Megafactories Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1

Lotus Evora

Thu, Mar 8, 2012

Join charismatic CEO Dany Bahar in Norfolk, unlikely home of the Lotus megafactory, as he unveils plans for their latest super car: the Evora.

Episode 2

Williams F1

Thu, Mar 15, 2012

Unprecedented access to this elite Formula One team. Back from their latest race in Europe, the team have a week to get the car in shape at their English HQ before they leave for months away on the other side of the globe.

Episode 3

EA Sports: Fifa 2012

Thu, May 10, 2012

Enter the EA factory in Burnaby, Canada, to learn how video game creators took football off the field and turned it into a virtual masterpiece.

Episode 4

Guinness

Thu, Jun 14, 201250 mins

The 48-acre St. James Gate Brewery is situated smack bang in the middle of Ireland's capital city, Dublin. Guinness is the most popular dark beer on the planet. Globally, the megabrewer sells over a billion pints a year in 150 countries.

Episode 5

Swiss Army Knife

Sun, Jun 17, 201250 mins

The Swiss Army Knife may be the most ingenious multipurpose tool ever invented - and the most recognized. How it's made is as ingenious as the tool itself. Visit the Victorinox factory in Switzerland

Episode 7

Boeing 747

Thu, May 3, 201250 mins

In 2007 the mammoth Airbus A380 took the Boeing 747's crown for size and capacity - a record Boeing held for decades. Boeing wants its crown back, but it needs to get a new plane in the air, and fast.

Episode 9

McLaren MP4-12C

Thu, May 17, 2012

Building on the success of the F1 team, McLaren formed a high-performance road car business, McLaren Automotive, which continues to set new benchmarks in performance and efficiency. See the factory that builds the MP4-12C

Episode 10

The Mini

Thu, May 17, 2012

Follow the Mini Coupe - the Oxford plant's first ever two-seater sports vehicle - as it makes its way through the state-of-the-art Mini factory.

Episode 12

Illy Coffee

Fri, May 25, 201250 mins

Learn how the Italian company use cutting-edge technology to produce 37,500kg of coffee a day, and export to 140 countries worldwide.

Episode 13

Lear Jet

Fri, Apr 6, 2012

For 50 years, Learjet has been synonymous with high-flying luxury and the celebrity jet-set. This is the construction story behind Learjet's top of the range 60XR - one of the world's most iconic private aircraft.

Episode 14

Extreme Roller Coaster

Thu, Jun 28, 2012

This 60 metres high thrill ride is only the 5th ever to be constructed. Its adrenaline fuelled tracks speed riders to 100 kph over loops, drops and banks, pushing them to g force limits usually reserved for fighter pilots.

Episode 15

Tesla Model S

Fri, Jun 29, 2012

This is the story behind the world's first fully electric premium sedan - the Tesla Model S. Tesla's electrical experts in Fremont, CA are gearing up for mass production in a groundbreaking new Mega Factory

Episode 16

Tata Nano

Tue, Jul 10, 2012

Sir Ratan Tata is a man on a mission: to make India's roads safer by getting people off motorbikes and into the world's cheapest car - the Tata Nano. Tata envisages the Nano as a 'people's car' - India's answer to the Model T.

Episode 17

Super Chopper

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

The latest 'super choppers' are built to fly to places helicopters could never go before, even to the reaches of inner space. Using live action, archival footage and CGI, we marvel at the creation of today's 'super choppers'.

Episode 18

Iveco

Let's go to Bolzano and find out how Iveco vehicles are made, used for military and civil protection purposes. The latest product is the Multi-role Light Tactical Vehicle.

Episode 19

Almarai

Sun, Oct 28, 2012

Since it launched in 1977, Almarai has grown into the largest dairy producer in the Middle East. Using new technology, a secret recipe for cow feed, and a stringent testing process, follow milk from cow to bottle to store shelf.

Episode 20

Vestel City

Sat, Nov 10, 2012

The biggest factory complex in Europe Vestel City is located in Manisa, Turkey, and has an army of 14,000 employees producing 45,000 TV sets, 9,500 refrigerators, 8,000 washing machines and 1,700 dishwashers each day.