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200860 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Some Assembly Required

200860 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Each episode features hosts Brian Unger and Lou Bloomfield explaining the intricate steps involved in manufacturing everyday items.

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Each episode features hosts Brian Unger and Lou Bloomfield explaining the intricate steps involved in manufacturing everyday items.

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Brian Unger and physicist Lou Bloomfield host Some Assembly Required, a Discovery Channel series that began on December 27, 2007. The program takes audiences inside various manufacturing processes, detailing how everyday items are produced. Each episode features hands-on demonstrations and explanations of the steps involved in production. The series is known as How Stuff's Made in the UK.

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