National Geographic Channel Thursday
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8:00 AM
Food Factory
A look how certain foods are made in factories
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring cake pops and slice cream
8:30 AM
Food Factory
How maple syrup and polenta crisps are made
A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring maple syrup and polenta crisps
9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
How 301 people were killed when a fire engulfed a plane
After all 301 people on board Saudia Flight 163 were killed when a fire engulfed the plane, investigators had to determine why the flames spread so rapidly
10:00 AM
Ultimate Supercar
The UK's first £2million 2000 horsepower all-electric supercar
Can British automaker Lotus overtake established sports car brands when they release the UK's first £2million 2000 horsepower all-electric supercar?
11:00 AM
Construction Fails
How asbestos turned out to be a product that was too good to be true
Asbestos was a product that seemed too good to be true - because it was. Meanwhile, in New York, two buildings explode sending debris flying through the streets
12:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw enlist the help of actor Roger Moore
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw enlist the help of actor Roger Moore for their latest project - restoring a 1964 Volvo P1800s, the car made famous by his role in The Saint
1:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of Crossair Flight 3597 in 2001
The crash of the Berlin-to-Zurich Crossair Flight 3597 in November 2001. Minutes before landing, the pilots lost control of the aircraft, which eventually hit a hillside
2:00 PM
Lost Cities of the Bible
New discoveries about the Sumerian civilisation
6000 years ago, the Sumerians built the world's first cities. Explore new discoveries about their civilization and its impact on Biblical writers
3:00 PM
Lost Cities of the Bible
Exploring Nineveh and Babylon, superpowers of the ancient world
Nineveh and Babylon were superpowers of the ancient world, so why did the Bible's writers see them as cities of sin? What were they really like?
4:00 PM
Drain the Oceans
The identities and final moments of those trapped during Mount Vesuvius' eruption
New discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum reveal the identities and final moments of those trapped during Mount Vesuvius' eruption 2000 years ago
5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
The boys take on a 1963 Citroen HY Van
The boys take on a 1963 Citroen HY Van for a family whose lives were torn apart by the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017
6:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
Fortifications in the Channel Islands
Exploring fortifications built during the German occupation of the Channel Islands, intended to transform the group of islands into a single interconnected fortress
7:00 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
8:00 PM
Rocky Mountain Railroad
A 15,000-ton grain train travels through ice-encrusted tunnels to make its delivery
Train crews in the Rockies must haul their 15,000-ton grain train through ice-encrusted tunnels to make their delivery on time
9:00 PM
Wicked Tuna
Life aboard blue fin tuna fishing vessels
Following crews of fishing vessels in Massachusetts as they go in search of one of the most valuable fish in the ocean - the blue fin tuna
10:00 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
11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane explodes over France's Quiberon Bay
A plane explodes over France's Quiberon Bay. A journalist on another aircraft captures the event on film, but there is still no clear cause for the disaster
12:00 AM
No Man Left Behind
A commando squad is lured into a trap in Afghanistan
A commando squad assigned to kill a terrorist leader in Afghanistan is lured into a trap, finding themselves surrounded and pinned down on a mountainside
1:00 AM
America's Hardest Prisons
The inmates of maximum-security facilities
A fascinating and often disturbing insight into life behind the bars of some of America's strictest maximum-security prisons
2:00 AM
Abandoned
Exploring an old silk mill
The team tries to convince the owner of an old Maryland silk mill to sell the property when one-of-a-kind items are discovered inside
2:30 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
2:55 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
3:20 AM
Food Factory USA
Discover the story behind sugar cubes and brownies
From raw materials to finished products, how are mass-produced favourites really made? Discover the story behind sugar cubes and brownies
3:45 AM
Food Factory USA
The story behind cookies
From raw materials to finished products, how are mass-produced favourites really made? Discover the story behind cookies, ice cream sandwiches and cheese-filled pretzel pockets
4:10 AM
Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose
Dr Kelleher gives a goat an ultrasound to check for a urinary infection
Dr Kelleher gives a goat an ultrasound to check for a urinary infection, and a guinea pig could be pregnant, but has already been diagnosed as unable to survive giving birth
4:35 AM
Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose
A tiny leopard tortoise is having trouble breathing, possibly due to pneumonia
A tiny leopard tortoise is having trouble breathing, possibly due to pneumonia. A baby rabbit may need surgery for a lump on its chin, and a Nigerian Dwarf goat won't pee