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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections W

The presenter explores the ingenious design secrets of Nasa's space shuttle. He demonstrates the cooling system that keeps its engines from exploding, uses a wall of water to guard against the destructive power of sound waves, and explains how features found in cannonballs, tram tracks and camera irises help the craft successfully complete its missions (Documentary)

09:00

Megafactories W

Exploring the manufacturing process of the Dodge Challenger at a factory that produces 900 cars a day and features 20 miles of conveyer belts (Documentary)

10:00

Saxon Gold: New Secrets Revealed W

Amateur metal detectorist Terry Herbert talks about his July 2009 discovery of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure worth £3.3million in a field near Lichfield in Staffordshire. Also, Birmingham Museum curator David Symons shows the work of Anglo-Saxon metalwork specialists, gemstone analysts and osteoarchaeologists to reveal new aspects of art in the Dark Ages (Documentary)

11:00

The Indestructibles W

How Bob Bennett survived an attack by two lions that had escaped from the enclosure he was cleaning at Wellington Zoo (Factual)

11:30

The Indestructibles W

The story of Hugh Alexander, who was dragged off a high cliff toward sharp rocks by a freak wave but managed to survive (Factual)

12:00

Mystery Files W

A team of experts explores whether renowned merchant Marco Polo was as well travelled as historians believe, and discovers whether he returned from China with the recipe for pasta (Documentary)

12:30

Mystery Files W

Scientists uncover the truth behind Alexandre Dumas' novel The Man in the Iron Mask (Documentary)

13:00

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler challenges a jet engine builder to create a multi-purpose lawn tool capable of blowing leaves, melting ice and watering the garden (Documentary)

13:30

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler meets two scientists who have built a free spinning, counterweighted harness that allows people to jump to incredible heights (Documentary)

14:00

World's Fastest Train W

The engineering advances that made high-speed trains possible, including the French TGV, the Japanese bullet train and George Stephenson's record-breaking Rocket (Documentary)

15:00

Alaska State Troopers W

Wildlife troopers take to their snow machines on the first day of the winter moose hunt, while other officers investigate an underground fight club (Documentary)

16:00

Air Crash Investigation W

Documentary exploring the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, which resulted in the deaths of 270 people and devastated the town of Lockerbie (Documentary)

17:00

Megafactories W

A behind-the-scenes look at Mercedes' largest German factory, following the manufacturing process of the SLS model, a 571-horse powered car capable of reaching speeds of 197mph. Despite almost everything in the plant being controlled by computers, a group of leading engineers mould the vehicle in just 15 hours (Documentary)

18:00

Roman Murder Mystery W

A historical and archaeological investigation of a Roman outpost near Hadrian's Wall named Vindolanda, home to soldiers, wives, slaves and local Britons from the countryside (Documentary)

19:00

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler meets an inventor who has built a basketball-playing robot (Documentary)

19:30

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler challenges Lance Greathouse, an inventor of wheelchairs, to build a water-shooting chariot that allows its rider to hit targets while sitting on the chair (Documentary)

20:00

Hitler's GI Death Camp W

The story of American soldiers who worked and died as slave labourers in a concentration camp in Berga, Germany (Documentary)

21:00

Alcatraz Breakout: New Evidence W

An insight into Frank Lee Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin's 1962 attempt to escape from Alcatraz, allegedly the world's most secure prison at the time. The authorities always argued the prisoners drowned, but the programme examines evidence that suggests that at least one of them reached the mainland (Documentary)

22:00

History's Toughest Prisons W

An insight into the workings of some of the most secure prisons in the world, from a bomb-proof jail in Maryland to Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay, and the Tower of London (Documentary)

23:00

Seconds from Disaster W

The undersea earthquake on Boxing Day 2004 that triggered a series of tsunami in the Indian Ocean, destroying parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand, and killing more than 220,000 people. The global response was unprecedented, generating billions of pounds in humanitarian aid (Documentary)

00:00

Hitler's GI Death Camp W

The story of American soldiers who worked and died as slave labourers in a concentration camp in Berga, Germany (Documentary)

01:00

Alcatraz Breakout: New Evidence W

An insight into Frank Lee Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin's 1962 attempt to escape from Alcatraz, allegedly the world's most secure prison at the time. The authorities always argued the prisoners drowned, but the programme examines evidence that suggests that at least one of them reached the mainland (Documentary)

02:00

Teleshopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home (Consumer)

03:00

Air Crash Investigation W

Documentary exploring the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, which resulted in the deaths of 270 people and devastated the town of Lockerbie (Documentary)

03:45

Megafactories W

A behind-the-scenes look at Mercedes' largest German factory, following the manufacturing process of the SLS model, a 571-horse powered car capable of reaching speeds of 197mph. Despite almost everything in the plant being controlled by computers, a group of leading engineers mould the vehicle in just 15 hours (Documentary)

04:30

Roman Murder Mystery W

A historical and archaeological investigation of a Roman outpost near Hadrian's Wall named Vindolanda, home to soldiers, wives, slaves and local Britons from the countryside (Documentary)

05:15

Alaska State Troopers W

Wildlife troopers take to their snow machines on the first day of the winter moose hunt, while other officers investigate an underground fight club (Documentary)