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    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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    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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