Saturday, February 04 2012

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National Geographic / Today

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06:00

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08:00

Car Warriors W

The All Stars take part in a 72-hour competition against team Wheels, as they try to turn two identical VW Beetles into imaginatively customised vehicles (Factual Motoring)

09:00

Megafactories W

A behind-the-scenes look at Porsche's revamped factory in Leipzig, where the four-door Panamera model is built on a single assembly line tended by 600 workers. The documentary also examines how the plant receives deliveries from 150-160 lorries up to 14 times a day, with each part delivered used within 24 hours of its arrival (Documentary)

10:00

Air Crash Investigation W

The bizarre fate of Aloha Flight 243 in 1988. Shortly after take-off the plane's outer fuselage was ripped away, leaving passengers exposed. The aircraft managed to land safely, but 65 of those on board were injured (Documentary)

11:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

The story of a cargo plane carrying soldiers' letters home that was hit by a missile while flying over the Iraqi capital Baghdad, and the exemplary performance of the flight crew while under attack (Documentary)

AFTERNOON

12:00

Trekking The Great Wall W

An exploration of the most remote parts of China's national monument, meeting peasants, herders and locals living alongside it (Documentary)

13:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

The FedEx flight out of Memphis, which almost ended in disaster in 1994 when a disgruntled employee attempted a hijacking, threatening the lives of those on board. The programme tells how the crew managed to foil his plan to crash the plane (Documentary)

14:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

Reconstruction of a terrorist attack on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 on December 11, 1994. Though the small bomb exploded in mid-air and punched a hole in the fuselage, only one person was killed. The programme explores how so many managed to survive (Documentary)

15:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

How a hi-tech American gunship destroyed a civilian passenger aircraft in 1988. The USS Vincennes was defending oil tankers in the Persian Gulf when the plane appeared on their radar. Convinced it was an Iranian fighter preparing to fire a missile, the captain had it shot down - only to learn his target was an airliner carrying 290 people (Documentary)

16:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

How a bolt of lightning struck a helicopter flying over the North Sea in 1995. The 18 passengers had been travelling to an oilfield off the coast of Scotland, and were forced to endure gigantic waves and gale-force winds before being rescued (Documentary)

17:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

The mystery surrounding the crash of EgyptAir flight 990 in 1999, which resulted in the deaths of 217 people. As investigators searched for an explanation to the tragedy, some suggested the pilot must have deliberately flown into the Atlantic ocean (Documentary)

EVENING

18:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

Investigation into the Russian pilot who allowed his teenage son to take control of his Airbus plane. The chain of events that followed resulted in the deaths of 70 people (Documentary)

19:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

The story of an Ethiopian plane that was hijacked and rerouted to Australia in 1996, prompting the pilot to try to outwit the perpetrators by flying along the African coast (Documentary)

20:00

Banged Up Abroad W

The story of Gordon Malloch, who received hundreds of lashes and several years in prison when he started selling whisky in Saudi Arabia (Documentary)

21:00

Banged Up Abroad W

A look at the downfall of American mobster Henry Hill, who inspired Martin Scorsese's film Goodfellas. When he was caught dealing drugs against the orders of his boss, he became a mafia snitch with a price on his head (Documentary)

22:00

Drugs Incorporated W

An examination of the trade in ketamine, from smugglers in India to a user in England who paid a terrible price for his addiction (Factual)

23:00

Alaska's Toughest Pilots W

Helicopter pilots brave bad weather to drop thrill-seeking skiers on a high mountain ridge (Documentary)

LATE NIGHT

00:00

Megafactories W

A behind-the-scenes look at Porsche's revamped factory in Leipzig, where the four-door Panamera model is built on a single assembly line tended by 600 workers. The documentary also examines how the plant receives deliveries from 150-160 lorries up to 14 times a day, with each part delivered used within 24 hours of its arrival (Documentary)

01:00

Banged Up Abroad W

A look at the downfall of American mobster Henry Hill, who inspired Martin Scorsese's film Goodfellas. When he was caught dealing drugs against the orders of his boss, he became a mafia snitch with a price on his head (Documentary)

02:00

Teleshopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home (Consumer)

03:00

Air Crash Investigation TW

How a bolt of lightning struck a helicopter flying over the North Sea in 1995. The 18 passengers had been travelling to an oilfield off the coast of Scotland, and were forced to endure gigantic waves and gale-force winds before being rescued (Documentary)

03:45

Air Crash Investigation TW

The mystery surrounding the crash of EgyptAir flight 990 in 1999, which resulted in the deaths of 217 people. As investigators searched for an explanation to the tragedy, some suggested the pilot must have deliberately flown into the Atlantic ocean (Documentary)

04:30

Air Crash Investigation TW

Investigation into the Russian pilot who allowed his teenage son to take control of his Airbus plane. The chain of events that followed resulted in the deaths of 70 people (Documentary)

05:15

Air Crash Investigation TW

The story of an Ethiopian plane that was hijacked and rerouted to Australia in 1996, prompting the pilot to try to outwit the perpetrators by flying along the African coast (Documentary)

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Rated: 8/5

Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Jude Law, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone, Richard Griffiths, Helen McCrory, Michael Sthlbarg

Rated: 8/5

Director: Derek Cianfrance
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, Reila Aphrodite, John Doman, Ben Shenkman, Samii Ryan, Faith Wladyka, Michelle Nagy, Robert Eckard

Rated: 8/5

Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng, Anna Popplewell, Michelle Dockery, Cyron Bjørn Melville, Paris Arrowsmith

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