National Geographic Channel Thursday
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8:00 AM
Food Factory USA
Spicy salsa and chocolate-covered cherries
Discover how delicious frozen cheeseburger sliders, spicy salsa, and fruity chocolate-covered cherries are created from raw materials to finished products
8:30 AM
Food Factory USA
Beer, ice cream beads and carrot cake
Discover how everyone's favourite beer, fruit-flavoured ice cream beads, and delicious carrot cakes are created from raw materials to finished products
9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Fatal flaws in the means for stopping aircraft from crashing into mountains
Investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from crashing into mountains while looking into three horrifying accidents
10:00 AM
WW2: Hell Under the Sea
A merchant ship manages to destroy a torpedo fired at it
A merchant ship manages to destroy a torpedo fired at it on Christmas morning - but the U-Boat that fired it is already preparing to mount another attack
11:00 AM
Airport Security: Rome
Border Police stop a father and son travelling with fake passports
At Rome's Fiumicino Airport, Border Police stop a father and son travelling with fake passports, and a Bulgarian woman who has been flagged by police remains defiant
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend restore a 1971 Lamborghini Espada
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend get to grips with a 1971 Lamborghini Espada, belonging to a Derbyshire man whose hopes of restoring it were dashed by health issues
1:00 PM
Rocky Mountain Railroad
Springtime in the Rockies sees the repair teams out in force
Springtime in the Rockies sees the repair teams out in force. Veteran conductor Jordy Hunter must dodge the operations in order to make his delivery on time
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A mid-air collision over Brazil in 2006
Aviation experts examine the events surrounding a mid-air collision between a brand new business jet and a passenger plane over Brazil in September 2006
3:00 PM
The American Revolution: Drain the Oceans
Forgotten shipwrecks from the American Revolution
Experts use cutting edge computer graphics to uncover forgotten shipwrecks from the American Revolution, revealing startling new evidence about the conflict
4:00 PM
Lost Treasures of Egypt
The archaeologists explore the spectacular tombs of its pharaohs
The archaeologists explore the spectacular tombs of its pharaohs, hunt for the mummy of a missing state official, and unearth the burial of a member of the Egyptian high society
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
A Porsche 911 suffering from almost terminal rust
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw face a race against time to restore a 1980s Porsche 911 suffering from almost terminal rust
6:00 PM
Defending Europe
How the Netherlands has turned its struggle with flooding into an advantage
The story of how the Netherlands, locked in a constant battle with water, has harnessed this threat to become a powerful European player
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane that crashed during a top-secret mission
The case of a plane that crashed during a top-secret mission in 1961, with a UN Secretary on board
8:00 PM
Construction Fails
How Notre Dame cathedral caught fire
How Notre Dame cathedral caught fire despite state-of-the-art smoke detection equipment. Plus, is there such a thing as an earthquake-proof building?
9:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
Wild weather and traffic convoys cause carnage
When wild weather and traffic convoys cause carnage, Thord races against time to rescue stranded drivers
10:00 PM
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans
How the indigenous peoples of Alaska are turning to the values of the past
As the indigenous peoples of Alaska face a changing and unforgiving climate, they turn to the values of the past as a guide to their future
11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A cockpit voice recorder solves the mystery behind a crash
A plane crashes just three miles from a runway, killing five of the eight people on board. The cockpit voice recorder solves the mystery behind the crash
12:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
The TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crash at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport in 2007
A reconstruction of TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crash at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport in 2007, and the suggested reasons as to why it occurred
1:00 AM
Ultimate Airport Dubai
A plane gets damaged by lightning
A plane gets damaged by lightning, and Leigh faces a race against time to get it ready to take flight again. Another aircraft is diverted, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded
2:00 AM
Lords of War
An artefact from a famous Spanish shipwreck rescue
In Colorado, Sean Rich examines a 76lb bar of silver that may have come from the most famous Spanish shipwreck rescue in history
2:30 AM
Made in a Day
How Tabasco sauce is made according to an old family recipe
How Tabasco sauce is made according to an old family recipe, using chilli peppers flown from all over the world to a plantation in Louisiana
2:55 AM
Bid & Destroy
Documentary following a demolition crew
Documentary following Danley Demolition crew as it rescues treasure from destruction, beginning with a successful bid on a property, which is then razed to the ground
3:20 AM
Food Factory
How red velvet cake is made
A glimpse behind the scenes at the manufacturing of crunchy bars and red velvet cake
3:45 AM
Food Factory
How spicy Montreal coffee is made
The processes involved in the manufacturing of spicy Montreal coffee and roasted peanuts
4:10 AM
When Sharks Attack
A series of shark attacks off the New Jersey shore in 1916
A mysterious series of shark attacks off the New Jersey shore in 1916 in which five people were attacked and all but one died
4:35 AM
When Sharks Attack
A sudden rise in shark attacks on the southern Californian coast
Experts explore the communities along the southern Californian coast to uncover the reasons behind a series of attacks in 2014 and 2015