space program.

Two cosmonauts fight for their lives, trapped inside a capsule in a frozen lake. NASA astronomers are spooked when the full moon affects their experiments.

Did Earth Have Two Moons? A starling discovery suggests the hellish clouds of Venus may be the origin of life on Earth. Plus, did the earth once have two moons.

Rob heads to California to investigate a network for major fault lines that could set off a mega-quake. Plus, he explores a mysterious sinkhole.

Secret History of the New World. Rob Nelson investigates a cluster of ancient ruins in New England that suggest Europeans arrived in the Americas almost 1,000 years before Columbus.

How do they blow the world's finest crystal, heat the deepest swimming pool, and fill a million bottles a day of the world's favourite ketchup.

How do they turn Sheffield steel into a carpenter's handsaw, make a microphone that can pick up a whisper, and safely steer through a frozen river.

New scientific discoveries reveal that the moon has an incredible, violent, and dynamic history. Was the moon originally more similar to earth than previously thought.

Apollo 12 astronauts bring back something alive from the moon and NASA track an asteroid heading towards Earth only to make a shocking discovery.

An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the Moon and is life in the oceans of Jupiter's moons? Plus Neil Armstrong faces real danger.

Danny heads to India to see one of the country's most ambitious undertakings ever, the $2 billion expansion of Mumbai Airport.

Danny heads to Turkey where amid the country's most challenging terrain, one of the tallest and strongest dams ever made is being constructed.

The statues of Easter Island were built by one of the world's strangest and most isolated civilizations. New evidence reveals why they were constructed.

Egypt's Bent Pyramid is one of the world's most mysterious ancient mega-structures. Was it intended to look so bizarre, or had something gone wrong.

Witnesses photograph two suns in the sky over Indonesia - is this the first sighting of the Sun's dark twin that could spell imminent danger to Earth.

Geologists discover alien deposits on the Earth's surface - and the answer could shed light on the cause of the greatest extinction in its history.

A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on the surface of Mars. What made 'Mars Henge'? Plus, how did an Apollo astronaut get sick on the Moon.

How do they build a diesel engine that can fly, make cough sweets, turn clear plastic into bank notes, and whip up ice cream flavours.

Ever wondered how a Morgan Aero Coupe was made? Join the How It's Made crew as they go to its birthplace, explore the inner workings and its gorgeous exterior.

Ever wondered how a Porsche 911 was made? Join the How It's Made crew as they go to its birthplace, explore the inner workings and its gorgeous exterior.

Ever wondered how a Ferrari FF was made? Join the How It's Made crew as they go to its birthplace, explore the inner workings and its gorgeous exterior.

Ever wondered how an Audi R8 was made? Join the How It's Made crew as they go to its birthplace, explore the inner workings and its gorgeous exterior.

Ever wondered a how Rolls Royce Phantom was made? Join the How It's Made crew as they go to its birthplace, explore the inner workings and its gorgeous exterior.

Using material salvaged from scrap yards, Adam and two colleagues design and build three motorised monsters of destruction, inspired by post-apocalyptic worlds.

Adam wants to build his own version of King Arthur's legendary sword - Excalibur. Using the iron found in a meteorite, he attempts to make an indestructible weapon.