Browse the full Discovery Channel TV guide for Friday, 4 September 2026. 25 programmes listed , including 5 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.
Early Morning
00:00
2h
A new generation braves the sea, forging unlikely alliances across the fleet
02:00
2h
The finalists build traps, shoot targets, craft weapons and make fire
04:00
1h
Team Petty and Team Gaughan battle it out for the title.
05:00
30m
Home shopping
05:30
30m
Home shopping
Morning
06:00
30m
Paper fans, walnut oil and copper
06:30
30m
The manufacture of absinthe, belt buckles and gut strings
07:00
1h
Pete Nelson and his crew build a huge treehouse
08:00
1h
Pete Nelson creates an English retreat
09:00
1h
Rick makes a shocking $1m call to open a new cut
10:00
1h
Tony's crew defects to Parker's, leaving him to rely on less experienced operators
11:00
1h
A family builds their own underground home in the hills of Virginia
Daytime
12:00
1h
A couple sets out to build a treehouse in remote Maryland
13:00
1h
Veterinary technician Christine faces her fear of birds to help pigeons
14:00
1h
Dr Baier and Hector join forces to treat wild bison
15:00
30m
Gears, leather watch straps, Vitrelle dishes and kitchen scissors
15:30
30m
Pressure cookers and mechanical singing birds
16:00
30m
Aluminium boats, alpine horns and luxury watches
16:30
30m
The manufacture of alpine skis and laser cutters
17:00
2h
A family finds their off-grid paradise threatened by destructive storms and pests
Tonight's Highlights
19:00
1h
Mike Brewer restores a 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
20:00
1h
The Time Bandit crew races incoming ice to get OJ home
21:00
1h
Josh Gates searches for more than 1,000 PoWs lost in the Pacific
22:00
1h
Josh Gates hunts for the truth about the Third Reich's Amerikabomber
23:00
1h
A serial killer's descendant tells the truth about his death