Episode
How Do They Do It?: Platinum, Manga Comics, Limoncello
Overview
How do they mine one of the world's most valuable metals, platinum? How do they produce manga comics? How do they turn lemons into an Italian after-dinner drinks?
Details
- Series
- How Do They Do It?
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2017-12-22
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Platinum, Manga Comics, Limoncello is Episode 20 in Season 15 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2017-12-22. The runtime is 22 min.
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