Science TV Guide — Thursday, 30 April 2026

Browse the full Science TV guide for Thursday, 30 April 2026. 24 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Engineering Catastrophes

Art School Inferno Science

Art School Inferno

A library in Scotland is ravaged by not one, but two disastrous fires and experts explore the vulnerability of this esteemed place of learning.

01:00 1h

Engineering Catastrophes

Shopping Center Tragedy Science

Shopping Center Tragedy

An investigation of an explosion at a shopping center in Puerto Rico uncovers how a pipe that was ignored during the construction led to a tragic loss of life.

02:00 1h

Engineering Catastrophes

The Bronx Sinkhole Science

The Bronx Sinkhole

A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx; experts reveal how a combination of heavy rain and aging infrastructure led to this disaster.

03:00 1h

Engineering Catastrophes

Art School Inferno Science

Art School Inferno

A library in Scotland is ravaged by not one, but two disastrous fires and experts explore the vulnerability of this esteemed place of learning.

04:00 1h

Engineering Catastrophes

Chemical Plant Calamity Science

Chemical Plant Calamity

An investigation into an explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey reveals how a small amount of water led to this fatal manufacturing catastrophe.

05:00 1h

Extreme Heights Repair Team

S1 · E5 · Florida Documentary

Florida

Trask and his crew take on one of the world's largest bronze statues, and they need to figure out how to get on this colossus of a structure.

Morning

06:00 1h

Extreme Heights Repair Team

S1 · E6 · Cape Fear Documentary

Cape Fear

Trask takes on a decommissioned lighthouse 32 miles off the coast of North Carolina, and the crew must work suspended above shark infested waters.

07:00 1h

NASA's Unexplained Files

S1 · E5 · Ghosts on the Moon Science

Ghosts on the Moon

A look is taken at spaceships powered by A-bombs, fake rings around a star, an incomplete transmission from the moon and lightning that talks to itself.

08:00 1h

NASA's Unexplained Files

S3 · E8 · Attack of the Thunderballs Documentary

Attack of the Thunderballs

Astronauts evacuate when a strange object is seen moving towards the International Space Station; a secret agent goes undercover to recover missing moon rocks.

09:00 1h

NASA's Unexplained Files

S3 · E1 · Pluto Under Pressure Documentary

Pluto Under Pressure

Astronauts from the Apollo missions hear unexplained transmissions from the moon; an astronomer notices a disturbance in the Martian atmosphere.

10:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S10 · E1 · Secrets of the Cosmic Web Documentary

Secrets of the Cosmic Web

New astronomical research reveals an invisible scaffold of dark matter known as the Cosmic Web, an intergalactic network that transformed the universe.

11:00 1h

How the Universe Works

S10 · E2 · Curse of the Cosmic Rays Documentary

Curse of the Cosmic Rays

Cosmic rays capable of destroying human DNA like bullets; physicists are attempting to determine where these deadly particles originate in the universe.

Daytime

12:00 1h

Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck

S1 · E1 · Nuclear Wrecks Science

Nuclear Wrecks

The remains of five warships are carefully examined using innovative 3-D sonar scanning technology by a group of expert marine scientists.

13:00 1h

Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck

S1 · E2 · Danger Ahead Science

Danger Ahead

Experts use the latest underwater tech to explore the shipwrecks of El Faro and the Empress of Ireland to discover what set them on the path to catastrophe.

14:00 1h

Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck

S1 · E5 · Attack at Sea Science

Attack at Sea

Expert divers explore the underwater graveyards of WWII for new evidence of the maritime conflicts of the Japanese fleet and the MV Wilhelm Gustloff.

15:00 1h

Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck

S1 · E3 · Last Days of the Battleship Science

Last Days of the Battleship

Experts investigate evidence that may reveal why the most powerful warships, like the USS Arizona and the HMS Hood, weaknesses paid a fatal price.

16:00 1h

Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck

S1 · E1 · Assassins of the Deep Science

Assassins of the Deep

A team of marine archeologists rush to decode the mysterious fate of three German U-boats at the bottom of the sea before their remains are lost to erosion.

17:00 1h

Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck

S1 · E9 · Scotland's Sea Secrets Science

Scotland's Sea Secrets

The wrecks of the HMS Hampshire and the HMS Vanguard contain deep mysteries, but two research teams are given permission to dive and study them.

Evening

18:00 1h

Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck

S1 · E7 · Fail Invasions Science

Fail Invasions

Expert divers investigate to reveal the catastrophic failure of the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the crushing annihilation of the Allied fleet in WWI.

19:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S1 · E3 · Charity Hospital: The Big Easy's Fight for Survival Science

Charity Hospital: The Big Easy's Fight for Survival

Exploring the revitalization efforts at the historic Charity Hospital in New Orleans, the site of heroism during the evacuation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

20:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S1 · E2 · Butler Island Plantation: The South's Dark Secret Science

Butler Island Plantation: The South's Dark Secret

Experts explore an infamous Georgia plantation, whose legacy of cruelty helped turned the tide of public opinion against slavery thanks to a wife's journal.

21:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S1 · E8 · The Wright Brothers: Cleared for Takeoff Science

The Wright Brothers: Cleared for Takeoff

Exploring the story of the Wright Brothers, and how their revolutionary idea was faced with hard-fought legal battles and competition.

22:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S1 · E4 · Oklahoma's Toxic Ghost Town Science

Oklahoma's Toxic Ghost Town

Experts descend on a formerly booming mining town of Picher, which fueled the American war effort in both World Wars with its deposits of lead and zinc.

23:00 1h

Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America

S1 · E5 · Pullman, Chicago: The Town That Paralyzed the Nation Science

Pullman, Chicago: The Town That Paralyzed the Nation

Experts journey to the so-called company town of Pullman, Chicago, the site of a massive railroad employee strike and military intervention.

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