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14/04/2011
Time National Geographic Channel
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07:00 Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
HMS Illustrious
Interests A voyage of discovery for Richard as he dissects the engineering DNA of the mighty aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. A potent force with a powerful punch, it can deliver a strike force anywhere on the globe at any time. It's a floating airport, city and battleship - but what connects it with a boomerang, a hearing aid, an 18th-century seed drill, Tower Bridge and the space race?

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08:00 Megafactories
Maserati
Documentary A behind-the-scenes look at the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy, where it takes 22 days to create the $135,000 GranTurismo Convertible.

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09:00 Journey to the Planets
Venus and Mercury
Factual Venus, the planet that is hot enough to melt lead, and its sister planet, Mercury, where the atmosphere is so acidic it can eat metal.

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10:00 Border Wars
River Patrol
Documentary Agents detain a wanted murderer on the US-Mexico border, and search the fields inside a Rio Grande area where many people die trying to cross the frontier.

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11:00 Salvage Code Red
Breaking Point
Factual Jimmy Conroy and his team try to remove a cargo vessel that is in danger of sinking in the busy shipping lane of the Strait of Gibraltar.

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12:00 Dive Detectives
WWII's Lost Bombs
Documentary The team travels to the Pacific island of Tinian, searching for atomic bombs discarded by America after Japan surrendered in 1945.

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13:00 Loch Ness Investigated
Documentary Exploring the legend of the Scottish monster, which has reportedly lived in the depths of Loch Ness for hundreds of years yet continues to evade detection.

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14:00 Alaska State Troopers
Justice Below Zero
Documentary Braving harsh weather, officers search for two men missing in the Talkeetna Mountains and investigate a musk-oxen herd that has veered off course.

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15:00 Air Crash Investigation
Southern Storm
Documentary Examining an incident in 1977 when Southern Airways Flight 242, flying over the US state of Georgia, was caught in a storm so severe that hailstones cracked the windscreen, causing the DC-9 to plummet to the ground.

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16:00 Ancient X Files
Philosopher's Stone & The Lost Ark
Factual Ancient mysteries, including the legendary Philosopher's Stone and the Lost Ark.

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17:00 Earth Without the Moon
Documentary An exploration of what might happen were the moon to leave Earth's orbit.

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18:00 Border Wars
Defensive Line
Documentary Following the fight against people trafficking and illegal immigration in America. The Miami team tries to control the chaos surrounding Super Bowl XLIV.

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19:00 Britain's Underworld
Costa Del Crime
Documentary British criminals who fled to the Costa del Sol in Spain, including the five men responsible for the £6m Security Express Raid in 1983, drug dealer Mickey Green, and cocaine dealer and multi-millionaire Christy Kinahan, who allegedly supplied guns to British inner-city gangs from the Spanish coast.

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20:00 Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol
Bad Guys Dead Ahead
Documentary Documentary series following the naval warship HMS Manchester on her final mission of a 30-year career - a seven-month tour hunting drug smugglers in the Caribbean. Sailing at the height of hurricane season, the vessel's crew must battle tropical storms as well as ruthless gangsters. Tonight, information from undercover agents leads to a trip to the volcanic island of Montserrat.

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21:00 Las Vegas Lock Up
Documentary An insight into the city's Clark County Detention Centre, where prostitutes, drunks, petty thieves and aggressive gang members gather, and violence can erupt at any time.

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22:00 Seconds from Disaster
Space Shuttle Columbia
Documentary The story of space shuttle Columbia - hailed as the most complex craft ever built - which overcame technological challenges to become the first of its kind to fly into outer space. The programme traces its tragic disintegration on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere in February 2003 after 16 days in space, resulting in the deaths of all seven astronauts on board.

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23:00 Britain's Underworld
Costa Del Crime
Documentary British criminals who fled to the Costa del Sol in Spain, including the five men responsible for the £6m Security Express Raid in 1983, drug dealer Mickey Green, and cocaine dealer and multi-millionaire Christy Kinahan, who allegedly supplied guns to British inner-city gangs from the Spanish coast.