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6:00 AM
Teleshopping
A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home
A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

9:00 AM
Europe from Above
A spectacular aerial journey across Turkey
This spectacular aerial journey across Turkey reveals hot air balloons over Cappadocia, a record-breaking bridge and Europe's last nomads. Suitable for all audiences

10:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
A US military jet that crashed in Croatia in 1996
The air force investigation into a US military jet that crashed in Croatia in 1996 with American commerce secretary Ron Brown on board

11:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
The 2004 Flash Airlines crash in the Red Sea
An insight into what caused a Flash Airlines flight to plummet into the Red Sea, only moments after it had taken off from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, in January 2004

12:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A pilot who tried to land on a drag-racing strip
The case of a 1983 Air Canada flight whose pilot tried to make an emergency landing on a decommissioned air force base - not realising it was being used for drag racing

1:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
Thord and Terje risk their lives to save one truck's valuable cargo
As Thord and Terje risk their lives to save one truck's valuable cargo, Jo Roger and Stig help another truck which is stuck blocking a main road

2:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
Thord and Bjoern work into the small hours to save a truck's cargo
When a truck smashes into a barrier, Thord and Bjoern work into the small hours to save its cargo. Jo is called out of his bed to rescue a truck buried in snow

3:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
The creation of one of history's greatest air defence systems
Hitler's plan to create one of history's greatest air defence systems, by nationalising the production of aircraft and munitions under the strategy of Total War

4:00 PM
The Real Red Tails
The story behind a Second World War plane crash in Michigan
The story behind a Second World War plane crash in Michigan, and the impact of the unit the pilot came from. Narrated by Sheryl Lee Ralph

5:00 PM
Top Guns: The Next Generation
The students must learn to land on an aircraft carrier
Landing on an aircraft carrier demands precision flying. As the students tackle the longest section of the advanced phase, they know it's a test they must pass

6:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Restoring a Volkswagen Beetle
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a Volkswagen Beetle that has dragged its owner into bankruptcy

7:00 PM
Lost Treasures of Egypt
New evidence about how the ancient Egyptians prepared for the afterlife
Archaeologists find new evidence about how the ancient Egyptians prepared for the afterlife, including a sacred text used to secure life after death

8:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane that burst into flames on the runway
The investigation into why a plane burst into flames on the runway, and how the answer was discovered in the Rocky Mountains

9:00 PM
Inside Melbourne Airport
Duty Manager Dan deals with a check-in outage at the start of the school holidays
Duty Manager Dan must deal with a check-in outage at the start of the busy school holidays. Airside Safety responds to a life-or-death medical emergency

10:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
Thord and Bjoern join forces when a truck threatens to tip down a hill
Thord and Bjoern join forces when a truck threatens to tip down a hill and Thord's daughter, Malin, heads out to rescue a van but fails to reach it

11:00 PM
Life Below Zero: First Alaskans
How the indigenous peoples of Alaska are turning to the values of the past
As the indigenous peoples of Alaska face a changing and unforgiving climate, they turn to the values of the past as a guide to their future

12:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
A cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines just moments after takeoff
Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea

1:00 AM
Seconds from Disaster
The 1999 Mont Blanc road tunnel fire
The devastating 1999 fire in a road tunnel under Mont Blanc, in which the heat was so intense that 39 people lost their lives
