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Beloved science communicator, best-selling author and Australian of the Year nominee Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki travels across the country and steps behind factory doors to see how some of the nation’s best-loved products are made, in this accessible and entertaining series with family appeal.
Taking a cinematic approach to the production line - from factory floor to packing lines - the series offers a fascinating insight into the processes required to make our everyday products, as it meets the people involved, and unravels the complex, often intricate, steps involved in the manufacture of each product.
Following the iconic manufacturers of ginger beer, chocolate, toilet paper, cricket balls, cheese and confectionary, Dr. Karl explores each stage of production - from the transformation of wood pulp into toilet paper in less than a second, to the exact science of hand-turning the perfect truffle – with his signature curiosity and enthusiasm.
Dr. Karl's How Things Work empowers viewers to gain a deeper appreciation for the science and technologies that shape our daily lives - confronting common misconceptions, debunking harmful conspiracy theories, discovering remarkable feats of human ingenuity and celebrating the incredible things we are capable of achieving.
‘True to form, Kruszelnicki is insatiably inquisitive’ – Sydney Morning Herald
‘Fascinating’ – The Mercury
‘Best new show’ – ScreenHub
‘Bubbling with facts…makes for a fascinating story and one that fills in some of the gaps in what we know about the world around us’ – TV Week
‘When we understand how things work, the world is a little more knowable and a little less scary - we can calm our under-siege lizard brains and start thinking about things from a place of insight instead of fear’ – The Nightly