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7:00 AM
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8:00 AM
Food Factory
How marshmallows are made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring marshmallows and broccoli slaw

8:30 AM
Food Factory
How soda and breakfast cereal is made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring soda and breakfast cereal

9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
A thrilling day at a Reno air show turns into a chaos
A thrilling day at a Reno air show turns into a chaos. Plus, a Learjet spirals into the heart of Mexico City, and a DC-9 nosedives into a Los Angeles suburb

10:00 AM
Defending Europe
A look at how Finland defeated the Red Army in 1940
Nautical archaeologist Andy Torbet explores an old sea fort crucial to Finland's defence, while historian Mika Kulju discovers how the Red Army was defeated in 1940

11:00 AM
Nazi Megastructures: Russia's War
The story of the Battle of Kursk
Examining how Hitler responded to defeat at Stalingrad by increasing Germany's mass production of tanks - leading to the largest clash of armoured vehicles in history at Kursk

12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore a classic 1960s Mercedes
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore a classic 1965 Mercedes-Benz 230SL, which the owner had to abandon as a project after suffering a heart attack

1:00 PM
Mutant Weather
How global warming is causing colder temperatures in the south
How global warming is allowing frigid arctic temperatures to travel south, taking with it epic blizzards, bomb cyclones and frost quakes - and in turn damaging the infrastructure

2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane that crashed into a mountain with a Brazilian football team on board
The investigation into a plane that crashed into a mountain with a Brazilian football team on board, and the discovery of the deadly gamble that caused the tragedy

3:00 PM
Sea of Secrets: Drain the Oceans
Three wrecks unlock secrets of the Black Sea
The Black Sea is a place of legend, and ships have sailed on its waters for millennia. Three wrecks unlock secrets of this mysterious sea

4:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
How the Japanese navy built the world's largest battleship
How the Japanese navy built the world's largest battleship, and how the changing course of the war led to it being redesigned to face new challenges from Allied aircraft

5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
The boys take on a rundown Renault Alpine GTA
The boys take on a rundown Renault Alpine GTA belonging to David, a former computer technician suffering with ill health

6:00 PM
Extreme China
Ben Horton explores one of the world's biggest sinkholes
Ben Horton explores one of the world's biggest sinkholes in Hanzhong, rappelling 180 metres down into a massive and barely explored underground cave system

7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The cockpit window of Sichuan Airlines 8633 explodes
When the cockpit window of Sichuan Airlines 8633 explodes, the crew somehow battles gale-force winds and oxygen deprivation to safely land the plane

8:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane that fell out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport
The case of Luxair Flight 50, which fell out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport while making a rushed approach through heavy fog

9:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
British Airways Flight 38's crash-landing at Heathrow in 2008
British Airways Flight 38's crash-landing at Heathrow in January 2008, before which the aircraft missed the tops of houses by only 200ft as it struggled to reach the airport

10:00 PM
US Secret Service: In the Line of Fire
Behind the scenes with security at major political events
Behind the scenes with security at major political events, including an international summit and preparations for the State of the Union address

11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
How a captain saved a plane from disaster in 2002
How Captain Frank Geib saved Northwest Airlines Flight 85 from a disaster in 2002 when the autopilot malfunctioned

12:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
An aircraft design flaw that caused two accidents
How a serious design flaw in a cargo door brought down a DC-10 aircraft, even though it had been identified by investigators as the cause of a similar crash two years earlier

1:00 AM
UFOs: Investigating the Unknown
Stories of near misses
Stories of near misses ignite a conversation about a serious threat in our skies around the world

2:00 AM
Made in a Day
The making of Jack Daniels whiskey
The making of over 120 million bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey a year, from the grains that turn into mash, the distilling process, and the charcoal mellowing and barrel storage

2:30 AM
Abandoned
The team searches a former bank
The team members salvage elegant furnishings and historic gems as they search a former bank that once held the fortunes of rich oil barons

2:55 AM
Abandoned
A trip to Johnsonville, Connecticut
A team of salvage experts explores abandoned buildings in the hope of finding items of high value or historical significance, beginning with a trip to Johnsonville, Connecticut

3:20 AM
Food Factory
Fruit leather, cheese curds and guacamole
Discover how fruit leather, addictive cheese curds and zingy guacamole are created from raw materials to finished products

3:45 AM
Food Factory
Coffee pods, gyoza dumplings and moon cheese
Discover how eco-friendly coffee pods, addictive gyoza dumplings and moon cheese are created from raw materials to finished products

4:10 AM
Trials of the Wild
The wildlife of Borneo's rainforest
The wildlife that live in the treetops of Borneo's rainforest

4:35 AM
Trials of the Wild
The struggles of baby animals to make it to adulthood
The struggles of baby animals to survive, relying on protective parents and sheer luck to make it to adulthood
