Episode

How Do They Do It?: Racing Drivers, Bank Vaults, Telling Time

Name: How Do They Do It?: Racing Drivers, Bank Vaults, Telling Time
Released: 2007-03-14
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Rupert Degas, Robert Llewellyn, Naz Osmanoglu, Jeff Wilburn

How Do They Do It?Season 32007-03-14

Overview

How do racing drivers survive 300 kilometres an hour crashes? See how impregnable bank vaults are made, and how do they tell the time?

Details

Series: How Do They Do It?
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 7
Air date: 2007-03-14
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

Racing Drivers, Bank Vaults, Telling Time is Episode 7 in Season 3 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2007-03-14. The runtime is 22 min.

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