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INSIDE BRITISH AIRWAYS: 24/7 8PM, CH5

This new two-parter goes behind the scenes at the multi-billion-pound, flag-flying airline British Airways as they update their fleet of aircraft and train pilots for the new Airbus A350. Find out what it takes to get planes in the air and keep passengers happy – which is not without turbulence.

RACE ACROSS THE WORLD 9PM, BBC1

For the second leg of their journey, the teams traverse the vast wilderness of the Yukon, a landscape of dense forest, towering mountains (right) and barren ice fields. The views are an incredible sight, but this is not just a sightseeing tour, and they’ve got to reach the checkpoint at Dawson City on time. Hitching a ride won’t be easy in this part of Canada either, and the teams whose budgets have been hardest hit will have to pitch tents, no matter how cold it is. professor Simon Kay prepares to operate on a teenager with arthrogryposis, a condition that causes her joints to bend and become stiff. All the surgeons featured in this series are compassionate and committed to their patients, but professor Kay can relate to his in ways that aren’t at first apparent.

TYRANT: THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER 9PM, CH5

★★★★

The final countdown to the Second World War has begun as the concluding episode of this day-by-day account of the months leading up to the war focuses on

Hitler’s decision to invade Poland. In public, the Fuhrer enjoyed lavish 50th-birthday celebrations – including trips to the opera in Vienna – while in private, he was mapping out his fateful alliance with the Soviet Union (left).

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