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8:00 AM
Food Factory USA
Freeze-dried food for astronauts
Visit Sunkist's squeaky clean lemon headquarters in California, discover amazing freeze-dried astronaut food, and a Texan pecan pie
8:30 AM
Food Factory USA
A smokehouse that serves bacon-flavoured soda
On a quest for the ultimate bacon experience, tour a Texas smokehouse where they serve bacon-flavoured soda, and visit a former turkey farm that makes chocolate bacon bits
9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
The death of Poland's President Lech Kaczynski
Documentary investigating the death of Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash in 2010, discovering there was more to the incident than pilot error
10:00 AM
WW2: Hell Under the Sea
How two British submarines accidentally targeted each other
The story of Lt Commander Malcolm Wanklyn, whose submarine, HMS Upholder, was involved in a disastrous incident when it and another British vessel accidentally targeted each other
11:00 AM
Airport Security: Peru
An arrested cocaine carrier tells a tragic story
Over 30 kilograms of cocaine bricks are found on one flight. A pregnant woman may be hiding something and an arrested carrier tells a tragic story
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Restoring a Series 1 Land Rover
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw plan to surprise the daughter of an amateur off-road champion by restoring her late mother's Series 1 Land Rover
1:00 PM
Disaster Autopsy
Analysis of the Kings Cross subway fire
Analysis of the Champlain Towers Condominium collapse in Surfside, the Kursk submarine disaster sinking in the Barents Sea, and the Kings Cross train station fire
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
South Korea's worst ever air disaster
The investigation into South Korea's worst ever air disaster encounters a problem when the surviving captain's story contradicts air traffic control's account of events
3:00 PM
Pacific War Megawrecks: Drain the Oceans
Wrecks from the Second World War at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
Wrecks from the Second World War at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, including the USS Indianapolis, the ship that famously delivered the Hiroshima bomb
4:00 PM
Pirates: Behind the Legends
The story of Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland
The story of Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland, who defied gender conventions to become the most feared and respected leader of both the land and the sea
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim and Fuzz restore the 1987 MG Metro 6R4 rally car
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw return to rescue more classic cars, beginning with the 1987 MG Metro 6R4 rally car, which has turned up in a scrapyard
6:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A cargo plane crashes within a mile of the airport
A cargo plane crashes within a mile of the airport where it was attempting to make an emergency landing. A colleague of the crew helps investigators to discover why
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A turboprop nearly crashes after being struck by lightning
A turboprop nearly crashes after being struck by lightning, temporarily blinding the crew and disabling their controls. Investigators uncover an unusual design flaw
8:00 PM
Colossal Machines
Featuring gearless mill drives
Featuring gearless mill drives, explosive clearing vehicles and giant metal shredders
9:00 PM
Mysterious Islands
The history behind isolated islands
The story behind isolated islands. Researchers have found the remains of a previously unknown species of dinosaur that could change what is known about prehistoric life
10:00 PM
Lawless Island
People living in a remote Alaskan community
Documentary series following a group of people living in a remote Alaskan community
11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The worst aviation disaster in Norwegian history
The implications of the worst aviation disaster in Norwegian history, which saw a plane filled with competition winners plunge into the sea on its way to Hamburg in 1989
12:00 AM
No Man Left Behind
The story of two DEA agents who were kidnapped in Colombia
The story of two DEA agents who flew into Colombia to investigate drug cartels, only to be held hostage in the jungle by a trafficker and a corrupt policeman
1:00 AM
The Truth Behind
An investigation into the myth of Atlantis
An investigation into whether there is any truth to the myth of Atlantis, a sunken continent described by the philosopher Plato in one of his famous 'dialogues'
2:00 AM
Abandoned
The team searches a disused paper factory
The team searches a disused paper factory. However, as the facility has plans to become a museum it remains unclear whether they will be able to acquire any assests
2:30 AM
Lords of War
The team evaluates a medieval lance and a 17th-century rapier
The team evaluates a medieval lance and a 17th-century rapier. Plus, two guns that do not appear to have triggers are analysed
2:55 AM
Lords of War
The team discovers a German machine gun
The team discovers a German machine gun, capable of shooting up to 1,500 bullets per minute and some letters from the Civil War
3:20 AM
Food Factory
Peanut brittle, pigs-in-blankets, bagels and Indian jalebi
A look at the production of peanut brittle, pigs-in-blankets, bagels and Indian jalebi
3:45 AM
Food Factory
Chocolate chip cookie dough ice-cream and snowball cookies
A look at the production of chocolate chip cookie dough ice-cream, chocolate mint sticks and snowball cookies
4:10 AM
Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales
It is springtime at the Columbus Zoo, which means annual giraffe checkups
It is springtime at the Columbus Zoo, which means annual giraffe checkups with extensive hoof care and more
4:35 AM
Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales
Out at the Wilds, vets tag newborn Pere David deer
Out at the Wilds, vets tag newborn Pere David deer. Plus, keepers at the markhor exhibit get ready to welcome a batch of tiny babies