Discovery History +1 Thursday

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To help bring the extinct woolly mammoth back to life, Josh Gates visits a biotech lab driving a cloning project and excavates ancient bones in a Canadian mine

Only four days remain before the Queen is due to visit to HMS Ocean, but the ship is still at sea. Meanwhile, Petty Officer Holmes loses his patience with his Guard of Honour

The impact on aerial combat of bombers of the 1940s and 1950s, from the bouncing bomb used in the Dambusters' mission to the B-52's first flight

Terry O'Quinn examines whether the tragic destruction of an Air France airliner in 2009 could ever happen again, and investigates deforestation in Siberian

Drew Pritchard visits the Lambretta Scooter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, and in Walsall, West Midlands, there is a historic haul in one of the UK's last leather factories

Drew Pritchard asks two experts to revive a vintage motorised bicycle. Meanwhile, woodworker Robin Johnson tries to restore a Victorian writing table

Bruce Crompton hunts down relics of one of the greatest military commanders of all-time, George S Patton. Then, he tries to close a deal worth £200,000

Alcatraz is one of the most famous prisons in the world. Experts investigate its remarkable engineering secrets and why it was so hard to escape from.

The breakwater is damaged during stormy weather, and rough seas may scupper plans to make repairs. Plus, a battle erupts between Devonport's two beekeeping teams

Drew Pritchard visits the Lambretta Scooter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, and in Walsall, West Midlands, there is a historic haul in one of the UK's last leather factories

Military equipment collector Bruce Crompton sells an Australian museum a Second World War tank destroyer worth half a million pounds, which still needs a barrel

Henry and Sam are in Suffolk with Barry and his vintage bikes. Henry has his eyes on a few petrol pumps, but Sam has other ideas when he sees Barry's collection of sidecars

Henry and Sam return to the East Anglia to meet Charlie in Lowestoft, where they find everything from cars and bikes to stationary engines and suitcases

Rob Nelson investigates subterranean secrets from around the world, beginning with mysterious rocks at the bottom of Lake Michigan known as Underwater Stonehenge

Josh Gates retrieves bone samples from the massive Batagay crater and gets DNA results to find out if the woolly mammoth will walk the earth again

The ship's crew enjoys some down time in the Florida sunshine, but some sailors have their shore leave cancelled to prepare for a royal visitor

After four years of careful restoration, Bruce Crompton races to get his Panther tank ready to ship to Australia. And, he discovers an interesting tank manual

Drew Pritchard goes on a trip to Jersey where he meets the island's biggest hoarder, and at an old manor house, he discovers an estate-made 1950s swing and trapeze

Metalworker Ted and gilder Ruth team up to revamp a rusty horse statue. Robin works on a mid-century Danish table, while Julia revives a damaged bar sign

At a large house in Devon's countryside, Henry and Sam find piles of cars and bikes everywhere they look

Henry and Sam are in East Anglia, checking out Nick's collection of Morris Minors and motorbikes. The duo spot a few bikes they like, including a nice fixer-upper

Bruce Crompton takes Hus on an Italian road-trip, meeting up with dealers whose objects tell the story of Italy's role in the Second World War

Drew Pritchard goes on a trip to Jersey where he meets the island's biggest hoarder, and at an old manor house, he discovers an estate-made 1950s swing and trapeze

The ship's crew enjoys some down time in the Florida sunshine, but some sailors have their shore leave cancelled to prepare for a royal visitor

Metalworker Ted and gilder Ruth team up to revamp a rusty horse statue. Robin works on a mid-century Danish table, while Julia revives a damaged bar sign

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home