National Geographic Channel Wednesday
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4:35 AM
Trials of the Wild
The monarch butterfly's incredible multi-generation migration
A look at the monarch butterfly's incredible multi-generation migration from Mexico to Canada - a round-trip that none of them lives to complete
8:00 AM
Food Factory
How marshmallows are made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring marshmallows and broccoli slaw
8:30 AM
Food Factory
How soda and breakfast cereal is made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring soda and breakfast cereal
9:00 AM
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
10:00 AM
Plane Crash Recreated
A Boeing 777 that crashed just short of the Heathrow runway in 2008
The story of British Airways Flight 38, which was on final approach into London Heathrow Airport when it crashed just short of the runway on 17 January 2008
11:00 AM
Vikings: The Rise and Fall
The Silk Road opened up a world of trade for the Scandinavians in the East
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
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
A 1986 Rover SD1 that ended up rotting away in a dirty lock-up
Landscape gardener Darren's 1986 Rover SD1 was once his pride and joy, but when tragedy struck it ended up rotting away in a dirty lock-up
1:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
A salmon truck crashes into a ditch
When a salmon truck crashes into a ditch, it kicks off a bad night for Thord. With truck drivers in trouble all over his territory, his team is pushed to the limit
2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of Singapore Airlines flight 006
A dramatic reconstruction of how Singapore Airlines flight 006 came to crash at Taiwan's international airport in 2000 after an abortive take-off on the wrong runway
3:00 PM
Tsunami: Race Against Time
1000 miles from the earthquake's epicentre, the tsunami hits Sri Lanka
1000 miles from the earthquake's epicentre, the tsunami hits Sri Lanka - before people around the world wake up to the devastating reality
4:00 PM
Hitler Youth
Part one of two. The story of the Nazi youth organisation
Part one of two. The story of the Nazi youth organisation, which was used to indoctrinate German boys in the 1930s and prepare them for the war Hitler was planning
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore a Sunbeam Alpine
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly get a classic 1960s Sunbeam Alpine belonging to a former mechanic ready to go back on the road
6:00 PM
Lost Treasures of Egypt
Dr Mark Lehner unearths a royal palace
In the shadow of the Great Pyramid, Dr Mark Lehner and his team of archaeologists unearth what could be the most important royal palace in ancient Egypt
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
How passengers escaped from a plane that caught fire
How more than 300 passengers on Air France Flight 358 escaped after the plane veered off a Toronto runway and caught fire in August 2005
8:00 PM
Witches: Truth Behind the Trials
Re-creating witch trials from Europe and America
Re-creating witch trials from Europe and America through expert analysis, exploring the reasons behind deaths and injustice
9:00 PM
Hindenburg: The New Evidence
Recovered film footage provides fresh insight into the zeppelin crash
Recently recovered film footage of the Zeppelin crash provides a fresh insight into the reasons for the disaster
10:00 PM
Titanic: The Final Secret
How a Cold War investigation led to the discovery of the wreck
How Dr Robert Ballard inadvertently located the wreck of the ill-fated liner while conducting a covert investigation for the US Navy during the Cold War
11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A turboprop crashes in Papua New Guinea
When a turboprop crashes in Papua New Guinea, investigators uncover a deadly flaw in an aircraft used all around the world
12:00 AM
No Man Left Behind
SAS commando Chris Ryan tells of his experiences
SAS commando Chris Ryan tells of how he had to race 200 miles across the desert to evade Iraqi forces when a mission went awry in 1991
1:00 AM
Airport Security: Colombia
An intoxicated passenger sends police on a wild goose chase
At El Dorado International Airport, officers uncover luggage packed with cocaine and a suspiciously heavy shipment. An intoxicated passenger sends police on a wild goose chase
2:00 AM
Money Meltdown
Diego tries to dismantle an aeroplane
Diego has a new money-spinner on his hands - all he has to do is dismantle an aeroplane - while Rich sees dollar signs when a shop owner offers him 1,000 old mobile phones
2:30 AM
Abandoned
The team searches a disused paper factory
The team searches a disused paper factory. However, as the facility has plans to become a museum it remains unclear whether they will be able to acquire any assests
2:55 AM
Abandoned
The team finds valuable items in an old farmhouse
The team members find a valuable Windsor icebox, an Edison phonograph and a secret manual for the Boeing B-52 bomber in an old farmhouse
3:20 AM
Food Factory USA
America's top-selling kosher wine
Discover how to make half a million Egg McMuffins, what it takes to become a professional oyster shucker, and visit the home of America's top-selling kosher wine
3:45 AM
Food Factory USA
The rise of a hot sauce empire
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
4:10 AM
Trials of the Wild
One million wildebeest halt their migration to give birth
It's baby boom time on Africa's vast Serengeti Plain. One million wildebeest halt their migration to give birth. And there are predators everywhere
4:35 AM
Trials of the Wild
The fascinating story of the Christmas crab
The fascinating story of the Christmas crab - a landbound creature that takes an extraordinary annual trip to the ocean