Discovery Channel Thursday

Quadrupling the power of the world's biggest engines with the world's most powerful turbochargers, and building new roads from old waste plastic

How wind is harnessed to power a racing yacht to Olympic gold, and how do to make a sword fit for an officer at the world's largest sword factory

The owner of '56 Bel Air has had some bad luck with his car going from shop to shop, and he still doesn't have his dream car ready. Shorty's shop is the last stop

Paul decides to take one of his '59s and go full lowrider with hydraulics and a full custom lowrider paint job. Shorty brings in his wife's '92 Mustang

The fate of a rookie mountain miner lies in the balance after he sinks his life savings into a British Columbia placer claim

Freddy and Juan face a failing Arizona Desert gold mine. They devise an ingenious cost-cutting system with their first-ever solar-powered operation

Heavy D pushes his luck on a vintage 1951 International Diesel dozer with engine problems. Plus, Redbeard announces their first-ever double giveaway

The guys get fired up about an overlanding rig, but it turns into a smoke show

After a chemical leak forces Jake to abandon ship, Keith races to find the crew and save their ailing vessel. Mandy helms her first solo king season

A typhoon brings monstrous waves and high winds. Rick and Bob attempt to stitch a wound in turbulent seas, while John makes a risky harbour entrance

Plastic bottles, jars and wooden pens are put under the microscope to explore how they are made. Plus, how eggs are collected and packaged

How the processes involved in manufacturing paving, marshmallow cookies, loudspeakers and electronic door locks have evolved with changes in technology

Wood-burning stoves, ballet slippers and buses: more everyday items are put under the microscope to find out how they are made

Robotic arms, tattoos, napkins and concrete pipes: more items are put under the microscope to find out how they were made

The Raneys set out to help Oregon homesteaders living at the bottom of a 100ft cliff, separating them from the four acres of land they need for food and livestock

Part two of two. The Raneys continue their mission to help a Missouri family who have just survived a tornado and are living in a crumbling cabin with no clean water source

Mike Brewer and Ant Anstead try to arouse the passion of the Saab enthusiast community by restoring a rusty, non-driving 1973 Saab 96 to its past glory

Mike Brewer hopes to tap into 1990s nostalgia by working on an 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4, but restoring the vehicle to its original state proves harder than expected

Adventurer Ed Stafford courses the world to experience how different cultures mark the transition to manhood. Cattle herders from Ethiopia must jump a line of bulls

Hurricane Helene barrels north, causing massive flooding in Appalachia. As the deluge sweeps a woman away, a man jumps into the water to save her

Josh investigates the shocking rumours surrounding a Turkish dig site 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. Josh finds evidence of tribal skull rituals

A Bering Sea gale takes out Rick's deckhand while Sophia helms the Seabrooke in high-risk conditions. Johnathan alters time to make good on a promise