TV Schedule for Discovery Science UK
Sunday, May 18th TV listings for Discovery Science UK
How Do They Do It? Pearls, Damascus Steel Knives and Hippo Rollers
How do they grow America's only freshwater pearls in Tennessee? Plus, how are the world's sharpest knives made, and how do they forge these knives?
How Do They Do It? Sugar Beets, Feather Dusters and Balloons
How do they turn ugly root vegetables into sweet sugar and how do they make feather dusters? Plus, how do they make billions of balloons to keep parties popping?
Savage Builds Nitro Explode-aganza
Adam and a demolition expert stage a series of daring experiments on one of the world's most dangerous and explosive substances: Nitroglycerin.
Savage Builds Hollywood's Deadliest Weapon
Adam teams up with actor Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons: the ZF1 multi-artillery gun from sci-fi film, The Fifth Element. It is weapon so lethal that it features both a rocket launcher and a flamethrower.
How the Universe Works How Black Holes Made Us
Black holes are not the violent monsters people think they are, and new discoveries reveal that they might have been essential to creating stars, giving light and building the universe itself.
How the Universe Works Secret World of Nebulas
Nebulas are the strange structures of cosmic gas and dust where stars are born and die. New discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.
How It's Made Nail Files, Birch Canoes, Boat Hardtops
Examines how metal nail files, birch bark canoes, cruiser boat hardtops, and high-voltage circuit breakers are made.
How It's Made Macarons; Pine Needle Baskets; Micrometers
Examines how manufactured and homemade items such as macarons, pine needle baskets, and micrometres are made.
How It's Made Endoscopes; Megaphones; Uranium
An examination of the ins and outs of the manufacturing processes for endoscopes, megaphones, and uranium.
How It's Made Hollow Disk Pumps; Palm Sugar; Yachts
Examines the various processes which are used to make items such as hollow disk pumps, palm sugar, and yachts.
Legendary Locations Secrets in Stone
Josh explores three locations where stone labyrinths hide something incredible, including a vast city carved deep into a canyon in the Jordanian desert, and a dark South Pacific cave once used as a kitchen by a cannibal tribe.
Legendary Locations If Walls Could Talk
Josh explores other great walls around the world, from a cursed fortress along India's Aravalli Mountains, to a series of towering metal forks that once defended Britain from the Nazis and were taken over by pirate radio stations.
Legendary Locations Pi-Rat Paradise
Josh explores places where unusual heroes rule the day, from a legendary pirate paradise near Madagascar to a small Mexican town that celebrates a wealthy rancher's generosity with the most explosive festival on Earth.
Legendary Locations Angels or Demons?
Josh shines a light on places darkened by the past, from a mysterious mansion connected to a haunted heiress in California to a colourful festival commemorating the death of a demon in India.
American Titans Hearst vs. Pulitzer
In the late 1890s, William Randolph Hearst challenges the king of newspaper publishing Joseph Pulitzer in a circulation war that will change publishing forever.
American Titans Daly vs. Clark
The lawless territory of Montana is up for grabs, so William Clark and Marcus Daly fight to control power over the state and to mine millions in copper ore.
Truth Behind the Moon Landing Conspiracy of the Lost Tapes
The NASA tapes that recorded the Apollo 11 moon landing are missing and some believe their disappearance is part of a cover-up to hide the truth. Experts examine whether their disappearance is actually part of a cover-up.
Truth Behind the Moon Landing The Hollywood Conspiracy
Some think the waving US flag on the moon proves that NASA faked the lunar landing. As a team of experts investigate this strange piece of evidence, the trail leads all the way to some of Hollywood's biggest names.
NASA's Unexplained Files Curse of the Red Planet
Three cosmonauts mysteriously die as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere and NASA needs to know why; a declassified document shows a CIA plan to use a space disaster as a cover to start World War 3.
NASA's Unexplained Files Red Storm Rising
Two astronauts trapped in the vacuum of space face a horrible death; the first close up images of Pluto show an alien landscape; residents of Houston struggle to explain videos of unidentified flying lights captured above their city at night.
How Do They Do It? Raisins, Washi Paper and Showers
How do they produce almost all of America's raisins in California's San Joaquin Valley? Plus, how do they make the world's oldest type of paper?
How Do They Do It? Charcoal, Soba and Vaulting Poles
How do they use ancient techniques and modern technology to produce thousands of tonnes of barbecue charcoal? Plus, how do they cook up Japan's soba noodles?
How Do They Do It? Pearls, Damascus Steel Knives and Hippo Rollers
How do they grow America's only freshwater pearls in Tennessee? Plus, how are the world's sharpest knives made, and how do they forge these knives?
How Do They Do It? Sugar Beets, Feather Dusters and Balloons
How do they turn ugly root vegetables into sweet sugar and how do they make feather dusters? Plus, how do they make billions of balloons to keep parties popping?
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How It's Made Scuba Lights, Convertible Sandals
More everyday items are put under the microscope as we discover how scuba lights are manufactured and convertible sandals are produced.
How It's Made Wood Windows, Woven Cashmere
More everyday items are put under the microscope as we discover how wood windows are manufactured and woven cashmere is produced.
How the Universe Works Cassini's Final Secrets
For 20 years NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed Saturn's strange secrets until it vaporised in its atmosphere. Now, fresh data points to new discoveries.
How the Universe Works When NASA Met Jupiter
NASA's Juno probe is unlocking Jupiter's secrets, answering mysteries and gathering data. Scientists and experts explain the importance of this mission.
How the Universe Works NASA's Journey to Mars
Manned missions to Mars are the next frontier of human exploration and NASA wants to put boots on the Red Planet by 2035.
NASA's Unexplained Files The Moon that Disappeared
Newly discovered documents reveal NASA's secret plan B for failure of the first moon landing. And NASA's Cassini mission unravels a 300-year-old mystery.
NASA's Unexplained Files Curse of the Red Planet
Three cosmonauts mysteriously die as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere and NASA needs to know why; a declassified document shows a CIA plan to use a space disaster as a cover to start World War 3.