History & Society

PROGRAMMES

2012: The Final Prophecy

Discover if the Mayan prophecies that the world will end in 2012 should be taken take seriously.

21st Century Shark

In warm waters around the world a cold-blooded killer hunts its victims.

42 Ways To Kill Hitler

Recently declassified documents shed new light on attempts to assassinate Hitler. There were 42 known plots.

Adventure Wanted

Watch epic adventures from around the world.

America's Deadly Obsession

Learn how Americans relate to their poisonous native serpents.

Ancient Megastructures

National Geographic Channel unlocks the secrets of revolutionary structures in a new series of Ancient Megastructures.

Animals At The Edge

Before today is over, at least 100 animal species will have disappeared from the planet forever.

Ape Genius

Great apes have some of the biggest brains in proportion to body size of any animals.

Beneath Easter Island

Experts investigate the fall of Easter Island and ask: what caused this civilisation to crumble?

Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie

TV icon, Chris Barrie, serves up a big dose of nostalgia in our new series celebrating British design.

By Any Means

Charley Boorman returns for a daring journey, travelling from Ireland to Sydney By Any Means.

Cheetah - Against All Odds

In the Serengeti, cheetahs live uneasy lives.

China's Great Wall

Learn about China's Stone Dragon.

China's Hollywood

Secrets behind the boom revealed.

Convoy - War For The Atlantic

Find out how Atlantic convoys and brave sailors served and saved Britain during WWII.

Cruise Ship Diaries

This is the story of Costa Serena, one of the biggest ships in Europe. Enjoy with us different adventures; from emergency drill to unforgettable birthdays.

Crystal Skull Legend

The ultimate story of lost civilisations and mysterious relics.

Cyberland

South Korea: one of the most wired nations on the planet.

D-Day: Men And Machine

In the spring of 1944, the Allies rolled the dice and chanced the whole fate of the Second World War on a single day.

Devil's Bible

A team of scholars and scientists embark on a quest to unravel the secrets of the Codex Gigas.

Dinosaurs on Ice

Dinos on Ice breaks the ice on a prehistoric world that until now has been unreachable.

Divine Delinquents

In this documentary, we meet the people who have the unenviable job of solving problems that arise when the laws of the city clash with religious tradition.

Don't Tell My Mother...

Don't tell my mother I'm in...

Evolutions

Using CGI and fossil evidence, Evolutions demonstrates nature’s survival of the fittest in action.

Food Lovers Guide to the Planet

This James Beard award-winning series is a mouth-watering mixture of food, culture and travel.

Gabon: The Last Dance

Gabon is a unique and remarkably preserved Garden of Eden.

Ghosts of the Yangtze

Discover the Yangtze as it transforms China.

Going to More Extremes

Discover the Earth's extremes.

Ground War

Explore the nitty-gritty of ground warfare in an engaging and unpredictable way.

Herod's Lost Tomb

Look at King Herod's architectural achievements and the search for his lost tomb.

History's Secrets

Mysterious events, compelling figures and great unanswered questions from the past are explored.

Hitler's Secret Bunkers

Take a look and explore Berlin’s underground labyrinth of bunkers and tunnels.

Hitler's Sunken Secret

How close were the Nazis to having the atomic bomb?

Inside

The world's most restricted places revealed.

Inside Guantanamo

For the first time an exclusive look at the day-to-day life of the most notorious prison in the world.

Inside Iraq's Kill Zone

Would you leave friends and family to voluntarily work in a war zone?

Inside Mecca

National Geographic takes you inside the annual pilgrimage to Islam's holiest city, the Hajj.

Inside The Emperor's Treasure

The National Palace Museum in Taiwan has preserved the fruits of centuries of collecting by China's emperors.

Inside The Green Berets

The Green Berets are part of an elite division of the U.S. Army Special Forces.

Inside The Legion

Uncovering the true face of the French Foreign Legion.

Jane Goodall:China Diary

Dr. Jane Goodall is well known for her pioneering research on Chimpanzee behavior in the wild.

