Discovery Science +1 Friday
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6:00 AM
Tesla's Death Ray: A Murder Declassified
The team explores Tesla's death
The team explores Tesla's death, chasing leads to the CIA and FBI for his missing notes
8:00 AM
How Do They Do It?
Exploring the construction of large tunnels in one of the world's biggest cities
Exploring the construction of large tunnels in one of the world's biggest cities to prevent blackouts, and a look at how a pine forest is turned into timber
8:30 AM
How Do They Do It?
Baklava, ukuleles and the world's fastest ferry
The manufacture of delicious baklava, favourite sweet of the Ottomans. Plus, James Bond's gyroplane, the ukulele, and the Supercat - the world's fastest ferry
9:00 AM
How the Universe Works
New discoveries reveal the importance of black holes within the Universe
New discoveries reveal the importance of black holes in creating stars, giving light, and building the universe itself
10:00 AM
How the Universe Works
New discoveries reveal the secrets of nebulas
New discoveries reveal the secrets of nebulas, which are strange structures of cosmic gas and dust where stars are born and die in space
11:00 AM
How the Universe Works
New discoveries surrounding interstellar space
New discoveries surrounding interstellar space, the space between the universe's stars, which reveal it may not be as desolate as previous thought
12:00 PM
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Kevin Moore and Grant Reynolds tackle the science of Spider-Man
Kevin Moore and Grant Reynolds answer more audacious questions, transforming a golf cart into a monster truck, and tackling the science of Spider-Man
1:00 PM
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
An audacious plan to survive a three-story fall without a parachute
Kevin Moore and Grant Reynolds engineer a plan to survive a three-story fall without a parachute, and try to escape homemade quicksand
2:00 PM
Blowing Up History
Uncovering the secrets of the city of Thebes
Uncovering the secrets of the city of Thebes in Egypt, one of the largest religious sites in the ancient world
3:00 PM
Blowing Up History
How ancient Egyptians built the giant obelisks of Thebes
A pioneering experiment shows how ancient Egyptians built the giant obelisks of Thebes, with new findings suggesting how they prompted the downfall of the pharaohs
4:00 PM
How the Universe Works
Experts explore the problems with proving or disproving the existence of aliens
The discovery of extra-terrestrial life faces a near impossible challenge, so a group of experts explore the problems with proving or disproving the existence of aliens
5:00 PM
How the Universe Works
The moon's incredible, violent, and dynamic history
New scientific discoveries reveal that the moon has an incredible, violent, and dynamic history, which suggests that the moon may be more similar to earth than previously thought
6:00 PM
Telescope
The history of telescopes
This unique film will take viewers out of this world, on a tour of the history of the telescope from Galileo to Newton to Hubble and to the James Webb Space Telescope
7:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
An airbag that can catch a falling car
How the world's sharpest photos are taken. Plus, the stitching of an airbag capable of catching a falling car, and the manufacture of billions of perfectly-formed jelly beans
7:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
The world's biggest light festival
How a caravan tougher than an SUV can be built. Plus, forging tuning forks with perfect pitch, resurfacing an ice rink in minutes, and staging on the world's biggest light festival
8:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
Manufacturing techniques behind the groovy vinyl LP
Manufacturing techniques behind the groovy vinyl LP and the world's most crashed car - the dodgem. Plus, how one of the world's oldest pain remedies, tiger balm, is created
8:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
A look at how the axe was first forged
A look at how the axe was first forged. The programme also observes a messenger bag get cut, sew, stitched and glued together and reveals how the fastest lifeboats are built
9:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
Wensleydale cheese, paintbrushes and aromatic oils
How to churn out Wensleydale cheese, turn pig hair into the world's finest paintbrushes, and distil aromatic oils from eucalyptus
9:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
The Tesla Model S, horses' tails and swimming pools
How it is possible to build the 700 horsepower Tesla Model S, turn horses' tails into fine fabrics, and clean the largest swimming pools in the world
10:00 PM
Everest Rescue
The story of Mount Everest's elite team of high altitude helicopter pilots
The story of Mount Everest's elite team of high altitude helicopter pilots, who risk it all to rescue the sick and injured from the dangerous terrain
11:00 PM
Everest Rescue
A pilot heads to the world's highest landing spot to rescue an injured hiker
Pilot Jason heads to the world's highest landing spot to save a hiker injured while in the Death Zone. Meanwhile, rookie rescuer Ryan seeks climbers stuck in the remote Himalayas
12:00 AM
Lost Beasts of the Ice Age
Phil Torres and Dr Tori Herridge go on a journey to Siberia for the biggest ever Ice Age dig
Phil Torres and Dr Tori Herridge go on a journey to Siberia for the biggest ever Ice Age dig, unearthing a treasure trove of animals buried in the ground for thousands of years
2:00 AM
How the Universe Works
Experts investigate theories surrounding the possibility of time travel
Experts investigate theories surrounding the possibility of time travel, and ask whether it could ever be more than science fiction
3:00 AM
How the Universe Works
Exploring the limits of human knowledge
Some of the brightest minds and theorists on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge and explain the science behind the rules of the universe
4:00 AM
How the Universe Works
Experts and scientists explain how the planet journeys through the Milky Way
Earth is spinning on a tilted axis as it orbits around the Sun. Experts and scientists explain how the planet journeys through the Milky Way
5:00 AM
Blowing Up History
The construction of the Inca capital of Cusco
The construction of the Inca capital of Cusco, focusing on new discoveries that reveal the secrets behind this mighty empire's fall