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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections W

The presenter reveals how incense, a ring-pull and a toboggan helped engineers to make one of the world's longest bridges earthquake-proof (Documentary)

09:00

Megafactories TW

A behind-the-scenes look at Aston Martin's HQ in Warwickshire, revealing how the customised and coveted One-77 is designed and manufactured (Documentary)

10:00

Alaska's Toughest Pilots W

Helicopter pilots brave bad weather to drop thrill-seeking skiers on a high mountain ridge (Documentary)

11:00

The Indestructibles W

How Andrew Leitch scooped up his baby and took the full impact of a crash that should have killed them both (Factual)

11:30

The Indestructibles W

The stories of people who defied death against the odds when they suffered a serious accident. In the first episode, Brennan Eden recounts how his 1985 Pontiac Firebird crashed into a bridge at 100mph and how he managed to survive (Factual)

12:00

Mystery Files W

Archaeologists explore the role played by Lawrence of Arabia in the Arab Revolt during the First World War, and offer their thoughts on how he should be remembered today (Documentary)

12:30

Mystery Files W

Using laser technology, experts uncover what is hidden behind the Mona Lisa and assess whether their discovery is at odds with Leonardo Da Vinci's reputation as a scientific genius (Documentary)

13:00

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler explores the creations of amateur inventors, looking at contraptions from a water-powered rocket belt to a telephone pole see-saw (Documentary)

13:30

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler discovers an inventor's one-of-a-kind rock-crawling machine (Documentary)

14:00

History's Toughest Prisons W

An insight into the workings of some of the most secure prisons in the world, from a bomb-proof jail in Maryland to Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay, and the Tower of London (Documentary)

15:00

Alaska State Troopers W

Braving harsh weather, officers search for two men missing in the Talkeetna Mountains and investigate a musk-oxen herd that has veered off course (Documentary)

16:00

Air Crash Investigation W

How a China Airlines 747 broke up in mid-air 20 minutes after taking off from Taipei Airport in 2002. Examination of the wreckage showed the cause was a single piece of the hull which had been patched up years previously, leading to cracks spreading across the body of the plane (Documentary)

17:00

Megafactories W

A look at how every Koenigsegg car is hand-built in a factory that looks more like an art studio than a car production plant (Documentary)

18:00

Submarine Patrol W

Following the crew on board a British hunter-killer nuclear submarine. An intelligence-gathering mission lands the team in a conflict zone (Documentary)

19:00

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler challenges a jet engine builder to create a multi-purpose lawn tool capable of blowing leaves, melting ice and watering the garden (Documentary)

19:30

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler meets two scientists who have built a free spinning, counterweighted harness that allows people to jump to incredible heights (Documentary)

20:00

Banged Up Abroad W

The story of four friends who in 1993 tried to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil but were put behind bars in Carandiru prison, where just a year earlier a riot had caused 111 deaths (Documentary)

21:00

Drugs Incorporated W

The trade in Ecstasy and its consequences, from clubbers that have died taking the drug to traffickers, law enforcement and underground therapists (Factual)

22:00

Millennium Heist: Diamond Geezers W

The story of how the police foiled a gang's attempt to steal a 770-carat diamond, which was on display at the Millennium Dome in November 2000 (Business)

23:00

Seconds from Disaster TW

The disastrous 1986 Nasa mission to send teacher Christa McAuliffe into space on board the Challenger space shuttle in an attempt to put the first civilian into orbit around Earth. The flight lasted only 73 seconds before the vessel disintegrated (Documentary)

00:00

Banged Up Abroad W

The story of four friends who in 1993 tried to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil but were put behind bars in Carandiru prison, where just a year earlier a riot had caused 111 deaths (Documentary)

01:00

Drugs Incorporated W

The trade in Ecstasy and its consequences, from clubbers that have died taking the drug to traffickers, law enforcement and underground therapists (Factual)

02:00

Teleshopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home (Consumer)

03:00

Air Crash Investigation W

How a China Airlines 747 broke up in mid-air 20 minutes after taking off from Taipei Airport in 2002. Examination of the wreckage showed the cause was a single piece of the hull which had been patched up years previously, leading to cracks spreading across the body of the plane (Documentary)

03:45

Megafactories W

A look at how every Koenigsegg car is hand-built in a factory that looks more like an art studio than a car production plant (Documentary)

04:30

Submarine Patrol W

Following the crew on board a British hunter-killer nuclear submarine. An intelligence-gathering mission lands the team in a conflict zone (Documentary)

05:15

Alaska State Troopers W

Braving harsh weather, officers search for two men missing in the Talkeetna Mountains and investigate a musk-oxen herd that has veered off course (Documentary)