The Way Things Work Rate: –☹️ Very Bad🙁 Bad😐 Average🙂 Good😃 Excellent🤩 Super! ★ Save Rating✔ Rating Saved! Notify me: –about new episodeabout new seasonabout end of season Subscribe✔ Subscription Saved! The Way Things Work Children 8/24/04 – 9/28/04 United Kingdom GeneralEpisodesTranslationsCastCharactersGallery What is The Way Things Work about (plot, summary) Schools programme in which the inhabitants of Mammoth Island face practical problems. Cast See full cast → Keith Wickham as The Inventor Frank Pilbeam Elly Fairman as Olive Bob Saker as Troy Caroline Bernstein as Brenda Characters See all characters → The Inventor Olive Troy Frank Pilbeam