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8:00 AM
Food Factory USA
With the great grandson of bourbon-maker Jim Beam
Meet the great grandson of legendary bourbon-maker Jim Beam and discover how chocolate milk and burritos are created from raw materials to finished products
8:30 AM
Food Factory USA
The story behind ramen noodle bowls
From raw materials to finished products, how are mass-produced favourites really made? Discover the story behind ramen noodle bowls, Challah, and a chewy candy bar
9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Crashes involving high-profile passengers
Crashes involving high-profile passengers, including a Brazilian football team, a diplomat on a secret mission, and an American VIP lost over war-torn Croatia
10:00 AM
WW2: Hell Under the Sea
The story behind the Submarine Lifeguard League
The story behind the Submarine Lifeguard League, a branch of the US Navy trained to venture into enemy waters unnoticed and rescue stranded personnel
11:00 AM
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
12:00 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
1:00 PM
Rocky Mountain Railroad
A restored, vintage train takes an epic journey across Canada
To help celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, the Canadian Pacific Railway takes a perfectly restored, vintage train on an epic journey from coast to coast
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
How a China Airlines 747 broke up in mid-air in 2002
How a China Airlines 747 broke up in mid-air in 2002. Examination of the wreckage showed the cause was a single piece of patched-up hull
3:00 PM
Raiders of the Civil War: Drain the Oceans
Submerged evidence of the American Civil War's forgotten battlegrounds
Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of submerged evidence of the Civil War's forgotten battlegrounds beneath the country's rivers and coastlines
4:00 PM
Hitler's Last Stand
A Japanese-American regiment fights to reach a lost US battalion in the Vosges Mountains
A Japanese-American regiment fights through dark forests, heavy rains and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost US battalion in the Vosges Mountains
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz and Tim travel to Cornwall in a bid to restore a run-down Triumph Herald
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw travel to Cornwall in a bid to restore a run-down Triumph Herald that has been housed in a garage for five years
6:00 PM
Seconds from Disaster
The sinking of the HMS Coventry during the Falklands War
The story behind the sinking of the HMS Coventry during the Falklands War, when on May 25, 1982, Argentinian jets attacked the vessel causing it to capsize within 20 minutes
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A crash that may have been caused by a mysterious substance on the runway
A crash in Norway leaves four dead and almost no wreckage to examine. However, investigators suspect a mysterious substance on the runway may have caused the disaster
8:00 PM
World War II: Secrets from Above
Operation Avalanche
Operation Avalanche, the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on September 9 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy
9:00 PM
Hitler's Last Stand
A non-combat adjutant ends up commanding on the front line
After most of his regiment is wiped out, a Canadian battalion adjutant who normally stays behind to coordinate logistics must lead his company into battle on the Rhine
10:00 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
11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The investigation into a plane crash in the Himalayas
The investigation into the crash of a Pakistani airliner in the Himalayas is derailed when the most vital piece of evidence proves inconclusive
12:00 AM
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
1:00 AM
Ultimate Airport Dubai
A stranded family is unable to pay an excess baggage fee
A stranded family is unable to pay a hefty fee for excess baggage, while the discovery of two tennis balls in a package raises suspicions
2:00 AM
Lords of War
Bidders vie for an 18th-century flintlock
Bidders vie for an 18th-century flintlock. The four-barrel gun was so complex and expensive to produce that only the wealthy could afford one, making such items highly desirable
2:30 AM
Bid & Destroy
The Danley Demolition crew gambles on a fire-damaged property
The Danley Demolition crew gambles on a fire-damaged property, hoping to salvage enough treasure from its ashes to cover the cost of the work
2:55 AM
Bid & Destroy
An old paper mill poses problems for the crew
The destruction of an old paper mill proves a tough challenge for the crew, and the team members search for valuables to make the effort worthwhile
3:20 AM
Food Factory
How Shanghai dumplings are produced
How raw materials are transformed into making Shanghai dumplings and fruit ice-pops
3:45 AM
Food Factory
How spicy Argentine sauce is made
A look at how Argentine sauce and a speedy pad Thai are made in factories
4:10 AM
When Sharks Attack
Exploring Recife, Brazil, one of the world's most dangerous sites for shark attacks
Exploring the shoreline surrounding Recife in Brazil, one of the world's most dangerous sites for shark attacks with over 60 attacks since the 1990s, nearly half of them fatal
4:35 AM
When Sharks Attack
Experts examine a rise in great white shark sightings on Australia's west coast
Experts from across Western Australia examine a rise in great white shark sightings and attacks on the coast in 2010