I tried to watch every episode but I failed

We loved watching them, one of the best bits were the very corny segues by Tony Hirst, most groan worthy. 

We loved watching them, one of the best bits were the very corny segues by Tony Hirst, most groan worthy. 

Absolutely, we firmly believe he was responsible for inciting everyone else with a microphone to do the same 

We did love the programmes though, did they ever do one about making SOX lamps, I wonder..? 

No, I don't believe so, However they did do one on mercury lamps I believe...

No, I don't believe so, However they did do one on mercury lamps I believe...

Now that I'd like to see, does anyone know if it's on Youtube or somewhere..? The search facility on that is abysmal and always returns hundreds of results that are [censored] all to do with what I asked for 

Now that I'd like to see...

I would as well.

I would as well.

I don't know where to find it... I say that episode a long long time ago, I believe they refereed to them as HID bulbs, and did not specify what kind they were but recalling from memory they appeared to have the structure of a Mercury lamp... I believe they even coated them...

Never even knew about it til one time seeing a link to a YouTube vid for one ep.

Was it something that was actually on broadcast TV, or was it cable-only (if the latter that would explain my not knowing about it...)

Never even knew about it til one time seeing a link to a YouTube vid for one ep.

Was it something that was actually on broadcast TV, or was it cable-only (if the latter that would explain my not knowing about it...)

How It's Made would have been broadcast on terrestrial TV, it certainly was here.

I used to watch it around 10 years ago. It was on Discovery here which was a cable only channel. They did quite a few lighting related ones, including off the top of my head: fluorescent lamps, SBMV reflector lamps (referred to a HID bulbs on the show), and incandescent lamps.

A lot of those are on Youtube, there's a bunch of links to lighting related ones here.

They called the mercury lamp episode "high intensity light bulbs" and they showed how self-ballasted mercury lamps are made. rather cool! they still show old episodes on the science channel here.