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6:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
Experts investigate startling evidence on the Ancient Maya
Startling evidence suggesting that the Ancient Maya conspired with aliens, as experts hypothesise that they acquired extraterrestrial knowledge of astrology

7:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar
Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar, which predicted the world would end in 2012, and try to determine whether it could have anticipated the arrival of an extraterrestrial god

8:00 AM
History's Greatest Aircraft
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a single-piston engined fighter bomber which helped dominate the air-to-ground attack role in Vietnam, earning itself quite a reputation

9:00 AM
History's Greatest Aircraft
The Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter
The Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter, which became synonymous with the Vietnam War, being used to transport troops and equipment as well as for air-assault missions

10:00 AM
Soviet Storm: WWII in the East
Adolf Hitler's attack on the Soviet oil fields
An attack on the Soviet oil fields could have won the Second World War for the Germans - but huge resistance thwarted Adolf Hitler's dream

11:00 AM
Digging for Britain
Alice Roberts visits archaeological digs in the east of the country
Alice Roberts visits archaeological digs in the east of the country, where finds include Britain's biggest Roman letter hoard, sunken treasure and Caesar's Fort

12:00 PM
Digging for Britain
The best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the East of the UK
Alice Roberts investigates best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the East of the UK, including an ancient lost monument as old as Stonehenge uncovered in Suffolk

1:00 PM
Digging for Britain: Iron Age Revealed
Alice Roberts follows archaeologists as they unearth a Yorkshire chariot burial
Professor Alice Roberts follows archaeologists as they unearth Britain's most spectacular iron-age grave, a chariot burial in East Yorkshire

2:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
Experts investigate startling evidence on the Ancient Maya
Startling evidence suggesting that the Ancient Maya conspired with aliens, as experts hypothesise that they acquired extraterrestrial knowledge of astrology

3:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar
Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar, which predicted the world would end in 2012, and try to determine whether it could have anticipated the arrival of an extraterrestrial god

4:00 PM
World War Weird
The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank
The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974

5:00 PM
World War Weird
A German pilot who saved the crew of an American B-17 bomber
The true story of Franz Stigler, a German Luftwaffe pilot in the Second World War who risked his own life to save the crew of an American B-17 bomber

6:00 PM
Digging for Britain
The graveyard of a Victorian workhouse in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds light on one of the most traumatic periods of modern Irish history, the Great Famine of 1845

7:00 PM
Digging for Britain
The discovery of an 8,000-year-old Neolithic underwater settlement
How a lobster led archaeologists to the discovery of an 8,000-year-old neolithic settlement and witnessing the excavation of an Iron Age crouched burial in Dorset

8:00 PM
What on Earth?
A previously unknown ancient civilisation in the Amazon rainforest
New evidence may lead to the discovery of an unknown ancient civilisation in the Amazon rainforest. Plus, a strange submarine seen in a North Korean shipyard

9:00 PM
Mafia: Most Wanted
How mob bosses in Toronto extended power and influence
How, despite being betrayed and imprisoned, Toronto's most powerful mob bosses reemerged quietly, yet quickly reestablished their power and influence

10:00 PM
Gangland Chronicles
A look at the Aryan Brotherhood
A look at the Aryan Brotherhood, a neo-Nazi prison gang considered one of the deadliest in the United States. It was founded in 1964 and remains active

10:30 PM
Gangland Chronicles
Whitey Bulger's notoriously violent Winter Hill Gang
An inside look at Whitey Bulger's notoriously violent and untouchable Winter Hill Gang . They were the kings of Boston's underworld - until a secret alliance came to light

11:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
Experts investigate startling evidence on the Ancient Maya
Startling evidence suggesting that the Ancient Maya conspired with aliens, as experts hypothesise that they acquired extraterrestrial knowledge of astrology

12:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar
Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar, which predicted the world would end in 2012, and try to determine whether it could have anticipated the arrival of an extraterrestrial god

1:00 AM
Evil Encounters
Reports of a man 'abducted by aliens'
Stories of encounters with paranormal entities, including an Arizona logger's coworkers who found themselves accused of murder after he was 'abducted by aliens'

2:00 AM
Discovered by Disaster
Evidence of early human activity previously hidden by the landscape
Why footprints discovered after a storm are altering English migration history by revealing evidence of early human activity that was previously hidden by the landscape

3:00 AM
World War Weird
The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank
The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974

4:00 AM
World War Weird
A German pilot who saved the crew of an American B-17 bomber
The true story of Franz Stigler, a German Luftwaffe pilot in the Second World War who risked his own life to save the crew of an American B-17 bomber

5:00 AM
Full Custom Garage
Car builder Ian Roussel creates innovative custom vehicles
Car builder Ian Roussel challenges his unique fabrication with projects to create custom one-of-a-kind vehicles for his clients
