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Judge Judy
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:25 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Forged in Fire
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:00 PM on Sky History
Season 6 Episode 9: The Foot Artillery Sword
A dangerous slip-up reminds the contestants not to play with sharp objects as they make knives from old toys and recreate an iconic American blade
Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Episode 3: The Yangtze
The adventurer travels along the Yangtze in China, seeing ancient rock carvings and the biggest power station on the planet before arriving in Shanghai
Police Interceptors
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:00 PM on 5Action
Season 18 Episode 11
A German shepherd tackles a suspect, cameras follow possibly the world's slowest car chase and there is an early morning raid
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 5 Episode 33
Two teenagers discuss their fears about cancer, and a patient who hurt her neck in a car crash comes in for further assessment
Freddie Down Under
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 3 Episode 3
Andrew Flintoff and Rob Penn go up against one of Australia's deadliest beasts when they sign up to a day of snake-catching. Later, a disaster throws their trip into jeopardy
Britain's Countryside Killers
Started Tuesday 28 October, 7:00 PM on True Crime
Episode 7: The Cold Case
In December 2013, the peaceful village of Bosham in West Sussex was rocked by the murder of Valerie Graves, a talented artist and grandmother.
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 7:50 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 8:15 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Freddie Down Under
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 8:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 3 Episode 4
Andrew Flintoff and Rob Penn head to Darwin, where they get up close and personal with a crocodile and get a taste of the world of cane toad racing
Murder by the Sea
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 8:00 PM on True Crime
Season 8 Episode 8: Percy Mapleton
Percy Mapleton was looking for a way to a fast fortune, and identified Brighton bond trader Isaac Gold as his target, but a robbery on a moving train turned into tragedy
Police Interceptors
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 8:00 PM on 5Action
Season 18 Episode 13
Cameras follow as a manhunt is conducted in the dark, a car is pursued across grass on an estate, and a suspected cannabis user is stopped
Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 8:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 6 Episode 1
A two-year-old with dangerously low blood sugar is rushed in, while junior doctor Jake Mullen assesses 44-year-old Kay, who arrives at the hospital with flu-like symptoms
Battle Treasures with Foxy and Bruce
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 8:30 PM on Sky History
Episode 1
Jason Fox and Bruce Crompton examine the stories behind some of the rarest and most remarkable military artefacts ever discovered
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 8:40 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:05 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:00 PM on MTV
Season 4 Episode 4
The hopefuls start their week with fitting for their costumes and endure gruelling rehearsals, before Judy and Kelli decide who should leave the competition for good
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:30 PM on MTV
Season 4 Episode 5
The girls receive help on achieving the required look from Kelli and salon director Rainer Schneck, with some of them getting dramatic makeovers
Witches of Essex
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:00 PM on Sky History
Episode 3: Manningtree
Rylan and Alice Roberts visit Manningtree, where in 1645 Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins terrorised women with brutal Puritan zeal and torture
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:00 PM on 5Action
Season 7 Episode 7
PCs Marc Crammond and Andy Clarke stakeout the Tyne Tunnel waiting for a car with cloned registration pates that has racked up nearly 600 fines
The Force: North East
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 6 Episode 7: Lost and Found
The hunt is on for a missing schoolboy, a man suspected of assault collapses in the custody suite and a pensioner vanishes after a night out
48 Hours
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:00 PM on True Crime
Season 36 Episode 22: The Monica Sementilli Affair
Well-known beauty executive Fabio Sementilli is sitting by his swimming pool when he is brutally stabbed to death.
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 22
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:25 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 23
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Long Lost Family
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:00 PM on Really
Season 12 Episode 1
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell tell the story of a woman trying to fulfil her mother's dying wish of reuniting her brother with his birth family
The Proof Is Out There
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:00 PM on Sky History
Season 5 Episode 2: Infrared UFO Attack, Human Bear and Underwater Crop Circles
An examination of several seemingly impossible things 'caught on film', including claimsa trucker captured a legendary Native American creature on his dashcam
Swamp People: Serpent Invasion
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:00 PM on Blaze
Season 3 Episode 11: Judas Snake
Troy and Pickle track a high-tech snake as Bill and Tes search for a new hot spot. Meanwhile, Dusty discovers one of his favourite honey holes has changed for ever
The Force: North East
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 6 Episode 8: Likely Lads
Police are on high alert as rival football fans gather at Sunderland's Stadium of Light, while drunks turn violent after being thrown out of a club
Body In The Water
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:00 PM on True Crime
Episode 7: Body in the River
When a UK fisherman is murdered and dumped in the River Thames, forensics link three men to the scene. Lost evidence makes convicting his killers challenging.
