National Geographic Channel Thursday
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8:00 AM
Food Factory
How a bakery produces 200 brioche buns for a special sandwich
Discover how a team of ice carvers make an ice bar for a wedding. Plus, discover how a bakery produces 200 brioche buns for a special BLT sandwich
8:30 AM
Food Factory
A team of bakers makes a huge order for Mother's Day lunch
Can a team of intrepid bakers fulfil a huge order for Mother's Day lunch at the Four Seasons hotel. Plus, how do the village juicery produce cold pressed juice?
9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
The case of a flight that disappeared from radar while headed for Angola
The case of a flight that disappeared from radar while headed for Angola. Wreckage was found in a remote Namibian park, presenting NTSB investigators with their largest-ever case
10:00 AM
WWI Wrecks: Drain the Oceans
Wreckage of ships from the Battle of Jutland in 1916
Exploring the wreckage of ships from the Battle of Jutland in 1916 to answer a question that has gone unanswered for more than 100 years - which side actually won
11:00 AM
Europe from Above
Uncover the jaw-dropping town of Malmberget
Uncover the jaw-dropping town of Malmberget, Lapland's famous Christmas markets and Europe's largest snow village
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend restore a VW Wizard
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend come to the rescue of their first-ever custom car - a radically modified VW Beetle called a VW Wizard
1:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A Chinese plane that crashed minutes from touching down
The case of a Chinese plane that crashed minutes from touching down in Japan. Initial reports suggest the pilots are to blame, but after two years, a more complex reason emerges
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A Concorde crash in July 2000
Aviation experts try to determine what went wrong when a Concorde exploded into flames moments after leaving Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris in July 2000
3:00 PM
Hitler's Last Stand
An amphibious assault on the last Nazi stronghold guarding the port at Antwerp
An amphibious assault on the last Nazi stronghold guarding the port at Antwerp, while Canadian troops launched a diversionary attack against a heavily defended causeway
4:00 PM
Seconds from Disaster
A plane crash on the M1 in Leicestershire in 1989
The Boeing 737 that crash-landed on the M1 in Leicestershire in 1989, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. The programme asks why the pilots shut down the only working engine
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore a classic 1971 sports car
Marfan syndrome means Andrew can no longer work on his classic 1971 sports car so he is in for a surprise when Tim and Fuzz sneak it away for a secret fix-up
6:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
An engine failure in Qantas Flight 32 in 2010
Reconstruction of a 2010 disaster, when the pilots of Qantas Flight 32 were forced to deal with a series of failures resulting from an explosion in the engine of their A380
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A US military jet that crashed in Croatia in 1996
The air force investigation into a US military jet that crashed in Croatia in 1996 with American commerce secretary Ron Brown on board
8:00 PM
Drain Alcatraz
Cutting-edge visuals drain the water around Alcatraz
Cutting-edge visuals drain the water around Alcatraz to reveal why the infamous prison was so inescapable. Plus, what the bay's fault lines could mean for San Francisco's future
9:00 PM
Australia's Hardest Prison
Inside Casuarina maximum security institution
Documentary exploring Casuarina maximum security institution in Western Australia. The crowded facility houses 600 inmates, including serial killers, sex offenders and terrorists
10:00 PM
Alaska: The Next Generation
Mario struggles to find food in the White Mountains
Mario struggles to find food in the White Mountains, while the Rowland family battle treacherous ground to fish for Dolly Varden trout
11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of SilkAir flight 185 in 1997
The crash of SilkAir flight 185 in 1997, which suddenly plunged 35,000ft while flying over Indonesia, killing 104 people
12:00 AM
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
Gordon explores Ireland's Connemara coastline
Gordon explores Ireland's Connemara coastline, foraging for crabs and rounding up lamb before facing off against his former protégé, chef Anna Haugh
1:00 AM
Airport Security: Peru
Officers arrest a man with cocaine-filled food packages
Officers arrest a man with cocaine-filled food packages, and a woman caught transporting drugs reveals she has also been sent to work as a prostitute
2:00 AM
Abandoned
The barns in which the Chrysler motor company began
The salvage experts head to the barns in which the Chrysler motor company began, discovering a gold mine of vintage vehicles and signs
2:30 AM
Food Factory
Hot sauce, lemon Italian ice and packed peanuts
A look at the production of hot sauce, lemon Italian ice and packed peanuts
2:55 AM
Food Factory
Dijon mustard, coconut macaroons and hazelnut cream-filled wafers
A look at the production of Dijon mustard, coconut macaroons and hazelnut cream-filled wafers
3:20 AM
Money Meltdown
Rich finds a robotic arm at a manufacturing equipment warehouse
Rich gets access to a manufacturing equipment warehouse and finds a robotic arm, while Dave searches old cars for catalytic converters that contain valuable platinum
3:45 AM
Money Meltdown
Dave tries to get his hands on some old gold-mining equipment
Dave tries to get his hands on some old gold-mining equipment, believing it may still contain fragments of the precious metal. Rich gets the chance to search an old building
4:10 AM
Trials of the Wild
Animals that abandon a plentiful life for a harder one
The reasons why animals may abandon a plentiful life, with food, safety and shelter, in favour of hardship
4:35 AM
When Sharks Attack
Experts head to 'the shark capital of the world', a small stretch of Florida's coastline
Experts head to 'the shark capital of the world', a small stretch of Florida's coastline where humans are more likely to be bitten by a shark than anywhere else on the planet