Sky UK TV Guide

08:00 Border Security USA
Documentary Documentary series following the US Department of Homeland Security. At JFK, officers uncover a child-smuggling operation, and a Ghanaian professional boxer has an unusual travel itinerary. The Miami Coast Guard prevent a potential boating accident when they stop a fishing boat. In Calexico, officers discover some unusual and blatant methods of drug smuggling. The Yuma Border Patrol sector mourns the loss of a fellow agent.

09:00 The Great Escape: The Untold Story
Documentary Documentary telling the story of the daring break-out from World War II prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft 3, which came to be known as the 'Great Escape'. The programme combines interviews with veterans of the escape and families of the men murdered by the Gestapo, with previously unseen archive footage, dramatic reconstruction and personal testimonies. Narrated by Derek Jacobi.

10:00 Bite Me
Brazil
Documentary Virologist Dr Mike Leahy is in Brazil to highlight the potential dangers posed by some of the planet's smallest creatures. Fire ants, miniscule worms and vampire bats are all featured, as is the legendary candiru fish.

11:00 Seconds from Disaster
Comet Air Crash
Documentary Some of the world's most tragic events, from plane crashes to nuclear meltdowns. This edition investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding two of the world's first passenger jet crashes. With experts baffled by the strange and unusual injuries sustained by the victims, this documentary looks at the extensive enquiries into what could have caused these fledgeling flights to crash.

12:00 Templars' Lost Treasure
Documentary Documentary setting out to discover the secrets of the Knights Templars' treasures. Their booty is rumoured to have contained artefacts of spiritual significance retrieved by the Order during the crusades, including the genealogies of David and Jesus and documents that trace these bloodlines into the royal bloodlines of Merovingian France. Were those treasures worth dying for?

13:00 How It Works
Documentary Series revealing the patents and processes most people take for granted in their everyday lives. A look at the painstaking processes of building a grand piano by hand and the high-tech wizardry involved in producing a single-lever mixer tap.

13:30 How It Works
Documentary Series revealing the patents and processes most people take for granted in their everyday lives. A look at the skill and craft involved in making a customised mountain bike and an insight into how coffee is transformed from raw beans into instant granules.

14:00 Cruise Ship Diaries
The Final Countdown
Documentary With demanding guests, freak weather and the dreaded honeymoon season looming, staff are in for a tough time onboard Europe's largest cruise ship, the Costa Costerna.

15:00 Engineering Connections
Hong Kong Airport
Documentary Presenter Richard Hammond looks at engineering achievements and how they were brought about by technological innovation. Richard reveals how a World War II bomber and a brass band helped create one of the world's biggest and busiests airports.

16:00 Air Crash Investigation
Ghost Plane
Documentary Documentary series investigating flight disasters. When air traffic controllers at Athens airport lost all communication with Helios Airways Flight 522 on 14 August 2005, their initial suspicion was that the plane had been hijacked, but when two Greek Airforce fighters intercepted the aircraft, it transpired that all the passengers and most of the crew were unconscious. The plane crashed into a mountain side within the hour. What caused the people on board to lose consciousness?

17:00 Killing Hitler
Documentary Documentary featuring revealing documentation which brings to light the motives and methods of those who sought to assassinate Adolf Hitler during WWII.

18:00 Wild Russia
Kamchatka
Documentary Documentary series exploring Russia's varied wildlife. Turning to the east of the country, attention focuses on the stark peninsula of Kamchatka, a volcanic region that provides the ideal habitat for creatures such as brown bears and golden eagles.

19:00 Seconds from Disaster
Crash Landing at Sioux City
Documentary Documentary telling the story of United Airlines flight 232, which crash-landed dramatically on 19 July 1989. After the failure of one of its tail-mounted engines, the DC10-10 aircraft became uncontrollable until a flying instructor who was on board offered his assistance. A dramatic emergency landing followed, but, of the 285 passengers, 112 were killed.

20:00 Cocaine Submarines
Documentary Documentary investigating the latest weapon used by drug cartels - 'drug subs'. Built by hand in the Colombian jungle, they cost $1 million, are packed with electronics, and can carry up to six tons of cocaine. This film will take us to the frontlines of the war to stem the flow of cocaine into the United States - from Colombian special ops teams trying to take down a FARC coke lab to the deck of a unique super boat trying to track the submarines before they hit Mexican shores.

21:00 Air Crash Investigation
Cockpit Chaos
Documentary Documentary series investigating flight disasters. In the second-deadliest airplane disaster in US history, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed on take-off. Could the tragedy have been avoided?

22:00 Air Crash Investigation
Head On Collision
Documentary Documentary series investigating flight disasters. When Saudi Airways and Kazakhstan Airlines jets hit each other at 14,000 feet, both planes were sent spiralling to the ground. But what caused their mid-air collision?

23:00 Banged Up Abroad
Jamaican Getaway
Documentary Documentary series telling the stories of travellers who find themselves incarcerated overseas. This edition tells the story of a couple who were tempted to act as drug mules and ended up being arrested at the airport in Kingston, Jamaica.