Trauma Room One
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 2 Episode 3
A woman arrives in a critical condition after a stroke, and surgeons must remove a tumour in 42- year-old Dayan's neck - without surgery he could face paralysis
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 10:50 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 24
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
How Do They Do It?
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:00 PM on Quest
Season 8 Episode 11: Racing Cars/Caribbean Rum
The methods used to keep cars racing at Daytona for 24 hours, and how sugar cane is turned into Caribbean rum
We Were Soldiers(2002)
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 9:00 PM on Legend
Fact-based drama about the first major battle of the Vietnam War, in which an American division was surrounded by overwhelming enemy forces. Starring Mel Gibson
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:15 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 25
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Long Lost Family
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:00 PM on Really
Season 12 Episode 2
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help Joselyn Taylor, who has been searching for her elder brother James to find out why she was put in a children's home at two weeks old
Secrets in the Ice
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:00 PM on Sky History
Season 2 Episode 6: Russia's Mountain Mummy Enigma
An expedition on Europe's tallest mountain unearthes a decapitated human body, and experts uncover a mummified Russian Second World War soldier near a wartime shelter
How Do They Do It?
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:30 PM on Quest
Season 8 Episode 12: Caviar/Japanese Porcelain/Football Boots
How sturgeon are farmed for caviar, the crafting of Japanese porcelain and the manufacture of football boots
Snapped: Killer Couples
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:00 PM on True Crime
Season 16 Episode 2: Lori Smith & Eric Rubio And Amy Stevens & Paul Smith
When a young woman is killed after a camping trip with friends, police must unravel two couples's conflicting stories of depravity to bring her killers to justice
The Killer Interview with Piers Morgan
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:00 PM on Blaze
Episode 4: Karl Karlsen
While America believes Karl Karlsen is a murderer who killed members of his own family for money, he claims to be the victim of tragic misfortune
Judge Judy
Starts Tuesday 28 October, 11:40 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 26
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:05 AM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 27
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
National Park Mysteries
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:00 AM on Blaze
Episode 7: El Yunque National Forest
Few know that one of the US's most mysterious National Parks is in Puerto Rico - a place some believe is home to a creature known as the Chucabara
How Do They Do It?
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:00 AM on Quest
Season 8 Episode 13: Landmines/Cider/Undergrowth
The defusing of landmines from the Second World War, how cider is made and the way undergrowth can be cleared with a thin strip of nylon wire
Evil Encounters
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:00 AM on Sky History
Episode 7: Road Trips Through Hell
Road trips are woven into the cultural fabric of North America, but sometimes they can go very, very wrong when they take a wrong turn into the realm of the paranormal
How Do They Do It?
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:30 AM on Quest
Season 8 Episode 14: Electric Guitars/Circus Tent
The construction of electric guitars using Japanese maple and mahogany, and how a 1,700-seat circus can be set up in 36 hours
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:30 AM on True Crime Xtra
Season 18 Episode 28
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:00 AM on 5STAR
Season 2 Episode 2
Investigators search Surrey for a suspect thought to have evaded almost £20,000 of fares in one of South Western Railway's biggest ever fraud cases
National Park Mysteries
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:30 AM on Blaze
Episode 8: Gettysburg National Military Park
Many believe Gettysburg National Military Park is haunted by its violent past. This documentary explores some incredible claims about the park's history
Forensic Factor
Starts Wednesday 29 October, 12:00 AM on True Crime
Episode 2: The Profilers
Sophisticated crime fighters map the psychological and physical terrain of multiple murderers.























































