National Geographic Channel +1 Wednesday
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9:00 AM
WW2: Hell Under the Sea
How the sinking of a passenger liner nearly brought the US into the war in 1939
The case of a passenger liner that was sunk by a German U-Boat, setting in motion a series of events that nearly brought the US into the conflict in 1939

10:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Survivors of three plane crashes share their personal accounts
Survivors of three plane crashes share their personal accounts of aircraft getting caught in storms, smashing into hillsides, and careening off the runway

11:00 AM
Draining the Thames: What Lies Beneath
Exploring London's history through relics found under the Thames
The Thames' water is drained, revealing new evidence of how the British capital came to be one of the most powerful cities on Earth

12:00 PM
Lost Treasures of Egypt
Archaeologists investigate the rise of Egypt's first pharaohs
Archaeologists investigate the rise of Egypt's first pharaohs and how they transformed scattered communities into a powerful kingdom

1:00 PM
Construction Fails
Earthquake-proof buildings fall down in Turkey
Earthquake-proof buildings fall down in Turkey, two gantry cranes bump into each other, a battery factory blows up, and a bridge collapses in Dresden

2:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz and Tim restore a 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw's plans to restore a beloved 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider grind to a halt when its owner is hit by a crippling medical condition

3:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane bursts into flames just after landing in Japan
A plane bursts into flames just after landing in Japan, and while none of the crew or passengers are killed, investigators have a hard time finding out what went wrong

4:00 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

5:00 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.

6:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore a 1969 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore a 1969 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye in Aberfeldy, but find that it has taken a battering from the harsh wet weather of Scotland

7:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend race to save a rusted Alfa Romeo
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend race to save a rusted Alfa Romeo and restore a dream stolen by heartbreak and time

8:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A mid-air collision over California in 1971
A look at what caused the Hughes Airwest Flight 706 to collide with a US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom at 15,000ft over California on June 6, 1971

9:00 PM
Cleopatra's Final Secret
Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez unlocks the story of Cleopatra's last days
Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez unlocks the story of Cleopatra's last days, armed with the latest technology and the skills of explorer Bob Ballard

10:30 PM
Lost Tomb of Genghis Khan
Engineer and explorer Albert Lin searches for the Mongol leader's burial site
Engineer and explorer Albert Lin heads to the Burkhan Khaldun mountain, as he goes in search of the Mongol leader's body in a bid to preserve his burial site

11:30 PM
Hindenburg: The New Evidence
Recovered film footage provides fresh insight into the zeppelin crash
Recently recovered film footage of the Zeppelin crash provides a fresh insight into the reasons for the disaster

12:30 AM
Air Crash Investigation
A cockpit voice recorder solves the mystery behind a crash
A plane crashes just three miles from a runway, killing five of the eight people on board. The cockpit voice recorder solves the mystery behind the crash

1:30 AM
Ultimate Airport Dubai
An emergency landing threatens to shut down the airport
Staff members come under increased stress when an emergency landing threatens to shut down the airport. At customs, officers uncover a significant amount of crystal meth

2:30 AM
Border Protection Spain
Drug traffickers throw their cargo into the water
Drug traffickers throw their cargo into the water, the Special Unit for Subaquatic Activities must quickly change course, and an illegal fishing boat takes cover

3:30 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

3:55 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI and CBP seize counterfeit cash and fake vax cards arriving from Peru
HSI and CBP seize counterfeit cash and fake vax cards arriving from Peru. CBP Calexico pulls 205 kilos of meth from a heavily loaded car

4:20 AM
Food Factory
A spicy Indian snack and Greek spinach twisters
How a spicy Indian snack, frosted sugar cookies, a cake within a cake, and Greek spinach twisters get to the masses

4:45 AM
Food Factory
Bacon-fried rice, maraschino cherries and Abba-Zaba bars
A look at the processes behind the production of bacon-fried rice, maraschino cherries, burritos and Abba-Zaba bars

5:10 AM
Trials of the Wild
Documentary following a herd of desert-dwelling elephants
Documentary following a herd of desert-dwelling elephants in Mali, one of only two such groups in the world

5:35 AM
Trials of the Wild
The wildlife of Borneo's rainforest
The wildlife that live in the treetops of Borneo's rainforest


