Science and Technology
Follows British mathematician Hannah Fry as she explores Ada Lovelace's extraordinary life, her engrossing relationship with Charles Babbage and her legacy as the world's first computer programmer...
Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould return to investigate the mysteries of alleged paintings by John Constable, Tom Roberts and Paul Gaugin.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the very concepts of gravity and how it shapes and affects everything in life, from the rate at which we age to the speed we move about.
Investigative journalist Jacques Peretti explores the profitable ways eating habits have been revolutionized over the last 40 years.
Travel back 66 million years ago, when a meteor struck the earth and wiped out three-quarters of life on the planet. This program reveals the effects of the impact that changed the world forever...
Biologist Armand Leroi retraces Darwin's famous trip to the Galapagos Islands to discover what inspired his groundbreaking ideas.
What happens if you nurture a baby chimpanzee like a human baby? How much will he become like us? A landmark experiment in the 1970s tried to find out.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to uncover one of the great mysteries of science - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life and how does order emerge from...
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos.
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos.
A series of 10 short films that explore the infinite wonders of our universe and our interactions with the cosmos.
BC journalist Bernice Notenboom heads to areas of the planet where climate systems may be nearing a tipping point.
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The Men Who Made Us Fat
Jacques Peretti investigates how the concept of super-sizing changed our eating habits. How did we, once moderate...
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Super Dome Demolition
The demolition team must take down a massive sports stadium in the heart of Indianapolis and keep its destruction...
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Constable
The team try to find out whether a beautiful English landscape is a work of national importance - a lost masterpiece...
National Geographic Specials - 24 Hours After: Asteroid Impact
Expires on May 27
Blowdown
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Nuclear Plant
Expires on May 28
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Nuclear Plant
The team is tasked with taking down four nuclear cooling towers in what will be the first time explosives have ever...
Fake or Fortune
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Delaroche
Expires on May 30
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Delaroche
Philip teams up with Fiona to try to prove that a picture hanging in a Scottish castle is a lost royal treasure...
The Secret Life of Chaos
Expires on May 30