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The Coastguard encounter a potential suicide, drug traffickers carrying three tons of hashish, fishermen invading protected waters and a suspicious German sailboat. 7+.

A 747 disappears into the Indian Ocean. A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if the jumbo was carrying illegal weapons. 7+.

Explore the Vikings' beginnings in Scandinavia and the attack on the holy island of Lindisfarne that heralded the start of the Viking Age.

Abandoned at Sea: USS Indianapolis is violently sunk with hundreds of men lost at sea as they fight off exposure and shark attacks. (S1, ep 1) 7+.

Hitler rolls the dice one last time, surprising the Allies in the Ardennes. For the Americans, it turns out to be the bloodiest battle of WWII (S5, ep 5) 12+.

A look into US Airways Flight #1549's ditch in the Hudson river. Just after take-off, its engines were crippled when it flew into a flock of birds. (S9, ep 5) 7+.

Minutes before landing, the pilots of Berlin to Zurich Crossair Flight #359 couldn't find the runway or get their jet to climb and crashed. (S9, ep 1) 7+.

From footage of Hitler relaxing in his Alpine retreat shot by Eva Braun, to haunting images of Jewish persecution, see the true story of World War II.

Uncovered clues from a battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West. (S4, ep 2) 7+.

In a raging storm, Thord takes on a truck driver who refuses to be rescued and an under-performing apprentice who keeps messing things up. (S10, 4 of 8) 7+.

Construction fails happen every day, but sometimes the damage is catastrophic. Investigate the most spectacular mishaps - and how the disaster could have been averted. (S1, ep 1) 7+.

On final approach to Islamabad in heavy fog, Airblue Flight 202 slams into the Himalayan foothills, killing all onboard. (2 of 10) 7+.

Will travels to meet the San people in one of the most inhospitable places on the planet and he realises he's entirely unsuited to be on this adventure. (S1, ep 6) 7+.

Former radar specialists, pilots and security guards at Area 51 cast new light on the secretive and ground-breaking research conducted at the Groom Lake Testing Facility. 7+.

Explore the tragic trail of wreckage Pearl Harbour, HMS Prince of Wales and USS Lexington left behind on the ocean floor. 7+.

Investigators uncover a problem threatening every 747 in the sky as they delve into the worst aviation disaster ever to occur in the Netherlands. 7+.

A midnight call to a truck fire in -30°C weather finds the crew fighting to extinguish the flames and rescue the driver. (S1, ep 1) 7+.