National Geographic Channel Thursday
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8:00 AM
Food Factory USA
Discover the story behind sugar cubes and brownies
From raw materials to finished products, how are mass-produced favourites really made? Discover the story behind sugar cubes and brownies
8:30 AM
Food Factory USA
The story behind cookies
From raw materials to finished products, how are mass-produced favourites really made? Discover the story behind cookies, ice cream sandwiches and cheese-filled pretzel pockets
9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
A mechanic's error in judgement leads to a terrifying mid-flight disaster in Texas
A mechanic's error in judgement leads to a terrifying mid-flight disaster in Texas. Plus, botched maintenance leads to a life-and-death struggle
10:00 AM
Hitler's Secret Underground Factory
The story of the revolutionary Messerschmitt ME 262
Documenting the story of the revolutionary Messerschmitt ME 262, which was one of the most technologically advanced aeroplanes of the Second World War and was built in a bat cave
11:00 AM
Airport Security: Rome
A suitcase is discovered with a hidden compartment
A suitcase is discovered with a hidden compartment, there is a positive test for explosives, and a woman is tricked into carrying cocaine-soaked clothes
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
The boys head to Essex to secretly fix a '70s supercar
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend head to Essex to secretly fix up a real '70s supercar, famous for turning into a submarine in a James Bond film. But it hasn't been started in 20 years
1:00 PM
Inside Sydney Airport
A Labrador has his first day as a drug sniffer
A Labrador has his first day as a drug sniffer, the managers see if they can smuggle a fake bomb past their screening teams, and Annie faces her moment of truth
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane crash during the last days of the Vietnam War
Examining the 1974 plane crash during the Vietnam War that claimed the lives of more than 250 people, many of them Vietnamese orphans
3:00 PM
D-Day Revealed: Drain the Oceans
Sonar technology is used to explore the wreckage of ships sunk on D-Day
Sonar technology is used beneath Normandy's waves for a powerful look at the more than 100 ships wrecked during the largest amphibious invasion ever
4:00 PM
Lost Treasures of Egypt
Archaeologists research Alexandria, Ancient Egypt's lost megacity
Archaeologists hunt for clues to shed light on life and death in Alexandria, Ancient Egypt's lost megacity
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend salvage a 1968 Volvo Amazon
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend head to Denmark to salvage a 1968 Volvo Amazon and get it back on the road before it is too late
6:00 PM
Defending Europe
Historian Onyeka Nubia investigates Spain's Moorish forts
Historian Onyeka Nubia investigates Spain's Moorish forts, while Spanish Historian Claudio Lozano reveals how Cádiz resisted attacks from Queen Elizabeth I
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane that crashed into a neighbourhood in Brazil
The case of a plane that crashed into a neighbourhood in Sao Paulo. American and Brazilian investigators worked together to find the cause, discovering a nearly impossible failure
8:00 PM
Construction Fails
Tunnel cave-ins and a bridge collapse
Tunnels are engineering marvels, cutting through the landscape and creating direct routes - until they cave in. Plus, a sudden bridge collapse in Miami
9:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
Thord puts his life in danger to rescue a truck
Thord puts his life in danger to rescue one truck that skidded to a stop on the ice, while rookie Raido battles icy conditions to recover a fish truck.
10:00 PM
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans
John Pingayak and Sonna Boy scour the tundra in search of ptarmigans
John Pingayak and Sonna Boy scour the tundra in search of ptarmigans, while Tig Strassburg teaches Evan the ins and outs of goose hunting
11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane crashes just short of the runway in San Andres
A plane crashes just short of the runway in San Andres. While bad weather is thought to be the cause, investigators uncover something more troubling
12:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
The tragic 1958 crash, involving Matt Busby's Manchester United footballers
An investigation into the 1958 accident in which the plane carrying Matt Busby's Manchester United team crashed shortly after take-off in Munich, killing 23 of the 44 on board
1:00 AM
Ultimate Airport Dubai
A ground dispatcher needs to prepare a $20million cash shipment
A ground dispatcher needs to prepare a $20million cash shipment, and a smuggler is caught carrying 2,000 bottles of illegal prescription medication
2:00 AM
Lords of War
Sean Rich estimates the value of a derringer pistol
Sean Rich estimates the value of a derringer pistol, while the team examines a Captain America comic book that a fan went to great lengths to get hold of
2:30 AM
Bid & Destroy
A mansion containing rare treasures
Lee is promised a share of the spoils when he visits a Maine mansion containing a gold coin worth thousands of dollars and an antique Chris-Craft boat
2:55 AM
Bid & Destroy
Bidding on a former farmhouse on a university campus
The Danley Demolition Crew bids on a 1920s building on the University of New Hampshire campus, hoping to discover treasures hidden in the former farmhouse
3:20 AM
Food Factory
Featuring wheat foods and hot sauce
The mouthwatering secrets behind tasty treats. It's a wild culinary ride as mountains of raw materials are transformed. Featuring wheat foods and hot sauce
3:45 AM
Food Factory
Red liquorice, rich mayonnaise, spicy sriracha and Turkish bourekas
Discover how delicious red liquorice, rich mayonnaise, spicy sriracha and Turkish bourekas are created from raw materials to finished products
4:10 AM
Trials of the Wild
The fascinating story of the Christmas crab
The fascinating story of the Christmas crab - a landbound creature that takes an extraordinary annual trip to the ocean
4:35 AM
Trials of the Wild
Animals with unusual mating rituals
Animals with unusual mating rituals, from arduous journeys to fights to the death with rivals