The Way Things Work was a short-lived television series based on the best-selling book of the same name by David Macaulay.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Rolling Stones | 2004-08-24 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | A See Saw World | 2004-08-25 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Take a Mammoth to Water | 2004-08-26 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Fun at the Fair | 2004-08-27 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Screws | 2004-08-30 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Pulleys | 2004-08-31 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Life on the Water | 2004-09-01 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Stuck in the Mud | 2004-09-02 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | A Head Full of Steam | 2004-09-03 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | That Sinking Feeling | 2004-09-06 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Engine Trouble | 2004-09-07 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | On Squeezing Mammoths | 2004-09-08 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Oh for the Wings of a Mammoth | 2004-09-09 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Somewhere Over the Mammoth | 2004-09-10 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Far Side | 2004-09-13 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Heating | 2004-09-14 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Sound of a Mammoth | 2004-09-15 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Images | 2004-09-16 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Cooling | 2004-09-17 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Hot Wheels | 2004-09-20 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Coconut Crumble | 2004-09-21 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Take It to the Bridge | 2004-09-22 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | She Wears My Ring | 2004-09-23 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Shocking | 2004-09-24 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Sensors and Sensorbility | 2004-09-27 | 15 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Telecommunications | 2004-09-28 | 15 min |
| Directing | Diego Zamora | Director |
| Crew | David Macaulay | Script |
| Crew | Alastair Swinnerton | Script |
| Crew | Simon Jowett | Script |