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Discovery HD Listings for Friday 24th August
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06:00
Speed of Life (Nature)
Super slow motion cameras capture the astonishing agility of a caracal as it plucks a bird from the air and the lightning 50/1000th of a second strike of a praying mantis.
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, Part 3)
07:00
How Do They Do It? (Scientific Documentary)
In this episode, learn how banknotes are designed and printed and how leather hide is turned into a shiny new pair of shoes.
(Part 13, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, Audio Described, 3 Star)
07:30
How It's Made (Documentary)
More everyday items are put under the microscope as we discover how pharmaceutical blister packs, deli slicers and weather vanes are made.
(Part 11, Widescreen, High Definition)
08:00
Auction Kings (Documentary)
Paul and the team prepare for their next auction, which includes an Oldsmobile 442 and a WWII Japanese rifle and sword still wrapped in the paper they were mailed to the US in.
(Part 7, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
08:30
Auction Kings (Documentary)
The auction includes a sword and uniform from a secret society and a 1637 prayer book. And Delfino repairs a Love Meter game and the team uses it to crown the gallery's best lover.
(Part 8, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
09:00
American Chopper: Senior Versus Junior (Documentary)
Jr is stunned when his dad serves him with another lawsuit. And while rumours abound that the OCC HQ faces foreclosure, in the shop, Sr's team can't agree on their new build.
(Part 15, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles)
10:00
Wheeler Dealers (Motoring)
Ford Cosworth.
Mike's after a Ford Sierra Cosworth, which looks like a family vehicle and runs like a race car. But with only £5000 to spend, is his plan about to stall?
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
11:00
Dealers (Documentary)
The Dealers salivate over a museum-quality Penny Farthing, start a bidding war for a 10,000 year old woolly mammoth fossil and question the value of some Damien Hirst artworks.
(Part 4, Widescreen, High Definition, 3 Star)
12:00
Auction Hunters (Consumer)
Ton and Allen find a 1984 Yamaha Snowmobile, a rare autographed 1920s baseball glove and an 1950s Robby the Robot collector toy in a storage unit in Chicago.
(Part 6, Widescreen, High Definition, 3 Star)
12:30
Auction Hunters (Consumer)
Allen and Ton find a seventies dune racer and vintage pool table at a heated desert auction in Palm Springs. Can they sell these items and make a profit?
(Widescreen, High Definition, 3 Star)
13:00
Christianity (Documentary)
Ann Widdecombe, who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, examines the Reformation and the intolerance and bloodshed it caused.
(Part 5, Widescreen, 2008)
14:00
Hitler's Children (History Documentary)
War.
How millions of young Germans were employed during World War Two to harvest crops, produce munitions or act as informers in the Hitler Youth, before joining the Wehrmacht.
(Subtitles)
15:00
World War II in HD Colour (History Documentary)
Russia was Hitler's graveyard. See how his undefeated armies were smashed by the seemingly limitless resources of the Soviet war machine.
(Part 8, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles)
16:00
Deadliest Catch (Documentary)
No Season for Old Men. Series 4, episode 8.
As king crab season comes to an end, an exhausted crew fills the Northwestern's crab tanks and Wizard and Time Bandit compete for the 'String of the Week'.
(Subtitles, 2008)
17:00
Auction Kings (Documentary)
Paul and the team prepare for their next auction, which includes an Oldsmobile 442 and a WWII Japanese rifle and sword still wrapped in the paper they were mailed to the US in.
(Part 7, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
17:30
Auction Kings (Documentary)
The auction includes a sword and uniform from a secret society and a 1637 prayer book. And Delfino repairs a Love Meter game and the team uses it to crown the gallery's best lover.
(Part 8, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
18:00
Mythbusters (Documentary)
Confederate Steam Gun.
Jamie and Adam try out a steam-powered machine gun, while other Mythbusters put their lying skills on the line to test ways to beat a lie detector.
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles)
19:00
Born Survivor: Bear Grylls (Documentary)
Georgia-Eastern Europe. Series 9, episode 4.
Bear drives his snowmobile out a helicopter and across the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus mountains, before camping with wolves and navigating swamps.
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 2006, 4 Star)
20:00
Auction Hunters (Consumer)
Ton and Allen find a 1984 Yamaha Snowmobile, a rare autographed 1920s baseball glove and an 1950s Robby the Robot collector toy in a storage unit in Chicago.
(Part 6, Widescreen, High Definition, 3 Star)
20:30
Auction Hunters (Consumer)
Allen and Ton find a seventies dune racer and vintage pool table at a heated desert auction in Palm Springs. Can they sell these items and make a profit?
(Widescreen, High Definition, 3 Star)
21:00
Man, Woman, Wild (Documentary)
When Myke and Ruth become lost during the flood season in the Amazon jungle in a primitive canoe, they must survive on grubs, piranhas and rainwater, as they find their way out.
(Part 6, New Episode, Widescreen, High Definition)
22:00
American Chopper (Motoring)
A Meeting is Set.
OCC starts a 1970's themed build while PJD finishes a bike for Newmont Mining. Plus, Senior and Junior agree to meet to try to resolve their family issues.
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles)
23:00
Extreme Drug Smuggling (Documentary)
With millions of dollars at stake, drug cartels will stop at nothing to get their goods onto the street. How are police battling submarines and super tunnels - and can they win?
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles)
00:00
Man, Woman, Wild (Documentary)
When Myke and Ruth become lost during the flood season in the Amazon jungle in a primitive canoe, they must survive on grubs, piranhas and rainwater, as they find their way out.
(Part 6, Widescreen, High Definition)
01:00
American Chopper (Motoring)
A Meeting is Set.
OCC starts a 1970's themed build while PJD finishes a bike for Newmont Mining. Plus, Senior and Junior agree to meet to try to resolve their family issues.
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles)
02:00
Auction Kings (Documentary)
Paul and the team prepare for their next auction, which includes an Oldsmobile 442 and a WWII Japanese rifle and sword still wrapped in the paper they were mailed to the US in.
(Part 7, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
02:30
Auction Kings (Documentary)
The auction includes a sword and uniform from a secret society and a 1637 prayer book. And Delfino repairs a Love Meter game and the team uses it to crown the gallery's best lover.
(Part 8, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
03:00
American Chopper: Senior Versus Junior (Documentary)
Jr is stunned when his dad serves him with another lawsuit. And while rumours abound that the OCC HQ faces foreclosure, in the shop, Sr's team can't agree on their new build.
(Part 15, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles)
03:50
Wheeler Dealers (Motoring)
Ford Cosworth.
Mike's after a Ford Sierra Cosworth, which looks like a family vehicle and runs like a race car. But with only £5000 to spend, is his plan about to stall?
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 3 Star)
04:40
Born Survivor: Bear Grylls (Documentary)
Siberia. Series 6, episode 9.
Bear is in the Sanyan mountains in Siberia where he meets the Tuvans who have lived here for 20,000 years. He eats squirrel and swims naked through icy water.
(Part - 2, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 4 Star)
05:30
Destroyed in Seco$$$ (Documentary)
Rain causes a series of spectacular race car crashes, a tornado destroys a town, a freeway collapses, a jet crashes at an air show and a drag boat crashes at 200mph.
(Stereo)