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Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 1:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 7 Episode 37: Breaking the Mould
A healthy family contracts three separate deadly illnesses, leaving detectives baffled - until a specialist suspects the cause of the problem might be found in their home
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 1:30 PM on True Crime
Season 17 Episode 212
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:00 PM on True Crime
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
The Real A&E
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 2 Episode 5
A woman's ear is left hanging off after she trips and hits a wall head-first
Close Calls: On Camera
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Footage of near misses caught on CCTV, meeting the people who survived the serious accidents
Close Calls: On Camera
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Footage of near misses caught on CCTV, meeting the people who survived the serious accidents
Digging for Britain
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:00 PM on Sky History
Season 7 Episode 2: West: Roman Bathhouse and Hessian Camp
Alice Roberts investigates the best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the West of the UK, including the biggest maritime excavation since the Mary Rose
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 6 Episode 9
The Operational Support Unit has to evade a guard dog during a drugs raid, Craggy has an encounter with a polecat and Dan deals with the same person twice in one shift
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:30 PM on True Crime
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
The Real A&E
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:30 PM on Sky Replay
Season 2 Episode 6
A postman is bitten by a dog and an ice hockey player loses consciousness when he hits his head on the rink
Canadian Pickers
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 2:05 PM on Blaze
Episode 13: Grumps and Grinders
Scott begins a dangerous climb to snag a rare gem. Later at a retro service station, the guys hatch a cunning plan which might just pay off - but at what price?
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 3:00 PM on True Crime
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Close Calls: On Camera
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 3:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Footage of near misses caught on CCTV, meeting the people who survived the serious accidents
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 3:30 PM on True Crime
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Stop, Search, Seize
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 3:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 2 Episode 1
The return of the documentary following the work of Ireland's border force officers as they fight to stop smugglers from bringing in drugs, money, guns and cars
Digging for Britain
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 3:00 PM on Sky History
Season 7 Episode 3: East: Stone Age Engineering and Battle of Bullecourt
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
Close Calls: On Camera
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 3:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 3 Episode 1
A British teacher in China waiting for a takeaway is hit full on by a speeding driver, who crashes through the wall of the restaurant at high speed
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 3:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 6 Episode 10
Twenty officers descend on a hotel to arrest members of a gang, Jon and Maya raid a cannabis farm, and Sgt Carlin stops a man with a gun hidden in his vehicle
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 4:00 PM on True Crime
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 4:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 7 Episode 38: House Call
A renowned surgeon is found murdered in his St Petersburg apartment, leaving Florida police puzzling over who would want the doctor dead
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 4:25 PM on True Crime
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 4:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 7 Episode 1
Members of the operational support unit of Lincolnshire's Roads Policing Unit smash through a bedroom window in a drugs raid, and a speeding driver is clocked at over 140mph
Ancient Aliens
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 4:00 PM on Blaze
Season 15 Episode 6: Cosmic Impacts
Meteor impacts have created the perfect environment for humankind. This film ponders whether new evidence reveals that celestial objects have been sent by an alien intelligence
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 4:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 7 Episode 39: Marathon Man
Police suspect a woman of murdering her husband after they find his body on the roadside, but she tells them he went jogging and never came back
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 4:50 PM on True Crime
Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin
Border Patrol
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:00 PM on Sky Replay
Season 6 Episode 5
A backpacker's worst nightmare comes true during a trip through Queenstown, and two suspected fraudsters arrive in the country
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 7 Episode 41: Plastic Fire
A woman jailed for life for killing her mother in a car fire appeals against the conviction
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:15 PM on True Crime
Season 22 Episode 129: Series 22
A landlord claims a woman unexpectedly moved in with her son and set up a 'gestapo desk' from which she spied on his home's residents.
