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9:00 AM
Food Factory USA
Freeze-dried food for astronauts
Visit Sunkist's squeaky clean lemon headquarters in California, discover amazing freeze-dried astronaut food, and a Texan pecan pie
9:30 AM
Food Factory USA
A smokehouse that serves bacon-flavoured soda
On a quest for the ultimate bacon experience, tour a Texas smokehouse where they serve bacon-flavoured soda, and visit a former turkey farm that makes chocolate bacon bits
10:00 AM
Airport Security: Rome
At Italy's busiest airport, police seize bundles of drug money
At Italy's busiest airport, police seize bundles of drug money, stop a woman with a package strapped to her body, and detain a man hiding his past
11:00 AM
Airport Security: Rome
Police seize cocaine sewn into a shirt and hidden in a shoe
At Italy's busiest airport, police seize cocaine sewn into a shirt, and discover the drug is hidden in a shoe too. Also, a family travelling with fake passports face arrest
12:00 PM
Airport Security: Rome
Border Police stop a father and son travelling with fake passports
At Rome's Fiumicino Airport, Border Police stop a father and son travelling with fake passports, and a Bulgarian woman who has been flagged by police remains defiant
1:00 PM
Drain the Oceans
One-off special exploring the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
One-off special exploring the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to investigate the many reasons why so many ships and aircraft have met with disaster
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of Crossair Flight 498 in 2000
Experts investigate the cause of Crossair Flight 498's crash in 2000. Phone interference was initially suspected, though drugs were later found in the captain's bag
3:00 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
4:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
Japan's use of suicide pilots
The events of 1944, when the Japanese turn in desperation to killer planes, rocket bombs and super torpedoes guided not by machines, but by human pilots
5:00 PM
Erased: WWII Heroes of Colour
The untold story of the Black Panthers, an elite African American tank battalion
The untold story of the Black Panthers, an elite African American tank battalion, who fought in the bloodiest American battle of the Second World War
6:00 PM
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes On The East
The German invasion of the USSR during the Second World War
Documentary following the German invasion of the USSR during the Second World War, beginning in 1941 with the first steps toward conquer the world's largest country
7:00 PM
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes On The East
October 1941, and Hitler believes his triumph over the USSR is imminent
October 1941, and Hitler believes his triumph over the USSR is imminent, but his murderous madness leads to an apocalypse on the Eastern front
8:00 PM
Hitler the Junkie
An expose of the medications Adolf Hitler was taking
An expose of the medications Adolf Hitler was taking, how much he took and how often, and whether drugs played a role in the Fuhrer's behaviour and actions
9:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The 1985 Manchester runway disaster
The 1985 Manchester runway disaster, in which an aircraft's engine failed, causing the deaths of 55 people
10:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii
When a massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii, the search for answers ultimately leads to a deadly short circuit
11:00 PM
Construction Fails
Disasters involving cranes used in urban construction
Urban construction relies on two types of cranes to hoist the next high-rise - but when they fail, they make one big mess. Plus, discover the bad side of escalators
12:00 AM
Construction Fails
Spectacular mishaps and how disaster could have been averted
Construction fails happen every day, but sometimes the damage is catastrophic. Investigate the most spectacular mishaps - and how the disaster could have been averted
1:00 AM
Construction Fails
How the use of glass in construction can lead to devastating problems
Glass is one of the most versatile materials in the construction world. It's both practical and beautiful, but when it fails, it's not all it's cracked up to be
2:00 AM
Plane Crash Recreated
A 2009 Turkish flight that crashed one mile out of Amsterdam
The events of Febtuary 25, 2009, when Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 went down less than a mile from the runway at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, smashing into three pieces on impact
3:00 AM
Made in a Day
How fire engines are built from the ground up
The manufacturing process of a company that builds 18,000 fire engines from the ground up every year
3:30 AM
Made in a Day
The world's first mass-produced satellites
A combination of space vehicle designers, manufacturing engineers and robotics come together to build and launch the world's first mass-produced satellites
3:55 AM
Food Factory
Making ice cream
Packed with a double dose of chocolate pudding and cookies, 144,000 pints of this ice cream are made every 12 hours. Plus, how are truffle pig candies mass-produced?
4:20 AM
Food Factory
How tofurkey is made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring tofurkey and nutty bars
4:45 AM
Money Meltdown
Rich hunts for old rocket parts
Rich hunts for old rocket parts, believing they could be made from precious metal, and Dave wonders what he can make from the silver found on old photo paper
5:10 AM
Money Meltdown
Diego buys a casket for its gold engravings
Rich tries to make money by extracting and selling the silver from solar panels, while Diego buys a casket hoping its gold engravings will net him a fortune
5:35 AM
Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales
A pregnant nine-year-old cheetah is quickly aging out of her reproductive cycle
A pregnant nine-year-old cheetah is quickly aging out of her reproductive cycle, and a vet tries to work out why a penguin has not shed any feathers for close to a year