ALL-NEW SERIES "MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK" PREMIERES ON SCIENCE CHANNEL THURSDAY, JAN. 28 AT 10PM

-New series premieres with back to back episodes, dissecting and exploring a dozen machines -

(Silver Spring, MD) - Have you ever wondered what's going on inside the machines you use every day? How does a gas-fired boiler turn cold water hot in just five seconds? How can a simple shopping cart carry a load six times its own weight? How does an escalator haul hundreds of people up a slope as steep as Mount Fuji? Using ultra-realistic CGI, MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK 'explodes open' everyday machines to reveal their individual parts and inner workings. You'll never look at a shopping cart the same way after MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK premieres on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 10PM only on Science Channel.

"Viewers are used to seeing how mega machines like airplanes and trains are built, but just as brilliantly designed are the unsung heroes of the modern world- lawnmowers, chainsaws and even the household blender employ complex mechanical ingenuity that we use all the time without a thought as to how they work so well," said Neil Laird, Executive Producer of MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK. "This show is a celebration of those unseen innovators of the everyday."

Each episode of MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK will explore the hidden workings of six different machines of all shapes and sizes; from parking meters and car washes to fire hydrants and escalators. Combined with stunning footage from the factories where these objects are designed, built, and tested, CGI blows apart these seemingly ordinary devices to reveal their extraordinary inner workings and heads into the factories where these machines are built to meet the larger than life characters who design and construct them.

MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK is produced for Science Channel by Windfall Films. For Windfall Films, the executive producer is Carlo Massarella, the series producer is Dan Kendall. For Science Channel, Neil Laird is executive producer and Presley Adamson is associate producer.

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