Discovery Channel Saturday

Mining million tonnes of fertiliser from below the sea. Plus, a look at how to hand print millions of colourful clothes using the ancient art of batik

How thousands of tonnes of basmati rice are turned into millions of microwaveable meals. Plus, a look at how to craft mechanical singing birds

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

How raisins, ribbon microphones, stereoscopic viewers and native healing drums are made

How oat cereal, turquoise jewellery and electric scooters are made

How nail clippers, jade putters, ice cider and water skis are made

A look at how stagecoaches, road reflectors and custom motorcycle tanks are made and how manufacturing processes have developed over the years

How replica clay pipes, drinking fountains, orange liqueur and compound bows are made

How tissues, travel trailers, slippers and motorcycle helmets are made, and how manufacturing processes have developed over the years

A look the manufacturing processes involved in making rolling luggage, croissants and u-locks

A look at how prams, wood flutes, bicycle tyres and factory-built homes are made

Josh Gates tackles polar adventures, including Robert Peary and Matthew Henson's brave push to the North Pole and Ernest Shackleton's epic survival in Antarctic ice

Josh Gates explores the most heart-pounding journeys into space. Apollo 13 astronauts fight to bring their malfunctioned spacecraft 238,000 miles back to Earth

Josh Gates explores the club members' most daring journeys. They include the Kon-Tiki balsa raft crossing the Pacific and NASA's lunar rover making tracks on the moon

Investigating the unexplained, Josh recounts a legendary Himalayan mission to find the Yeti and a filmmaker's pursuit of the ferocious elephant king

Josh Gates explores how club members' exploits inspired Hollywood, including how a bullwhip-cracking archaeologist may be the real-life Indiana Jones

The adventurer recreates the most arduous sections of journeys by famous explorers, using only the equipment they had available at the time, beginning with a trip to the Amazon

Freddy and Juan face a failing Arizona Desert gold mine. They devise an ingenious cost-cutting system with their first-ever solar-powered operation

Mother Nature blows back as Landon embarks on his first solo mission. Sig fishes in 20-foot seas as ferocious tides endanger John's crewmen

When muddy meltwater infiltrates Todd's wash plants, Andy must re-engineer the entire water circulation system to keep their gold from floating away

Scientists investigate whether the worst may still be to come, as the American south-east recovers from the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in the autumn of 2017

Britain's Barracuda bomber helped turn the tide of WWII but now, no single plane exists. Josh joins the search for wreckage above the Arctic Circle

A musician captures a strange object flying over a highway in California. A tourist takes what could be the most compelling UFO photo ever

Bitter rivals Dan and Jeff must work together to grab a key survival item. Gary's plot to get the others to feed him leads to an explosive standoff

In the aftermath of Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, citizens began reporting UFOs. Phil and Jess enter a radioactive wasteland to discover the truth

The team journeys to Okinawa, Japan to investigate reports of possessions by the spirits of people who died in the bloody battles of World War II

How do they turn trees into billions of pencils? How do they make liquorice? And, how do they use traditional techniques to weave the world's most fashionable lace?

How one of the world's most valuable metals, platinum, is mined. Plus, the production of manga comics and a look at how lemons are turned into an Italian after-dinner drinks

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home

A local business owner wants the team to put his fire-damaged 1932 Ford back together. Plus, a 1967 Mustang arrives with a nasty engine vibration