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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections W

The presenter explores the design secrets of the Burj Al Arab, one of the world's tallest hotels which is located on a custom-built island off Dubai. He discovers how engineers tackled the challenges of building a steel structure in the desert heat and protecting the island from wave damage, and learns how a component from a camera flash helps prevent fires in the hotel's rooms (Documentary)

09:00

Trekking The Great Wall W

An exploration of the most remote parts of China's national monument, meeting peasants, herders and locals living alongside it (Documentary)

10:00

Car Warriors W

The All Stars take part in a 72-hour competition against team Wheels, as they try to turn two identical VW Beetles into imaginatively customised vehicles (Factual Motoring)

11:00

The Indestructibles W

Reporter Andrew Torres recalls how the tail of his news helicopter snapped off in 2004, sending him spinning down over New York (Factual)

11:30

The Indestructibles W

Scott Tegtmeyer's incredible survival story after an SUV landed upside-down on top of him when he was crossing a road (Factual)

12:00

Mystery Files W

The team explores how Saladin defeated the Crusaders in the 12th century, united the Muslim world, and aquired legendary status as a consequence (Documentary)

12:30

Mystery Files W

Rumours that Emperor Shah Jahan planned to build a black marble twin of the Taj Mahal near his wife's mausoleum (Documentary)

13:00

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler travels to the Everglades to meet inventor George Jacobs, who tries to build a boat that can make its way through water the same way a gyroplane does through air (Documentary Factual)

13:30

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler meets Len Puch and members of his metalwork crew, who have created a 24ft projectile that blasts a human down a 180ft monorail track (Documentary Factual)

14:00

Icebreakers: Arctic Giants W

The engineering behind the Timofey Guzhenko, the biggest icebreaking ship in the Arctic Ocean, capable of smashing through 1.5 metres of ice (Documentary)

15:00

Alaska State Troopers W

The troopers patrol the Iditarod sled dog race, and cross frozen tundra to rescue an injured snow-machine operator (Documentary)

16:00

Air Crash Investigation W

Reconstruction of the 1996 collision between a Kazakhstan Airlines jet and a Saudi Airways plane at 14,000ft, which destroyed both planes and left no survivors. The resultant inquiry attributed the accident to poor communication inside the first plane and outdated radar equipment (Documentary)

17:00

Megafactories W

A behind-the-scenes look at the factory where BMW builds its second-generation X3s, revealing why the German manufacturers moved the production of this model to America (Documentary)

18:00

American Doomsday W

Documentary examining America's former Doomsday manual, which has been kept secret for 50 years, offering an insight into how the country might have dealt with a nuclear attack (Documentary Educational)

19:00

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler teams up with a bike-modifier and his best friend to build a motorcycle powered by a giant garage-door spring (Documentary Factual)

19:30

Mad Scientists W

John Bowler meets Gary Sloat, a father and computer expert, who sets out to turn an old lawnmower engine into a hovercraft boat (Documentary Factual)

20:00

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)

21:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

How a strong gust of wind caused a crash that claimed the lives of more than 130 people in Texas in 1985, prompting aircraft designers to come up with new safety features (Documentary)

22:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

The case of a 1983 Air Canada flight whose pilot tried to make an emergency landing on a decommissioned air force base - not realising it was being used for drag racing (Documentary)

23:00

Seconds from Disaster TW

Investigating the devastation caused when an apparently dormant volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat in 1995 (Documentary)

00:00

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)

01:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

How a strong gust of wind caused a crash that claimed the lives of more than 130 people in Texas in 1985, prompting aircraft designers to come up with new safety features (Documentary)

02:00

Teleshopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home (Consumer)

03:00

Air Crash Investigation W

Reconstruction of the 1996 collision between a Kazakhstan Airlines jet and a Saudi Airways plane at 14,000ft, which destroyed both planes and left no survivors. The resultant inquiry attributed the accident to poor communication inside the first plane and outdated radar equipment (Documentary)

03:45

Megafactories W

A behind-the-scenes look at the factory where BMW builds its second-generation X3s, revealing why the German manufacturers moved the production of this model to America (Documentary)

04:30

Car Warriors W

The All Stars take on a team from Sacramento in a bid to transform two identical Corvettes (Factual Motoring)

05:15

Alaska State Troopers W

The troopers patrol the Iditarod sled dog race, and cross frozen tundra to rescue an injured snow-machine operator (Documentary)