Journey of Man

Explore our ancestors with Spencer Wells.

Last Chance Journeys

Explore the world's greatest journeys.

Light At The Edge Of The World

Light at the Edge of the World examines this distressing truth, tracking four indigenous cultures.

Lockdown

Discover prison life.

Lost Treasures, Hidden Buddha

In 2001, the Taliban cheered as they blasted the two Giant Buddhas of Bamiyan into rubble.

Lost Tribe Of Palau

Tiny people lived alongside us and thrived on a Pacific Archipelago… until one day … they vanished.

Merdeka Specials

National Geographic Channel celebrates Malaysia's 52nd year of independence with a showcase of some of our best Malaysia documentaries.

Monster Fish Of The Congo

Join a team of scientists and adventurers as they travel into this war-torn region to unlock the secrets of the monster fish.

My Music Brain

Featuring top musicians such as Sting, Michael Bublé, Feist & Wyclef Jean.

Nasca Lines Decoded

Stretching for thousands of kilometres across the desert terrain of southern Peru is one of mankind’s greatest mysteries: immense lines – carved as animals, humans and ge...

Nazi Scrapbooks From Hell

The death camp at Auschwitz was considered ground zero for the killings during the Holocaust.

No Borders

Peru battles against the Shining Path.

Perfect Swarm

West Africa is under attack. And the enemy isn't AIDS, Malaria, or war.

Perilous Journeys

Host Marsh Mokhtari brings viewers along as he undertakes some of the world's most exciting journeys.

Prehistoric Predators

Step back in time to one of the most amazing eras in the history of planet earth and meet terrifying ancient predators.

Prison Nation

Take a look at what life on the outside is like for a prisoner released after 14 years of hard time.

Racing To America

For sixty years the sport of NASCAR has covered a lot of ground.

Reverse Exploration

Two tribesmen from Papua New Guinea head off on an expedition in the heart of a strange and entirely new kind of civilization: they want to explore everything, taste ever...

Riddles of the Bible

Find out whether or not the stories of the Bible are based on real events.

Riddles of the Dead

Travel to a world of living archaeology.

Rivers And Life

Celebrating the ever-changing nature of man's relationship with the earth's amazing water systems.

Sahara

Michael Palin's epic voyage of the Sahara Desert.

Samurai Bow

Samurai Bow explores the violence, beauty and reverie which surround the Samurai's earliest weapon.

Samurai Sword

A weapon so technologically perfect in structure, so formidable in strength and so beautiful in creation.

Science of Interrogation

How do you crack the toughest criminals, psychopaths and pathological liars?

Search for the Amazon Heashrinkers

In a world of superstition and blood revenge - the only way to remain safe was to shrink your enemy's head.

Secret Bible

A team of scientists joins forces with religious scholars to take a look at biblical tales of murder, miracles and mystery.

Secrets Of Tang Treasure Ship

Historians have long speculated that thousands of wooden ships plied a Maritime Silk Route.

Secrets Of The King Cobra

The SECRET LIFE of the KING is an unprecedented journey into the natural history of the wild King Cobra

Sleeping Beauties - The Incorrupt

Why do the bodies of St. Bernadette and those Incorruptibles like her remain untouched by time?

Somewhere in China

See stunning footage of China from its western frontiers to Beijing.

Speed Nation

South Korea, a nation hooked on speed.

Sumo Kids

Inside Sumo goes inside the closed world of the ultimate 1500-year-old Japanese tradition.

Survival of the Meanest

Enter the world's highest security prison.

Taboo

Every culture has its rituals and codes of living. We delve into the bizarre or confronting practices of cultures around the world.

Taiwan To the World

The "Taiwan to the World" mini-series is back again with 5 new stories..

Tau Tona - City Of Gold

Tau Tona is the deepest working mine on the planet.

The Black Dragon

They have been a part of traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years.

The Border

Working around the clock at one of the United States’ busiest border crossings, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agents are at the front lines in Ame...