National Geographic Channel Wednesday
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8:00 AM
Food Factory USA
Italian golden Cannoli
Discover how delicious cheesy balls, Italian golden Cannoli, and Yuengling Barbecue Sauce are created from raw materials to finished products
8:30 AM
Food Factory USA
Kettle cooked potato chips
Discover how delicious kettle cooked potato chips, lollipops, and very colourful ice cream cones are created from raw materials to finished products
9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Survivors of three plane crashes share their personal accounts
Survivors of three plane crashes share their personal accounts of aircraft getting caught in storms, smashing into hillsides, and careening off the runway
10:00 AM
WW2: Hell Under the Sea
An American submarine penetrates the defences of a Japanese convoy
An American submarine penetrates the defences of a Japanese convoy in the Luzon Strait, but the crew is forced to take desperate measures when the ship runs out of torpedoes
11:00 AM
Airport Security: Rome
Police seize cocaine sewn into a shirt and hidden in a shoe
At Italy's busiest airport, police seize cocaine sewn into a shirt, and discover the drug is hidden in a shoe too. Also, a family travelling with fake passports face arrest
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a tired 1991 VW T4 Campervan
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw travel to Kent to restore a very tired 1991 VW T4 Campervan belonging to a man who has recently developed cancer
1:00 PM
Rocky Mountain Railroad
The team attempts to haul a 210-tonne reactor on an epic cross country journey
Canadian Pacific freight crews tackle one of their most challenging loads to date as the team attempts to haul a 210-tonne reactor on an epic cross country journey
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
How pilots may have been distracted in a 1972 crash in Miami
How Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed in 1972 as it prepared for arrival at Miami airport, possibly because a problem with the landing gear distracted the pilots
3:00 PM
Plane Crash Recreated
A routine flight from Heathrow to Belfast that ended in tragedy
Survivors recall a routine flight from Heathrow to Belfast that ended in tragedy when British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto a motorway embankment near the town of Kegworth in 1989
4:00 PM
Hitler's Last Stand
The story of a counter-attack led by a future Hollywood star
The Second World War history series tells the story of how future Hollywood star Audie Murphy sent his company back during an enemy counter-attack
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Secret car renovations, beginning with a 1938 MG TA
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore vehicles for their unsuspecting owners, beginning by surprising a terminally ill car fanatic by fixing up his beloved 1938 MG TA
6:00 PM
Seconds from Disaster
The Swissair Flight 111 catastrophe in 1998
Charting the events that led to the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in 1998, when the aircraft plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off Canada, killing all 229 people on board
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane jeopardised by a fire on board
How UPS Flight 6 faced disaster when a fire on board left the cockpit full of smoke, incapacitatating the captain. Unable to see his instruments, the first officer had to improvise
8:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim and Fuzz try to restore a tatty Mk.1 Toyota MR2
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw try to restore a tatty Mk.1 Toyota MR2, but soon discover there's more to this little sports car than meets the eye
9:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a 1972 Ford Escort Mexico
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a 1972 Ford Escort Mexico belonging to a Jersey resident with blood cancer and tuberculosis, but find some parts of the car are not salvageable
10:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim and Fuzz work to restore a bubble car
Tim and Fuzz hope to surprise bubble car owner Sam with a secret fix-up of his much-loved Messerschmitt. But a tiny car proves a big challenge for the boys
11:00 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
12:00 AM
Expedition Amazon
Exploring one of the planet's integral and endlessly magical resources
From the mighty Amazon's icy source to its freshwater plume reaching as far as the Caribbean, explore one of the planet's integral and endlessly magical resources
1:00 AM
Ultimate Airport Dubai
Mel has to deal with a worst case scenario
Mel responds to an emergency call that turns into the worst case scenario. A trainee firefighter has to tackle a blaze, while an engineer tests an engine to its limits
2:00 AM
Lords of War
Sean investigates a wheelock possibly designed by Leonardo da Vinci
Sean Rich discovers an old wheelock, rumoured to have been partly designed by Leonardo da Vinci, which if true would increase its value
2:30 AM
Made in a Day
The making of a best-selling brand of sneakers
How high-tech machinery, hand-crafting skills and global logistics combine to make a best-selling brand of sneakers across the world
2:55 AM
Made in a Day
The manufacture of the jeep wrangler
The manufacture of the jeep wrangler, revealing the technology that goes into the production and the secrets of the popular 4x4's success
3:20 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?
3:45 AM
Food Factory
How tofurkey is made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring tofurkey and nutty bars
4:10 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
4:35 AM
When Sharks Attack
A series of 23 attacks on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean
Experts investigate the cause of a series of 23 attacks on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, including nine fatalities