National Geographic Channel HD Friday
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8:00 AM
Food Factory
How non-melting cheese is made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring non-melting cheese and smoothie shakers
8:30 AM
Food Factory
How marshmallows are made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring marshmallows and broccoli slaw
9:00 AM
Primal Survivor
Hazen Audel joins the Biasha, the last tribe in China allowed to bear arms
Hazen Audel joins the Biasha, the last tribe in China allowed to bear arms, and must face water buffalo, spitting cobras, and raging waterfalls to complete a rite of passage
10:00 AM
Megastructures
The world's most powerful demolition machine
A visit to the site of the world's most powerful demolition machine, capable of reducing 450 vehicles to scrap within the space of an hour
11:00 AM
Construction Fails
How Italy's Morandi Bridge became a national embarrassment
Italy's Morandi Bridge was an engineering marvel - until it was a national embarrassment. Plus, as impressive as billboards are, they can really come down hard
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Restoring a Singer Le Mans sports car for a farmer suffering from dementia
Car enthusiast Tim Shaw and master mechanic Fuzz Townshend take on a 1934 Singer Le Mans two-seater sports car, which had its last outing in 1998
1:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
US Airways Flight 1549's crash-landing in the Hudson River in 2009
The crash-landing in the Hudson River of US Airways Flight 1549, which was caused by the aeroplane colliding with a flock of birds
2:00 PM
World War II: Secrets from Above
The point in the war when the Allies took the beaches of Northern France
The point in the war when the Allies took the beaches of Northern France. They then faced a brutal fight through enemy territory in a bid to liberate Europe
3:00 PM
World War II: Secrets from Above
A daring attack on the Nazi-occupied Netherlands
It's 1944, and the Allies have launched a daring attack on the Nazi-occupied Netherlands in a bid to bring the Second World War to an end
4:00 PM
Drain the Oceans
Draining off Hawaiian shores reveals Japan's secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes
Draining off Hawaiian shores reveals Japan's secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona serving as a reminder of the forces unleashed
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw head to Stockport to take on a 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo owned by a man left unable to move from the neck down after an accident
6:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
Ruins left by Hitler's infamous Blitzkrieg tactics
Ruins across Europe that show evidence of Hitler's infamous Blitzkrieg tactics, which represented a revolutionary new approach to warfare and brought Germany a string of victories
7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of SilkAir flight 185 in 1997
The crash of SilkAir flight 185 in 1997, which suddenly plunged 35,000ft while flying over Indonesia, killing 104 people
8:00 PM
Engineering New York Super Airport
The team races to complete Terminal B and its twin bridges in time for the grand opening
The team races to complete Terminal B and its twin bridges in time for the grand opening, while a brutal snowstorm brings the airport to its knees
9:00 PM
Airport Security: Rome
The Pope arrives at Fiumicino Airport
Italian Police stop a man trying to smuggle heroin and search a passenger arriving from London. All on the day the Pope arrives at Fiumicino Airport
10:00 PM
Border Protection Spain
Maritime forces chase down drug traffickers while racing to rescue lives
From east to west, alarms echo across the seas. Maritime forces mobilise, chasing down drug traffickers while racing to rescue lives
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
No Man Left Behind
The story of two DEA agents who were kidnapped in Colombia
The story of two DEA agents who flew into Colombia to investigate drug cartels, only to be held hostage in the jungle by a trafficker and a corrupt policeman
1:00 AM
America's Hardest Prisons
A juvenile faces a choice between gang life and an education
A juvenile faces a choice between gang life and an education, and a woman who has spent 30 in jail is released
2:00 AM
Abandoned
Jay makes a big find under a pile of rubble in an 18th-century mill
Jay makes a big find under a pile of rubble in an 18th-century mill, including a set of antique tiles with an estimated value of $140 each
2:30 AM
Made in a Day
The factory that produces the world's most powerful tractors
The factory that produces the world's most powerful tractors, and which incorporates a giant iron foundry into its advanced manufacturing operation
2:55 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
3:20 AM
Food Factory USA
Chocolate-covered pretzels
From raw materials to finished products, how are mass-produced favourites really made? Discover the story behind grape jam, pierogis and chocolate-covered pretzels
3:45 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
4:10 AM
Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose
A seven-year-old sun conure has a giant egg that won't come out
A seven-year-old sun conure has a giant egg that won't come out. A one-year-old prairie dog, has a big lump on his belly. Dr T puts him under anesthesia to investigate
4:35 AM
Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose
Xanthus the ferret is rushed into the clinic for emergency care
Xanthus the ferret is rushed into the clinic for emergency care and a young marmoset has a gender reveal party