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How Do They Do That?

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How it feels

This series explores how big stunts and complex engineering work. Each season opens with a dramatic stunt involving a presenter. The show explains the science behind special effects and large-scale projects.

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What happens

How Do They Do That? is a British television show, produced by Lorimar-Telepictures and Reg Grundy Productions in and broadcast on BBC1 from 25 January 1994 to 23 April 1997. Originally presented by Jenny Hull and Des Lynam, the show explored feats of engineering, organization, and special effects. Each season opened with a stunt apparently performed by one of the presenters, such as a skydiver crash-landing into the studio, a car chase, or the entire studio being washed away. After two series, Eamonn Holmes took over as male presenter, and from Series 5, was joined by Esther McVey. At its height, How Do They Do That? had 12 million viewers watching on Wednesday nights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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