Border Patrol
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:30 PM on Sky Replay
Season 6 Episode 6
Two visitors planning a one-day trip to New Zealand are questioned by customs, and dead coral is found in a passenger's bag
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 7 Episode 42: Last Will
The search for the murderer of Shari Faye Smith, who was forced to write her last will and testament after she was abducted, and send it to her family
War Factories
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Season 3 Episode 6: The Story of the Machine Gun
Hiram Maxim developed the world's first fully automatic machine gun, but it weighed a whopping 136lbs - until British company Vickers adapted the design
Traffic Cops
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:00 PM on 5Action
Season 13 Episode 16
Following a spike in car thefts across Derbyshire, officers are on the lookout for cross-border gangs stealing high end cars
Ancient Aliens
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:00 PM on Blaze
Season 15 Episode 7: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind
The possibility of direct human contact with extraterrestrial life within the highest levels of the US government
History's Greatest Mysteries
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:00 PM on Sky History
Season 5 Episode 10: The Search for Alexander the Great
Laurence Fishburne contemplates what might have happened to the missing mummy of Alexander the Great, the most celebrated warrior king in history
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 5:40 PM on True Crime
Season 22 Episode 130: Series 22
When a retired pest control worker sprays insect killer on a shared tree, his neighbours claim they suffered serious respiratory injuries.
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 6:05 PM on True Crime
Season 22 Episode 131: Series 22
A writer claims she submitted articles that her editor never paid her for; he says the writing was not factual, and that he wasn't paid by his clients.
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 6:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 8 Episode 1: Dessert Served Cold
Toxicologists try to determine whether a man who suffered a heart attack was really the victim of a poisoning
Medical Detectives
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 6:30 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 8 Episode 2: The Music Case
A trail of stolen goods helps solve the murder of a 12-year-old girl shot dead in her home after a string of burglaries
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 6:30 PM on True Crime
Season 22 Episode 132: Series 22
A woman demands thousands in payback for a valuable truck; her friend says she traded an antique, hand carved oak table for the vehicle.
Strange But True
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 6:25 PM on Talking Pictures TV
Episode 7: Stocksbridge Bypass/Angels
Michael Aspel investigates accounts of encounters with guardian angels
American Pickers
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 6:00 PM on Sky History
Season 19 Episode 24: Small Town, Big Picking
A Pennsylvania preservationist opens the doors to his jaw-dropping historic properties. The Wolfe brothers sift through a rockstar picker's off-limits collection
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 6:00 PM on 5Action
Season 19 Episode 8
Police enter a 'house of horrors', while seeking a man on the run. Plus, cameras follow a 45-mile pursuit
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:00 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 17 Episode 71
Grabbing the steering wheel while in a drunken stupor is the allegation laid against a woman by her exlover after his car is totaled.
Judge Judy
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:25 PM on True Crime Xtra
Season 17 Episode 72
A man claims his ex-wife owes for half the cost of a truck he bought for their daughter; she claims she was never consulted about the purchase.
Police Interceptors
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:00 PM on 5Action
Season 19 Episode 9
Following an operation to stop a van suspected of carrying cocaine, while Dan activates stealth mode as he tracks down a thief fresh from the scene of a house burglary
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:00 PM on 5STAR
Season 7 Episode 34
A patient comes into the surgery needing a steroid injection for her chronic knee pain, and a young girl and her mother discuss depression and suicidal thoughts with Dr Ashraf
Great American Railroad Journeys
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:00 PM on U&Yesterday
Season 2 Episode : Minneapolis to St Paul
Michael Portillo travels through Minneapolis and St Paul, where he explores how the power of the Mississippi helped Minneapolis become a great industrial centre
Snapped: Killer Couples
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:00 PM on True Crime
Season 15 Episode 7: Kyle Navin & Jennifer Valiente
The sudden disappearance of a wealthy couple rattles their small town and launches an investigation that exposes a web of deception, greed and a blood-soaked betrayal
Forged in Fire
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:00 PM on Sky History
Season 6 Episode 2: Long Road to Redemption - Part Two
Part two of two. The Road to Redemption competition continues, with four former smiths remaining, each competing for a second chance to be Forged in Fire Champion
Canadian Pickers
Starts Wednesday 18 June, 7:00 PM on Blaze
Episode 12: Hey, Big Spender
On Canada's west coast, Scott and Sheldon encounter oddly shaped buildings and a pet turkey. They buy items including toy cars, a Space Invaders console and Native American masks