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1783: Men fly over Paris
French inventor Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, the Marquis d' Arlandes,... More >
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Friday 14th Jul

08:00 Trafalgar's Forgotten Hero

Intimate portrait of the man who really won the Battle of Trafalgar - Admiral Lord Collingwood. More >

09:00 SHOOTOUT: Battlecry Iraq - Ramadi

They’re cold-blooded killers and they’re not particularly selective about their victims. More >

10:00 DEEP SEA DETECTIVES: Japanese Sub At Pearl Harbor

Hours before Japan's attack on the US naval base, American marines claimed to have torpedoed a Japanese sub outside the harbour. In 2002, the wreck was found. More >

11:00 THE SS: Death's Head

Hitler's most barbaric servants guarded the concentration camps and were stripped of any human compassion. How were these men recruited and turned into monsters? More >

12:00 GREAT CRIMES AND TRIALS: The Kennedy Assassination

This huge case is still shrouded in mystery and doubt. This programme looks at who could have carried out the murder - the Cubans, big business, the Mafia and the KGB. More >

12:30 VANISHINGS: The Lost Explorer

On June 18, 1928, world-famous Polar explorer Roald Amundsen took off from Norway in a flying boat and headed towards the Arctic Circle. More >

13:00 The World's Biggest Machines

Go inside the inner workings of some of the biggest machines ever built - in the air, on land and on the sea. From the helicopter that can pick up tanks to the world's biggest train.

14:00 The London Underground

The arteries of London: nearly 140 years of history have created today's Tube More >

15:00 Secret Russian Aircraft of WWII

The fourth and final installment in The History Channel's highly successful series on innovative Second World War military aircraft. More >

16:00 SHOOTOUT: Battlecry Iraq - Ramadi

They’re cold-blooded killers and they’re not particularly selective about their victims. More >

17:00 THE SS: Death's Head

Hitler's most barbaric servants guarded the concentration camps and were stripped of any human compassion. How were these men recruited and turned into monsters? More >

18:00 DEEP SEA DETECTIVES: Japanese Sub At Pearl Harbor

Hours before Japan's attack on the US naval base, American marines claimed to have torpedoed a Japanese sub outside the harbour. In 2002, the wreck was found. More >

19:00 GREAT CRIMES AND TRIALS: The Kennedy Assassination

This huge case is still shrouded in mystery and doubt. This programme looks at who could have carried out the murder - the Cubans, big business, the Mafia and the KGB. More >

19:30 VANISHINGS: The Lost Explorer

On June 18, 1928, world-famous Polar explorer Roald Amundsen took off from Norway in a flying boat and headed towards the Arctic Circle. More >

20:00 MEGA DISASTERS: Tornado Alley Twister

We investigate what would happen if the most intense tornado ever measured struck Dallas, Texas. More >

21:00 Firestorm: The Allied Bombing Of Nazi Germany

Controversial author Joerg Friedrich discusses whether the relentless aerial attacks on Germany at the end of WWII were a necessary tactic or an act of revenge. More >

23:00 COLD CASE FILES: Episode 73

In 1989, two aspiring musicians were brutally gunned down on Nashville's famed Music Row. Did chart-rigging and country music corruption cause the shocking crime? More >

00:00 MEGA DISASTERS: Tornado Alley Twister

We investigate what would happen if the most intense tornado ever measured struck Dallas, Texas. More >

01:00 BATTLE STATIONS: Mulberry Harbours

Relive the extraordinary achievements of the engineers who built a harbour under fire for history's 'longest day' More >