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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
Lost Tombs of the Pyramids
An elite team of archaeologists embark on an extraordinary excavation
In the shadow of the pyramids, an elite team of archaeologists embark on an extraordinary excavation. Could this secret site reveal new evidence?
10:00 AM
King Tut In Colour
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb is revealed for the first time in colour
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb is revealed for the first time in colour, thanks to colorisation of black-and-white newsreel and photographs
11:00 AM
Egypt's Sun King: Secrets and Treasures
Exploring the first newly discovered tomb containing a body since Tutankhamen was unearthed
Experts explore the first tomb containing a body to be discovered since Tutankhamen's burial place was unearthed - and which contains 30 more mummies in an adjoining chamber
12:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
The defences and kill zones that surrounded Hitler's bunker in Berlin
Documenting the extraordinary defences and kill zones that surrounded Hitler's bunker in Berlin, a subterranean safehouse protected with 13ft-thick walls
1:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
Japan's use of suicide pilots
The events of 1944, when the Japanese turn in desperation to killer planes, rocket bombs and super torpedoes guided not by machines, but by human pilots
2:00 PM
World War II: Secrets from Above
The Battle of Britain from a unique aerial perspective
The Battle of Britain from a unique aerial perspective, as over 1500 British and German planes engage in a duel to the death above England
3:00 PM
World War II: Secrets from Above
The story of the Battle of the Atlantic
The story of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest military campaign of the Second World War as the Nazis attempted to starve Britain
4:00 PM
World War II: Secrets from Above
The point in the war when the Allies took the beaches of Northern France
The point in the war when the Allies took the beaches of Northern France. They then faced a brutal fight through enemy territory in a bid to liberate Europe
5:00 PM
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West
Part one of two. Nazi offensives on Western nations during the Second World War
Part one of two. Nazi offensives on Western nations during the Second World War. Nine months into the war, all-out attacks are made on Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the UK
6:00 PM
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West
Part two of two. France under German occupation
Part two of two. France under German occupation. The government signs an armistice as half the country is taken over and plunged into chaos, while people try to escape
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The 1985 Manchester runway disaster
The 1985 Manchester runway disaster, in which an aircraft's engine failed, causing the deaths of 55 people
8:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii
When a massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii, the search for answers ultimately leads to a deadly short circuit
9:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The conspiracy theories surrounding a 1987 accident
An assessment of rumours that a Boeing 747 jet was carrying illegal arms when it crashed during a routine flight from Taiwan to Johannesburg in 1987
10:00 PM
Plane Crash Recreated
A 2009 Turkish flight that crashed one mile out of Amsterdam
The events of Febtuary 25, 2009, when Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 went down less than a mile from the runway at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, smashing into three pieces on impact
11:00 PM
Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive
Explore the tragic trail of wreckage at Pearl Harbour
Explore the tragic trail of wreckage at Pearl Harbour, including the HMS Prince of Wales and USS Lexington, left behind on the ocean floor
12:00 AM
Ice Road Rescue
Thord and Bjoern rescue a truck that threatens to tip
Thord and Bjoern rescue a truck that threatens to tip, while Jo Roger looks to save a snow plough - before a second truck crashes in the same spot
1:00 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
Homeland Security Investigations track a car loaded with cocaine to a school
Homeland Security Investigations track a car loaded with cocaine in California, eventually following the smugglers to a stash house near a school
2:00 AM
Made in a Day
How fire engines are built from the ground up
The manufacturing process of a company that builds 18,000 fire engines from the ground up every year
2:30 AM
Made in a Day
The world's first mass-produced satellites
A combination of space vehicle designers, manufacturing engineers and robotics come together to build and launch the world's first mass-produced satellites
2:55 AM
Food Factory
Making ice cream
Packed with a double dose of chocolate pudding and cookies, 144,000 pints of this ice cream are made every 12 hours. Plus, how are truffle pig candies mass-produced?
3:20 AM
Food Factory
How tofurkey is made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring tofurkey and nutty bars
3:45 AM
Money Meltdown
Rich hunts for old rocket parts
Rich hunts for old rocket parts, believing they could be made from precious metal, and Dave wonders what he can make from the silver found on old photo paper
4:10 AM
Money Meltdown
Diego buys a casket for its gold engravings
Rich tries to make money by extracting and selling the silver from solar panels, while Diego buys a casket hoping its gold engravings will net him a fortune
4:35 AM
Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales
A pregnant nine-year-old cheetah is quickly aging out of her reproductive cycle
A pregnant nine-year-old cheetah is quickly aging out of her reproductive cycle, and a vet tries to work out why a penguin has not shed any feathers for close to a year