National Geographic Channel HD Wednesday
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Virgin
183
6:00 AM
Teleshopping
Buying goods from the comfort of home
A chance for viewers to purchase goods from the comfort of home

6:30 AM
Teleshopping
Buying goods from the comfort of home
A chance for viewers to purchase goods from the comfort of home

8:00 AM
Border Protection Spain
A patrol boat tries to seize two empty dinghies after unloading illegal occupants
In Almería, a patrol boat tries to seize two empty dinghies after unloading illegal occupants, while colleagues chase drug trafficking rafts in Cádiz

9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
An aircraft that failed to respond when contacted
How an insect nest was blamed for an accident in which a Boeing 737 crashed into the sea off Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1996

10:00 AM
Vikings: The Rise and Fall
Political turmoil in Norway leads the Vikings to journey west
Political turmoil in Norway leads the Vikings to journey west. On their travels, they become the first Europeans to reach North America

11:00 AM
Lost Ships of WW2
Petrel searches for our cruisers that went down in flames in one night
In one night, over a thousand Allied soldiers died when four cruisers went down in flames. Now, Petrel searches the sea for them

12:00 PM
Colossal Machines
The world's largest aircraft
The world's largest aircraft, including the C5 Galaxy, dubbed the 'Screaming Giant', and the Airbus Tanker Craft

1:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a year 2000 Ford Mondeo
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw work on a year 2000 Ford Mondeo, the property of a widowed father of two who is unable to work on the car after three years of personal tragedy

2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
How a captain saved a plane from disaster in 2002
How Captain Frank Geib saved Northwest Airlines Flight 85 from a disaster in 2002 when the autopilot malfunctioned

3:00 PM
World War II: The Apocalypse
Footage of the end of the Second World War
Footage from the end of the Second World War, including the final stages of fighting and America's preparations for dropping the atomic bomb

4:00 PM
Drain the Oceans
The first humans to arrive in the Americas
Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas

5:00 PM
Ice Road Rescue
Blizzards bring chaos to Norway's roads
When blizzards bring chaos to Norway's roads, Thord and his A-Team battle to save a jack-knifed truck from tipping over

6:00 PM
Construction Fails
When a power station reached the end of the road, it took all the power with it
When a UK power station reached the end of the road, it took all the power with it. Plus, disasters involving landslides, tyres and inevitable human error

7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A Boeing 737 crashes just moments after lifting off
A Boeing 737 crashes just moments after lifting off from an Algerian desert airport. I's clear the left engine exploded, and a fatigue crack eventually explains why

8:00 PM
Pole to Pole with Will Smith
Will dives under the ice at the North Pole
The final leg of Will's journey is his most dangerous mission yet. He must dive under the ice at the North Pole to capture scientific samples

8:50 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

9:50 PM
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
The director looks back on the making of the movie
The director looks back on the making of the movie and reveals the historical and scientific facts concerning the sinking of the ocean liner that influenced his creative decisions

10:50 PM
Air Crash Investigation
One of Spain's worst ever aviation disasters
One of Spain's worst ever aviation disasters, which seemed to have a clearly identifiable cause until conflicting evidence was found in the cockpit recorder

11:50 PM
Yukon Rescue
Multiple 911 calls push Dawson City to the brink
Multiple 911 calls push Dawson City to the brink as first responders battle to save a family home and a historic building, while snowstorms pummel Whitehorse, causing chaos

12:45 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
At Philly Seaport, CBP finds containers loaded with coke
At Philly Seaport, CBP finds containers loaded with coke. In El Paso, the cartel thwarts HSI's controlled delivery of 40 kilos of marijuana

1:45 AM
Abandoned
A marble-making factory is searched
A factory where marble was made for the US Supreme Court is searched. Plus, the gang finds intriguing White House blueprints in an old bomb shelter

2:15 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI San Diego catches a truckload of meth
HSI San Diego catches a truckload of meth. CBP's Beagle Brigade sniffs out bioterrorism, and wrong turns at the northern border lead to drug arrests

2:45 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI seizes cocaine-filled tyre rims in Puerto Rico
HSI seizes cocaine-filled tyre rims in Puerto Rico and a load of meth and fentanyl in San Diego. CBP Miami intercepts $400,000 of cash bound for Cuba

3:15 AM
Food Factory
A fishing crew tries to fulfil an order from Harvard University
A mega fish order from Harvard University means an early start for a crew of Cape Cod fisherman. But it's Mother Nature who dictates the unpredictable haul

3:45 AM
Food Factory
Machines used to prepare food
What are the origins of society's most popular culinary commodities? Get a backstage pass to the mechanical wonders involved in creating a vast multitude of consumer goods

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

5:00 AM
Teleshopping
Buying goods from the comfort of home
A chance for viewers to purchase goods from the comfort of home


