Pipe Cleaners, Blue Stilton Cheese, Smart Electric Meters, Telescopes

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How It's Made
18th October 2011 21 mins Season 18 Episode 6

Soft fibres are trapped between twisting wires to produce flexible pipe cleaners. Cultured milk is coagulated, drained and pierced so the characteristic blue mould can develop in Stilton cheese; electronic measuring components are calibrated inside smart electric meters; and precisely shaped lenses or mirrors are aligned within telescope bodies.

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