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United Kingdom Terrestrial TV Programs
Saturday 17th July 1999
All times are local time GMT
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Channel 4 @ 19:30 hrs.
Secrets of the Gobi Desert;
Examination of the treasure trove of pre-historic relics
hidden in the region.
Following the work of palaeontologist Mike Novacek.
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Channel 4 @ 20:30 hrs.
Walking on the Moon: Mission Impossible;
Part 2 of this anniversary series.
Gemini begins a detailed background story of the Moon landing
of 30 years ago.
Werner von Braun's contributions are detailed in "Reputations"
on BBC 2 at 21:00 hrs.
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BBC 2 @ 21:00 hrs
Reputations: Wernher von Braun:
The programme, subtitled "From the Nazi's to NASA" says it all.
Prussian born Dr von Braun was father of the space age, his Saturn
rockets propelled Apollo 11 to the Moon. Yet to quote a French POW,
who faced torture in Germany's underground research tunnels to developing
his V-2 rockets for Hitler, "He was a son-of-a-bitch... He knew what
was happening to those prisoners; He even helped to recruit them."
In spite of his Nazi past, the fact that von Braun secretly offered his
entire rocket research team and the blueprints o the Americans, stood
in his favour - as did his almost messianic zeal to get America into space.
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Channel 4 @ 21:30 hrs.
Real Time Apollo: The Apollo 11 Mission,
including news reports from the time.
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Channel 4 @ 01:15 hrs (Sunday AM early)
Treasure: A new series looking at bizarre collections
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