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Thursday 14th Sep

08:00 JAPAN: The Will Of The Shogun

Under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, 16th- and 17th-century Japan closed its borders to outsiders. Leaders of the strictly controlled class system feared the influence of Christianity. More >

09:00 Eva Braun

Her name is shrouded in myth and speculation but this is the simple story of a girl who simply fell in love...with Adolf Hitler. Contains home movie footage, mostly shot by Eva. More >

10:00 DEEP SEA DETECTIVES: Disaster of Napoleon's Fleet

Veteran divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler plunge into Aboukir Bay and discover that history's telling of the L'Orient's demise is wrong. More >

11:00 SPECIAL FORCES: Royal Dutch Marines

The Royal Dutch Marines are faced with a double hostage scenario as heavily armed South Moluccan terrorists take over a packed commuter train and an elementary school full of children. More >

12:00 GREAT CRIMES AND TRIALS: Judge Joe Peel

Footprints in the sand and blood on the steps were the only clues to explain the disappearance of a judge and his wife More >

12:30 VANISHINGS: Whatever Happened To Jimmy Hoffa?

Portrait of the powerful Teamsters Union boss who did business with the mob, but who was behind his mysterious disappearance in 1975? More >

13:00 Jim Jones

The story of Jim Jones is one where unbridled paranoia controlled his life and brought memorable, self-inflicted disaster to his greatest dream and the people who believed his power. More >

14:00 Women Who Love Killers

These are five stories of women who fall in love with convicted killers, three of whom are on death row. More >

15:00 Crime On The Move

From the files of the FBI’s Major Theft and Transportation Unit, follow four transportation crimes and the successful conclusion of each case. More >

16:00 Eva Braun

Her name is shrouded in myth and speculation but this is the simple story of a girl who simply fell in love...with Adolf Hitler. Contains home movie footage, mostly shot by Eva. More >

17:00 SPECIAL FORCES: Royal Dutch Marines

The Royal Dutch Marines are faced with a double hostage scenario as heavily armed South Moluccan terrorists take over a packed commuter train and an elementary school full of children. More >

18:00 DEEP SEA DETECTIVES: Disaster of Napoleon's Fleet

Veteran divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler plunge into Aboukir Bay and discover that history's telling of the L'Orient's demise is wrong. More >

19:00 GREAT CRIMES AND TRIALS: Judge Joe Peel

Footprints in the sand and blood on the steps were the only clues to explain the disappearance of a judge and his wife More >

19:30 VANISHINGS: Whatever Happened To Jimmy Hoffa?

Portrait of the powerful Teamsters Union boss who did business with the mob, but who was behind his mysterious disappearance in 1975? More >

20:00 MEGA DISASTERS: Windy City Tornado

In Chicago 1967, 33 people died from a tornado. If it happened again in the future, how many more people will be at risk? Would the city's skyscrapers survive? More >

21:00 Whittle: The Jet Pioneer

Sir Frank Whittle received his first patent on a jet engine in 1932 and in 1936 patented the concept for the bypass jet engine. His inventions have changed the way we live and travel. More >

22:00 Hindenburg

The infamous zeppelin was the largest and most celebrated airship in history but on 3rd May, 1937, disaster struck. A NASA scientist has a new theory on what went wrong. More >

23:00 COLD CASE FILES: Episode 69

Four retired law enforcement officers, known as the Cold Case Cowboys, help track down the killer of a man wanted for rape and robbery. More >

00:00 MEGA DISASTERS: Windy City Tornado

In Chicago 1967, 33 people died from a tornado. If it happened again in the future, how many more people will be at risk? Would the city's skyscrapers survive? More >

01:00 Nazi Britain

It?s easy to forget that Hitler overcame a part of Britain during WWII ? the Channel Islands. A vicious air raid over Guernsey in 1940 resulted in German occupation of the island. More >