Discovery Science +1 Wednesday
Sky
267
Virgin
379
6:00 AM
Blowing Up History
Revealing the secrets behind the world's oldest and most perfectly preserved mummy
Cutting-edge forensic technology reveals the secrets behind the 'Iceman', the world's oldest and most perfectly preserved mummy
8:00 AM
How It's Made: Dream Cars
The Rolls-Royce Dawn
The crew goes to its birthplace, revealing the inner workings and stunning exterior of the Rolls-Royce Dawn, regarded by many as a dream car
8:30 AM
How Do They Do It?
A look at how to make Parmesan cheese
A look at how to make Parmesan cheese, and the key to keeping the runways operating at the world's busiest airports. Plus, manufacturing reclining chairs
9:00 AM
Secret Space Escapes
A cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry
A toxic ammonia leak endangers an entire crew, while a cosmonaut narrowly survives re-entry, only to be stranded in the wilderness
10:00 AM
Secret Space Escapes
Fatal damage to the heat shields of the space shuttle Atlantis
Astronauts detail the events of a classified mission, during which the crew of space shuttle Atlantis discovered fatal damage to heat shields on the underbelly of their ship
11:00 AM
Secret Space Escapes
An account of a blinded space-walker who was stranded outside his craft
A space-walker who lost his vision and was locked outside his craft after a malfunction, and cosmonauts who were engulfed by a fire while still on the launch-pad
12:00 PM
World's Top 5
The world's most impressive trains, including the N700 Bullet
The world's most impressive trains, including the tilting N700 Bullet from Japan and France's high speed TGV service
1:00 PM
World's Top 5
The technology behind the world's most powerful earthmovers
The technology behind the world's most powerful earthmovers, looking at enormous dumper trucks and diggers
2:00 PM
Blowing Up History
Experts uncover the mystery surrounding the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral
The infamous gunfight at the OK Corral only lasted 30 seconds. Now, experts use cutting-edge technology to uncover the mystery surrounding the event
3:00 PM
Blowing Up History
How engineers could have built the Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel is one of the most famous stories of the Bible. Archaeologists use new technology to uncover how engineers could have built it
4:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the moon
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the moon and an investigation into whether there is life in the oceans of Jupiter's moons
5:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
Mysterious lunar materials that may have caused trouble for an Apollo mission
A Nasa scientist explains his theory that a mysterious lunar material caused a Chinese moon rover to break down, and interfered with an Apollo mission decades earlier
6:00 PM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
Details of NASA's contingency plan to cope with a failed first moon landing
Official documents shed light on NASA's secret 'plan B', put in place in case the first moon landing failed, and the Cassini mission unravels a 300-year-old mystery
7:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
How pilots train to perform death-defying acrobatics
A look at how one of the fastest bikes in the world was created, how pilots train to perform death-defying acrobatics, and how oil and gas is brought up from the bottom of the sea
7:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
A look at how New York bagels are hand-rolled
A look at how New York bagels are hand-rolled, how they make a racing car tyre that will grip the track at 320kph, and how life-like sculptures are created out of glass
8:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
A look at how waste is collected in Venice
A look at how waste is collected in Venice, how Australia's famous sheepskin boots are made, and how pond algae is turned into a health supplement
8:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
Examining how rosebuds are turned into Turkish delight
Examining how rosebuds are turned into Turkish delight, and how sunscreen is made to block out harmful UV light. Plus, how to hammer out a silver spoon
9:00 PM
How Do They Do It?
How the world's finest canvases are created
A look at how the world's finest canvases are created, how tofu is made, and how to get 50 drinks out of a single bottle of beer
9:30 PM
How Do They Do It?
An insight into how people care for bees
An insight into how people care for bees, plus a look at how to build a trike that can carry a whole family and how to stop a bullet with a sheet of ceramic
10:00 PM
Expedition Bigfoot
Specialists set out to locate the fabled bigfoot
Specialists armed with the latest technology set out to locate the fabled bigfoot. The start of their search takes them to the forests of Oregon
11:00 PM
Expedition Bigfoot
Russell and Mireya uncover their first piece of potential evidence
With a team member down, Russell and Mireya must forge ahead to hunt down leads, and their investigations uncover their first pieces of potential evidence
12:00 AM
Unexplained and Unexplored
The story of an English ship buried deep in a California desert
Justin and Emiliano investigate the story of an English ship filled with stolen treasures that has long been rumoured to be buried deep in a California desert
1:00 AM
Unexplained and Unexplored
A fabled lost mine in the mountains of Arizona
Explorer Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah investigate a fabled lost mine in the mountains of Arizona, said to contain over $200 million in gold
2:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the moon
An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the moon and an investigation into whether there is life in the oceans of Jupiter's moons
3:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
Mysterious lunar materials that may have caused trouble for an Apollo mission
A Nasa scientist explains his theory that a mysterious lunar material caused a Chinese moon rover to break down, and interfered with an Apollo mission decades earlier
4:00 AM
Nasa's Unexplained Files
Details of NASA's contingency plan to cope with a failed first moon landing
Official documents shed light on NASA's secret 'plan B', put in place in case the first moon landing failed, and the Cassini mission unravels a 300-year-old mystery
5:00 AM
Blowing Up History
Experts reveal the secrets of the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt
Experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal the secrets of the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, regarded as one of the original seven wonders of the world