National Geographic Channel HD Friday
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8:00 AM
WW2: Hell Under the Sea
A German U-Boat that was sent on a mission to attack a Royal Navt port
The story of German U-Boat commander Gunther Prien, who was credited with the first official U-Boat kill of the Second World War and sent on a mission to attack a Royal Navy port

9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Crashes involving high-profile passengers
Crashes involving high-profile passengers, including a Brazilian football team, a diplomat on a secret mission, and an American VIP lost over war-torn Croatia

10:00 AM
Inside the CIA: Secrets and Spies
A young CIA officer is kidnapped behind enemy lines
A young CIA officer is kidnapped behind enemy lines and must survive a 24-hour standoff using instinct alone

11:00 AM
Lost Treasures of Egypt
Archaeologists excavate the unexplored burial chamber of an ancient pyramid
Archaeologists excavate the unexplored burial chamber of an ancient pyramid, hoping to find the 4,400-year-old king's mummy and his treasures

12:00 PM
Construction Fails
A tour of some of the world's most expensive and useless airports
A tour of some of the world's most expensive and useless airports, Plus, hotels that collapsed and why a Shanghai apartment tower dropped like a slab

1:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw repair a Golf GTI
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw repair a Golf GTI that is in need of work, but the pair have different ideas about how the finished car should look

2:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of a German plane flying over the French Alps
The crash of a German plane flying over the French Alps, which inexplicably began losing altitude. The explanation for the disaster proves far more shocking than anyone expected

3:00 PM
Nazi Megastructures
Hitler's mountain retreat in the Alps
The construction of Hitler's fortified alpine retreat on top of the 6000ft Kehlstein Mountain in Obersalzberg, Bavaria, and how it was defended from Allied bombing

4:00 PM
Seconds from Disaster
Documentary examining the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941
Documentary examining the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, which occurred on a Sunday, when the anti-aircraft guns were unmanned and ammunition was locked away

5:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
A Land Rover Defender with a heroic rescue past
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend travel to Northern Ireland as they fight rust and time to save a Land Rover Defender with a heroic rescue past

6:00 PM
Journey Across Jungles: The China-Laos Railway
A cross-border journey through China and Laos
Photographer Thomas Heaton embarks on a cross-border journey through China and Laos, documenting his experiences aboard an international passenger train

6:30 PM
The Forever Walk: China
Documentary following Paul Salopek on a trek across China
Documentary following Paul Salopek and his walking partners as they trek across China

7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
Investigating why Air Florida Flight 90 plunged into a Washington river
Experts investigate why Air Florida Flight 90 stalled straight after take-off and plunged through ice into Washington's Potomac River in January 1982

8:00 PM
Gallipoli's Deep Secrets
First World War wrecks in Turkish waters
Dr Robert Ballard dives beneath the surface of Turkish waters to find ships and submarines wrecked during the First World War, revealing the stories of their crews

9:00 PM
Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive
Shipwrecks so mysterious, their fate became the stuff of legends
They disappeared without a trace or a soul to tell their tale. Shipwrecks so mysterious, their fate became the stuff of legends, until now.

10:00 PM
Construction Fails
Engineers race to stop towering structures from falling apart
Brace for disaster as dams fail, buildings collapse and engineers race to stop towering structures from falling apart.

11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A cargo jet crashes in the Swedish Arctic
Investigators scour the wreckage from a cargo jet that crashed in the Swedish Arctic, and a terrifying picture of the confused and chaotic final flight emerges from the evidence

12:00 AM
Ultimate Airport Dubai
A major section of the baggage conveyor belt shuts down due to a faulty motor
A major section of the baggage conveyor belt shuts down due to a faulty motor. Technicians need to replace the motor if the airport is to handle the afternoon rush

1:00 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
Homeland Security Investigations seize cocaine from a beached boat
Homeland Security Investigations seize cocaine from a beached boat. In Texas, Customs and Border Protection officers uncovered packages of methamphetamine.

2:00 AM
Bid & Destroy
Bidding on a former farmhouse on a university campus
The Danley Demolition Crew bids on a 1920s building on the University of New Hampshire campus, hoping to discover treasures hidden in the former farmhouse

2:30 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI shuts down a tunnel dug under the border by a cartel
AMO Puerto Rico sinks a marine smuggling operation as HSI shuts down a tunnel dug under the border by a cartel, and a CBP K9 finds drugs in a car

2:55 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI busts a notorious dark web trafficker in France
HSI busts a notorious dark web trafficker in France, while CBP screens travellers for fentanyl in AZ and airline passengers for illicit cash in Florida

3:20 AM
Food Factory
Mediterranean flatbread, jam-filled oat bars and crinkled potato chips
A look how certain foods are made in factories, including Mediterranean flatbread, jam-filled oat bars and crinkled potato chips

3:45 AM
Food Factory
A look at how Indian pakoras are made
A look at how Indian pakoras, French Napoleon bars, creamy and spicy jalapeno hummus and sea-salted caramels are made in factories

4:10 AM
When Sharks Attack
Experts head to 'the shark capital of the world', a small stretch of Florida's coastline
Experts head to 'the shark capital of the world', a small stretch of Florida's coastline where humans are more likely to be bitten by a shark than anywhere else on the planet

4:35 AM
When Sharks Attack
A series of 23 attacks on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean
Experts investigate the cause of a series of 23 attacks on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, including nine fatalities


