Maddie's Do You Know?

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Learn new things with Maddie as she explores the world and discovers how stuff works.

Learn new things with Maddie as she explores the world around us and discovers how stuff works. From washing machines to ice cream, there's always something exciting to learn.

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Maddie Moate

Sarah Trigg

Julia Bond

Darren Coates

Maddie's Do You Know?: Series 2: Episode 13: Hairclippers and Ballet Shoes

Hairclippers and Ballet Shoes

Episode 13

Episode 13: Hairclippers and Ballet Shoes

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Maddie visits a barber to see how hair clippers work and learns how ballet shoes are made.

Maddie visits a barber to find out how hair clippers work and goes to a factory to see how ballet shoes are made.

Today, Maddie is dressing up. She visits a barber to find out how clippers work to cut hair. Using a special microscope camera, Maddie shows us how the blades work, and a slow-motion camera lets us see the clippers in action. Next, Maddie visits a factory where ballet shoes are made. Using materials like satin and ribbon, Maddie sees how all the different cutters, sewing machines and hammers are used to put ballet shoes together.

Maddie's Do You Know?: Series 2

Series 2

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

Do You Know? presenter Maddie Moate uses special cameras and animation as she explores children’s everyday world, finding out how things work, and how they are made.

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Episode 13: Hairclippers and Ballet Shoes

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