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1970: Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat
The Ra II, a papyrus sailing vessel constructed by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, sets... More >
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Saturday 17th May

08:00 DYNASTIES: The Tokugawa Shogunate

In a brutal age of civil strife, Ieyasu founded Japan's last shogunate and used his power to effect a lasting peace. More >

09:00 Soviet Top Secret Weapons

The costly, ambitious, but ultimately impractical technology created by the USSR's Cold War paranoia More >

10:00 The Hindenburg Disaster

We revisit the May 1937 Hindenberg disaster, using recently unearthed evidence and scientific methods to explain why the huge airship crashed. More >

11:00 THE SS: Himmler's Madness

Hitler's most powerful helper managed the Nazi death squads and mass genocide of Jews methodically, but how big a part did the occult play in his evil politics? More >

12:00 Mega Disasters: Krakatoa's Revenge

The famous and feared Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883 creating the modern world's first mega disaster. More >

13:00 Mega Disasters: Super Swarms

A cloud of locusts 1,800 miles long and 110 miles wide devoured half of America's harvest. Famine followed, thousands faced starvation. Why wasn't this living plague contained? More >

14:00 Mega Disasters: Comet Catastrophe

What would happen if a three-mile wide comet crashed into the Pacific Ocean? More >

15:00 Mega Disasters: Methane Explosion

Examining the theory that the worst mass extinction in human history was caused by a methane release in the world's oceans, millions of years ago. More >

16:00 Mega Disasters: Hawaii Apocalypse

Should the volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii erupt again, the disaster would be devastating. More >

17:00 Mega Disasters: LA’s Killer Quake

Follow the story of the Killer Quake of Los Angeles, a disaster of mega proportions. More >

18:00 Drama of Dresden

This explosive documentary paints a vivid and affecting picture of the destruction of Dresden during World War Two. More >

20:00 Dogfights 2: Kamikaze

Following the harrowing missions of the Japanese kamikaze pilots, as they became human bombs, attacking the United States fleet in the Pacific during the Second World War. More >

21:00 The Universe 2: Mysteries of the Moon

The moon outshines every other celestial body in the night sky but it is also the source of many unsolved mysteries and age-old myths. More >

22:00 Mega Disasters: Mega Drought

The now ever-present threat of global warming brings with it the probability of prolonged droughts and serious water shortages. More >

23:00 Dogfights 2: Kamikaze

Following the harrowing missions of the Japanese kamikaze pilots, as they became human bombs, attacking the United States fleet in the Pacific during the Second World War. More >

00:00 The Universe 2: Mysteries of the Moon

The moon outshines every other celestial body in the night sky but it is also the source of many unsolved mysteries and age-old myths. More >

01:00 DYNASTIES: The Tokugawa Shogunate

In a brutal age of civil strife, Ieyasu founded Japan's last shogunate and used his power to effect a lasting peace. More >