National Geographic Channel +1 Thursday
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9:00 AM
WW2: Hell Under the Sea
An American submarine pursues a Japanese ship in the South Pacific
An American submarine pursues a Japanese ship in the South Pacific - but as rain and darkness obscure sight of the target, the vessel drifts closer than the crew are aware

10:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Fatal flaws in the means for stopping aircraft from crashing into mountains
Investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from crashing into mountains while looking into three horrifying accidents

11:00 AM
Drain the Oceans: Lost Giants
Maritime archaeologists go in search of the biggest wrecks ever sunk
Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the biggest wrecks ever sunk, using cutting edge computer graphic to analyse how these huge vessels ended up on the seabed

12:00 PM
Lost Treasures of Egypt
Dr Mark Lehner unearths a royal palace
In the shadow of the Great Pyramid, Dr Mark Lehner and his team of archaeologists unearth what could be the most important royal palace in ancient Egypt

1:00 PM
Construction Fails
A tanker truck fire
An overpass on Philadelphia's busy Interstate 95 highway sets ablaze after a tanker truck rollover

2:00 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

3:00 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

4:00 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

5:00 PM
Seconds from Disaster
An oil refinery explosion that killed 15 workers
An explosion that ripped through one of the biggest oil refineries in America in 2005, killing 15 workers, injuring more than 100 and shaking houses as far as five miles away

6:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim and Fuzz take on possibly their most obscure car to date
Tim and Fuzz take on possibly their most obscure car to date, a little-known 1964 trials competition car, all of which were originally hand-made by their creator

7:00 PM
Hitler's Last Stand
An American soldier crawls through a minefield to capture German machine gun nests
An American soldier must crawl through an enemy minefield to capture German machine gun nests holding up his unit in the Hurtgen Forest

8:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
The crash of Crossair Flight 498 in 2000
Experts investigate the cause of Crossair Flight 498's crash in 2000. Phone interference was initially suspected, though drugs were later found in the captain's bag

9:00 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

10:00 PM
Car S.O.S.
Tim and Fuzz travel to South Yorkshire to pick up a Ferguson TE20 tractor
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend travel to South Yorkshire to pick up a Car SOS first - a Ferguson TE20 tractor. But it is not going to be easy to steal it away from the owner

11:00 PM
Engineering Europe
Highlights from the series
Highlights from the series. Soar across Europe and discover towering icons from the Sagrada Familia to cutting edge skyscrapers reshaping how we build upwards.

12:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
The investigation into a plane crash in the Himalayas
The investigation into the crash of a Pakistani airliner in the Himalayas is derailed when the most vital piece of evidence proves inconclusive

1:00 AM
Ultimate Airport Dubai
A series of problems causes havoc for staff working the night shift
Faulty planes, awkward cargo and missing passengers cause havoc for staff working the night shift at Dubai International, when up to 34 planes can land every hour

2:00 AM
Border Protection Spain
A routine check has shocking consequences
A routine check has shocking consequences, headquarters investigate a suspicious speedboat and coastguard teams handle a case of alleged domestic violence

3:00 AM
Bid & Destroy
A mansion containing rare treasures
Lee is promised a share of the spoils when he visits a Maine mansion containing a gold coin worth thousands of dollars and an antique Chris-Craft boat

3:30 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
HSI busts a ketamine smuggler in Miami
HSI busts a ketamine smuggler in Miami, K9s sniff out fentanyl in San Diego, and JFK officers uncover ancient gold looted from Afghanistan

3:55 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
CBP Atlanta stops a woman smuggling underaged puppies from Brazil
CBP Nogales uncovers cocaine in the bumper of a car crossing from Mexico, and CBP Atlanta stops a woman smuggling underaged puppies from Brazil

4:20 AM
Food Factory
How chocolate and vanilla cookies and rocky road are produced
An insight into how Japanese ginger carrot dressing, chocolate and vanilla cookies, and rocky road are produced

4:45 AM
Food Factory
Marshmallow squares, wasabi and mini chocolate croissants
A look how certain foods are made in factories, including marshmallow squares, wasabi and mini chocolate croissants

5:10 AM
Trials of the Wild
The struggles of baby animals to make it to adulthood
The struggles of baby animals to survive, relying on protective parents and sheer luck to make it to adulthood

5:35 AM
Trials of the Wild
Animals that abandon a plentiful life for a harder one
The reasons why animals may abandon a plentiful life, with food, safety and shelter, in favour of hardship


