Recycled skateboards; braided pastry; construction trailers; and metalworking vises.

Recycled skateboard guitars; solar street lights; dolls.

Architect Danny Forster travels around the world to "deconstruct" such ultimate construction projects as warships, public works structures, cruise liners and extreme thrill rides. Forster takes viewers inside the head-scratching builds, interviewing on-site architects and engineers to provide a fresh perspective on complex construction techniques and unique architectural challenges. He also tries his hand at some of the jobs at each site and samples the latest computer graphics to gain a greater understanding of the scope and scale of each project.

Viewers get the key to enter some of the world's greatest one-of-a-kind factories for an insider's perspective on what it takes to produce brand-name wonders such as Ferrari, BMW, Harley-Davidson, John Deere and the M1 tank.

Food Network Canada presents this eye-opening series featuring food factories. Each episode offers a behind-the-scenes view of production lines across the country to find out how some of the most-popular food items are really made. Through the ingredients, techniques and required processes, "Food Factory" reveals how raw ingredients are turned into everyday eats. In what some call a fascinating world, the manufacturing and technology that is being used in factories simplifies how the country gets its food.

So exactly how hard is it to find a needle in a haystack, anyway? And can water dripping on your forehead really drive you nuts? Those are the kinds of questions, myths and urban legends that are put to the test in this humorous series that seeks to find out which myths are true and which are not.

Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously re-enacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with computer images to weave these gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind these events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.

Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.

Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously re-enacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.

This documentary series focuses on extreme construction projects -- be they the biggest, tallest, longest or deepest in the world -- and the machines used to create extraordinary structures. Episodes include the people responsible for the cutting-edge design and engineering of each build, talking about how concept transformed to reality. The processes that go into staffing and operating the modern marvels once they are completed are also covered.

"How the Universe Works" is the ultimate cosmos operator's manual, a revealing look at the inner workings of outer space. Computer imagery allows viewers to explore black holes, supernovas, neutron stars, dark energy, and all of the other forces that produce what exists and what people see.

Archaeologist Scotty Moore travels to the Lower Nile of Egypt as well as more obscure ancient sites of civilizations to study carefully preserved mummies and entombed skeletons, using these remnants to unlock previously undisclosed secrets of the past.