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6:00am
Aerial America
Series 4 Episode 1: Amazing Destinations
The natural wonders, man-made marvels and hidden treasures that Americans and visitors to the USA love to see. Filmed entirely, and unusually, from above.
7:00am
Aerial America
Series 5 Episode 8: Best Small Towns
Many of America's hidden charms lie in its small towns. Á coast-to-coast view from above that reveals some of the more unusual ones and tells their stories.
8:00am
Aerial America
Series 5 Episode 11: Wilderness
From the icy landscapes in Alaska's Denali to the vast wetlands in Florida's Everglades, witness America's untouched beauty, including over 100 million acres of badlands, deserts and mountains.
9:00am
Aerial America
Series 7 Episode 12: Northern California
It's become famous for its valleys, the ones that produce fine wines and high tech: Nappa and Silicon. Northern California is the heart and soul of the Golden State, seen from above like never before.
10:00am
Aerial America
Series 7 Episode 11: Southern California
A soaring tour over the Golden State's beaches, vast deserts, volcanic craters, and a look down at the City of Angels, where movie moguls and celebrities make Hollywood the heart of show business.
11:00am
Aerial America
Series 7 Episode 1: On the Water
A high-flying tour over the USA's most magnificent and cultural landmarks.
12:00pm
Aerial America
Series 7 Episode 5: Roadside Attractions
American road trips are legendary and every year millions of drivers cover huge parts of the States in search of hidden attractions. This aerial `road trip' uncovers some of the more unusual ones.
1:00pm
Inside the Factory
Series 4 Episode 4: Curry
Gregg Wallace explores the Nottinghamshire factory that makes 250,000 jars of curry sauce each day. Meanwhile Cherry Healey is in Guntur, the chili capital of India, where they sell 3500 tonnes of chili each day. Historian Ruth Goodman finds that the passion for curry is around 370 years older than the supposed invention of tikka masala in a Glaswegian restaurant in the 1970s.
2:00pm
How Did They Build That?
Series 1 Episode 1: Cantilevers & Lifts
Secrets of a New York skyscraper that defies the laws of physics. The world's tallest outdoor lift, built on the side of a Chinese mountain. A building that mimics a ship at sea.
3:00pm
How Did They Build That?
Series 1 Episode 2: Towers & Roofs
Engineers bend two New York skyscrapers and connect them with a sky bridge 700 feet up; Singapore's 'Hive' is built without a single straight structural support. A canopy in Greece.
4:00pm
How Did They Build That?
Series 1 Episode 3: Biomes & Rebuilds
The challenge of undertaking the £1 billion transformation of London Bridge Station while keeping it open. Las Vegas' most outrageous building. Singapore's Gardens by the Bay.
5:00pm
How Did They Build That?
Series 1 Episode 4: Viaducts & Hotels
A towering bridge in France, an 'upside-down' hotel in China, and a 'forest into the sky' in Italy, and finding out how they were built.
6:00pm
Searching for Secrets
Series 1 Episode 3: New York
Why guests can't go up Lady Liberty's torch, a look behind the famous 21 Club's secret door, and how the city's top tourist attraction put cowboys out of work.
7:00pm
Searching for Secrets
Series 1 Episode 3: San Francisco
Local experts discover how the famous pride flag lost two of its stripes, and learning what an apartment on Telegraph Hill has to do with the CIA, mind control, and the Summer of Love.
8:00pm
Inside the Factory
Series 4 Episode 4: Curry
Gregg Wallace explores the Nottinghamshire factory that makes 250,000 jars of curry sauce each day. Meanwhile Cherry Healey is in Guntur, the chili capital of India, where they sell 3500 tonnes of chili each day. Historian Ruth Goodman finds that the passion for curry is around 370 years older than the supposed invention of tikka masala in a Glaswegian restaurant in the 1970s.
9:00pm
WWII Battles in Color
The Bulge
Colourised of the US military's bloodiest battle on the European front in World War II.
10:00pm
Race to Victory: WWII Europe
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, rare colour footage, haunting home movies and first-person stories bring fresh perspective to one of humanity's greatest triumphs: victory over Nazi Germany.
11:00pm
The Pacific War in Colour
Series 1 Episode 5: Striking Distance
The allied forces prepare to occupy the islands of Tinian and Guam, as they signify a threat to American air operations. At the same time, General Curtis LeMay must plan and execute a fire bombing against Japan.
12:00am
WWII Battles in Color
The Bulge
Colourised of the US military's bloodiest battle on the European front in World War II.
1:00am
Race to Victory: WWII Europe
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, rare colour footage, haunting home movies and first-person stories bring fresh perspective to one of humanity's greatest triumphs: victory over Nazi Germany.
2:00am
The Pacific War in Colour
Series 1 Episode 1
Colour film shot before war breaks out on the Pacific captures a world of fun and sun, but will be replaced with images of cataclysmic horror. We witness Japan's violent onslaught, from its raid on China to its attacks on Pearl Harbor and Australia.
3:00am
The Pacific War in Colour
Series 1 Episode 2: Shockwaves
Months after the Pearl Harbor attack, shock waves reverberate in every corner of the Pacific; Americans deploy to stem the enemy's advance; after culture clashes, Allied forces later bond over efforts to thwart Japan's move to control New Guinea.
4:00am
The Pacific War in Colour
Series 1 Episode 3: Island Hopping
In 1943, the United States engages in a new series of island-hopping invasions; the first stop is the Tarawa Atoll, where troops embark upon the largest amphibious invasion ever staged in the Pacific to fight one of the costliest battles of the war.
5:00am
The Pacific War in Colour
Series 1 Episode 4: The Enemy Underground
The US gains the upper hand by summer 1944, with the help of better training, supply lines and troop numbers. The army go for Japan's inner defence ring, as they strive to gain control of Saipan in the Marianas.