National Geographic Channel HD Saturday

The struggles of baby animals to survive, relying on protective parents and sheer luck to make it to adulthood

An insight into the manufacturing processes behind healthy muffins and red-hot candies

How does it take 35,000 cashew nuts to make a single batch of the fudge-like East Indian candy? And the mass production of tropical smoothies are revealed

A cargo plane crashes within a mile of the airport where it was attempting to make an emergency landing. A colleague of the crew helps investigators to discover why

A terror attack is suspected when a plane explodes after taking off from New York. The FBI joins NTSB investigators, but the case pits them against each other

The various alarming ways in which weather is mutating, beginning with catastrophic wildfires and other anomalies such as firenadoes

Documentary in which experts formulate a list of the 10 most significant natural disasters of all time, from historic floods and destructive fires to violent earthquakes

Explore the Vikings' beginnings in Scandinavia and the attack on the holy island of Lindisfarne that heralded the start of the Viking Age

The Siege of York in 866, when the Great Heathen Army laid claim to the Northumbrian capital

The Silk Road opened up a world of trade for the Scandinavians in the East. Seeking further wealth, the Vikings attacked Constantinople, becoming a threat to the Byzantine Empire

Advanced scanning technology is used to explore the depths of Loch Ness. However, as a full sonar sweep of the loch's depths is performed, more than a monster is revealed

Part one of two. Documentary about elite German soldiers who perpetrated huge massacres on the Eastern Front in the last year of the Second World War

Part two of two. Documentary about elite German soldiers who perpetrated huge massacres on the Eastern Front in the last year of the Second World War

The case of Luxair Flight 50, which fell out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport while making a rushed approach through heavy fog

Reconstructing the forced landing at sea of a plane flying from Italy to Tunisia in 2005. The ensuing investigation saw nine men charged with criminal negligence

A Martinair flight crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain. When investigators piece together the evidence, the mystery only deepens

Examining the work of infamous crime bosses when they ruled Britain's toughest cities between the 1950s and 1990s, starting with those operating in Glasgow

Documentary offering a never-before seen look inside three high security Russian prisons, Vladimir Central, Black Dolphin prison, and a Siberian prison camp

The discovery of ancient shipwrecks found sunken off the coast of America's Goat Island lead researchers to a vessel from a period of European exploration and colonisation

Investigating freak cases of mass animal deaths and trying to discover why bee and bat populations are dramatically shrinking

How Gibson Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee, make their iconic instruments, a process that combines advanced machinery, hand crafting skills, and global logistics

How Airbus constructs the H-125, the world's most popular single engine helicopter

Discover a one-man show has grown into a hot-sauce empire, the secret to POM's wonderful pomegranate juice, and an extra special pork tamale

Visit Sunkist's squeaky clean lemon headquarters in California, discover amazing freeze-dried astronaut food, and a Texan pecan pie

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

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

Two prairie dogs in search of a burrow fend off enemies including badgers and alpha males defending their territory. Elsewhere, a battle for supremacy begins between father and son