National Geographic Channel HD Friday
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8:00 AM
Plane Crash Recreated
The plane forced to land on the Hudson River
The story of US Airways Flights 1549, which lost engine power after a collision with a flock of birds, leaving Captain Sully Sullenberger to land the plane on the Hudson River

9:00 AM
The Forever Walk: China
Paul Salopek walks the Tea Horse Road
Paul Salopek walks the Tea Horse Road, a southerly branch of the vast ancient silk road network in China, delving into its rich history and culture

9:30 AM
The Forever Walk: China
Paul Salopek traces the ancient Min River
Paul Salopek traces the ancient Min River in Sichuan province with local walking partners including historian Luo Xing

10:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
A collision between two planes at 14,000ft
Reconstruction of the 1996 collision between a Kazakhstan Airlines jet and a Saudi Airways plane at 14,000ft, which was blamed on poor communication and outdated radar equipment

11:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
The 1999 plane crash that killed John F Kennedy Jr and his wife
Investigating what caused John F Kennedy Jr's light aircraft to crash into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999, killing him, his wife Carolyn and his sister-in-law Lauren

12:00 PM
Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive
Marine archaeologists shine a new light on graves long lost to the depths
Intrepid marine archaeologists shine a new light on graves long lost to the depths, coaxing secrets from their forgotten bones

1:00 PM
Dark Secrets of the Lusitania
Scientists explore four potential theories surrounding the ship's sinking
Scientists explore four theories surrounding the ship's sinking off the coast of Ireland in 1915, a tragedy that saw 1,200 people die after a torpedo hit the liner

2:00 PM
Inside the SS
Documentary about Hitler's private army
Documentary about Hitler's private army, formed in 1925 from volunteers who were subjected to intense propaganda and aspired to become part of a racial elite

3:00 PM
Inside the SS
The role of the SS in the Holocaust
A look at the role of the SS in the Holocaust, with many volunteering to run the death camps, believing the massacre was for the good of their nation

4:00 PM
Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush: Drain the Oceans
The recovery of ships used in the Gold Rush
The recovery of ships used in the Gold Rush in the 19th century from San Francisco, the Sacramento River and the icy wastes of the Klondike, revealing new facts about the period

5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore an Aston Martin DB6
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore an Aston Martin DB6 for an owner who has been prevented from working on it by health problems

6:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
Hitler's mountain retreat in the Alps
The construction of Hitler's fortified alpine retreat on top of the 6000ft Kehlstein Mountain in Obersalzberg, Bavaria, and how it was defended from Allied bombing

7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in 2009
An investigation into the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in 2009. Fifty-one people died when it plummeted into a house in north-east Buffalo, 10km from the runway

8:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation: Surviving Disaster
A collision between two aircraft that killed 21 passengers
Landing at LAX, US Air 1493 collided with another aircraft and burst into flames. Investigators need to figure out why 21 passengers were unable to escape

9:00 PM
Area 51: The CIA's Secret Files
An expose of activity at the Groom Lake Testing Facility
Former radar specialists, pilots and security guards at Area 51 cast new light on the secretive and ground-breaking research conducted at the Groom Lake Testing Facility in Nevada

10:00 PM
Murder in the Skies: Who Downed MH17?
The amateur online investigation into the 2014 plane crash
Documentary following the amateur online investigation into the 2014 plane crash in Ukraine, which killed all 298 people on board

11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane that crashed a few miles from the runway
Investigators try to find out why a plane crashed just a few miles from the runway in Colorado but find no answers - until an unlikely discovery leads to a shocking revelation

12:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
A shocking discovery threatens Russia's aviation system
Investigators make a shocking discovery that threatens Russia's aviation system when a plane crashes onto the trans-Siberian railway, leaving all 88 people on board dead

1:00 AM
To Catch a Smuggler: Tropical Takedown
Agents race around the US Virgin Islands to intercept suspected traffickers
Agents uncover 350 kilos of cocaine, race around the US Virgin Islands to intercept suspected traffickers and discover firearms in Puerto Rico

2:00 AM
Lords of War
One of the Second World War's most expensive weapons
Sean Rich and the team discover one of the most expensive and secret weapons of the Second World War, as well as an axehead that could be 1,000 years old

2:30 AM
Made in a Day
The making of a best-selling brand of sneakers
How high-tech machinery, hand-crafting skills and global logistics combine to make a best-selling brand of sneakers across the world

2:55 AM
Made in a Day
The manufacture of the jeep wrangler
The manufacture of the jeep wrangler, revealing the technology that goes into the production and the secrets of the popular 4x4's success

3:20 AM
Food Factory
Pretzel nuggets, French fried onions and Italian brio soda
A look at the production of pretzel nuggets, French fried onions and Italian brio soda

3:45 AM
Food Factory
Hot sauce, lemon Italian ice and packed peanuts
A look at the production of hot sauce, lemon Italian ice and packed peanuts

4:10 AM
Trials of the Wild
Documentary following a herd of desert-dwelling elephants
Documentary following a herd of desert-dwelling elephants in Mali, one of only two such groups in the world

4:35 AM
Trials of the Wild
The wildlife of Borneo's rainforest
The wildlife that live in the treetops of Borneo's rainforest
