New York is home to one of the world's busiest container ports, and using the latest technology and cutting-edge robotics, crews race to load and unload gargantuan ships before time runs out.

The USNS Comfort is the world's biggest hospital ship and a vital tool in New York City's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; this hi-tech vessel helps world-class doctors and nurses bring cutting-edge medicine to hot spots all over the world.

Richard Hammond goes behind-the-scenes at the biggest car factory in the world, where workers use cutting-edge engineering and the latest technology to build a new car every 16 seconds.

Richard Hammond climbs aboard the US Air Force's biggest cargo plane, an airborne behemoth that uses cutting-edge engineering and the latest technology to fly vital equipment and heavy-duty military vehicles across the planet.

Discover how aluminum foil, snowboards, contact lenses and bread are made.

Discover how compact discs, mozzarella cheese and pantyhose are made.

Discover how toothpicks, acrylic bathtubs, helicopters and beer are made.

Discover how hearing aids, 3D puzzles, rubber mats and toilets are made.

Discover how copy paper, jeans, computers and plate glass are made.

Discover how nails, safety glasses, fabrics and bicycles are made.

Discover how kayaks, safety boots and breakfast cereals are made.

Discover how trucks, adhesive bandages and circuit boards are made.

Discover how steel, aircraft landing gear and cosmetics are made.

Discover how holograms, package printing and canned corn are made.

Discover how plastic bags, solar panels and hockey sticks are made.

Discover how aluminum screw caps, chocolate, pills and pasta are made.