The Way Things Work

The Way Things Work was a short-lived television series based on the best-selling book of the same name by David Macaulay.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

The Way Things Work

First Air Date

January 6, 2004

Last Air Date

June 1, 2004

Seasons

1

Episodes

26

Language

Production Companies

Networks

BBC One

S01E22

Take It to the Bridge

To commemorate the opening of a new bridge, a musical concert is held, featuring mammoths as instruments, which ends in disaster when the Inventor cries out in pain, causing a stampede which wrecks the stage. The islanders ostracize him from the village until he can find a way to prepare a replacement concert in time for the bridge's opening. Against the orders of Frank, Olive assists him, and the pair set about building giant woodwind instruments. Topics covered: music, woodwind, brass, air flow, sound waves, instruments, vibration.

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