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Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Friday, 16 October 2026. 30 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

  1. 00:00 1h

    Ice Road Rescue

    S10 · E5 · The Perfect Storm
    Thord takes on a truck driver who refuses to be rescued
    In a raging storm, Thord takes on a truck driver who refuses to be rescued and an under-performing apprentice who keeps messing things up
  2. 01:00 1h

    Strangest Things

    S3 · E4 · Roanoke, Acoustic Horn, Sphinx Beard
    The story behind the lost colony of Roanoke
    The story behind the lost colony of Roanoke and the mysterious Dare Stone. Plus, how First World War gunners used a satellite dish on wheels
  3. 02:00 30m

    Abandoned

    S1 · E2 · New York Masonic Lodge
    The barns in which the Chrysler motor company began
    The salvage experts explore two barns set for demolition in Newtown, Conn. Jay is impressed by the automotive relics stored in one barn, including a restored tractor, porcelain signage and a Chrysler Saratoga. However, he must convince the current owners that he will successfully restore and resell the entire contents of both barns - as well as agree on a fair price
  4. 02:30 25m

    Bid & Destroy

    S1 · E9 · Airplane Palace
    The team wants to gamble on a 1730s New Hampshire farmhouse
    The Danley Demolition Crew wants to gamble on a 1730s New Hampshire farmhouse. However, it becomes apparent the owner intends to keep the salvage, which includes some unique items including parts to an ultralight aircraft
  5. 02:55 25m

    Bid & Destroy

    S1 · E10 · Million Dollar Manor
    A mansion containing rare treasures
    Lee is promised a share of the spoils when he visits a Maine mansion containing a gold coin worth thousands of dollars and an antique Chris-Craft boat
  6. 03:20 25m

    Food Factory

    S1 · E1 · Toffee/Pesto/Coffee Beans/Rice
    A look how certain foods are made in factories
    A look how certain foods are made in factories, beginning with toffee, pesto, coffee beans and rice
  7. 03:45 25m

    Food Factory

    S1 · E2 · Chocolate Ice-cream Cones/Pasta/Pop/Chewing Gum
    The production of chewing gum
    A look at how certain foods are prepared in factories, including chocolate ice-cream cones, pasta, pop and chewing gum
  8. 04:10 25m

    When Sharks Attack

    S5 · E10 · Nightmare on the Cape
    A series of attacks of the shore of Cape Cod
    Experts investigate a series of attacks of the shore of Cape Cod in 2017 and 2018, including the first shark fatality in Massachusetts in more than 80 years
  9. 04:35 25m

    Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

    S1 · E1 · Cub Nation
    Companion dogs provide some much-needed support to three cheetah cubs
    Companion dogs provide some much-needed support to three newborn cheetah cubs, and a langur monkey needs life-saving emergency treatment for a urinary problem
  10. 05:00 30m

    Teleshopping

  11. 05:30 30m

    Teleshopping

Morning

  1. 06:00 30m

    Teleshopping

  2. 06:30 30m

    Teleshopping

  3. 07:00 1h

    Cruise TV with LoveitBookit

    Teleshopping feature bringing you the hottest destinations and latest deals to ensure your next cruise is your greatest one
  4. 08:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S20 · E2 · Playing Catch Up
    A private jet slams into an apartment building, killing all nine passengers
    A private jet slams into an apartment building near the runway, killing all nine passengers. Investigators uncover an erratic descent, a puzzling delay, and a tragic perfect storm
  5. 09:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S20 · E6 · Meltdown Over Kathmandu
    A passenger plane skids off the runway and bursts into flames
    Landing at one of the world's most challenging airports, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet, skids off the runway and bursts into flames
  6. 10:00 1h

    Destruction Decoded

    S2 · E2 · Disasters at Sea
    Forgotten shipwrecks to headline disasters at sea
    From forgotten shipwrecks to headline disasters, the sea claims countless lives. Despite technological progress, danger lurks
  7. 11:00 1h

    Car S.O.S.

    S6 · E10 · Ford Capri Mk1
    Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw get a 1974 Mk 1 Ford Capri back on the road
    Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw get a 1974 Mk 1 Ford Capri back on the road for a woman who planned to rebuild the vehicle from the ground up was stopped by her heart condition. The vehicle proves to be a rust bucket from top to bottom, jeopardising their chances of success

Daytime

  1. 12:00 1h

    Inside Sydney Airport

    S1 · E2 · Excess Baggage
    Security screening discovers a passenger travelling with a gun
    Baggage Manager Kevin has a rough day trouble-shooting a number of mechanical breakdowns, while security screening discovers a passenger travelling with a gun
  2. 13:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S7 · E7 · The Plane that Vanished
    The loss of Adam Air Flight 574
    The loss of Adam Air Flight 574, which disappeared from radar screens in 2007 and crashed into the Java Sea, off Indonesia, killing 102 people on board
  3. 14:00 1h

    Africa: Earth's Wild Home

    S1 · E3 · Islands
    How Africa's wildlife have adapted to their changing surroundings
    Documentary exploring how Africa's wildlife have adapted to their changing surroundings, and the work of scientists to protect the animals
  4. 15:00 1h

    Africa: Earth's Wild Home

    S1 · E1 · Desert
    How Africa's wildlife have adapted to their changing surroundings
    Documentary exploring how Africa's wildlife have adapted to their changing surroundings, and the work of scientists to protect the animals
  5. 16:00 1h

    Lost Treasures of Egypt

    S5 · E8 · Secrets of the Royal Mummies
    A look at Egypt's New Kingdom era
    A look at Egypt's New Kingdom era, exploring why the mummies of the period's most famous pharaohs were found stashed in an unmarked tomb
  6. 17:00 1h

    Ice Road Rescue

    S7 · E8 · Police Hold-Up
    Thord and Bjoern face a roadside stand-off with the police
    Thord and Bjoern face a roadside stand-off with the police when they're forced to stop a rescue in its tracks

Tonight's Highlights

  1. 18:00 1h

    Seconds from Disaster

    S1 · E13 · Pentagon 9/11
    The September 11 atrocities
    Insight into the horrors of September 11, focusing on the American Airlines plane that struck the west wall of the Pentagon at 9.43am, killing 184 people within one hour of the first jet hitting the World Trade Centre
  2. 19:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S23 · E1 · Terror Over the Pacific
    A massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii
    When a massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii, the search for answers ultimately leads to a deadly short circuit
  3. 20:00 1h

    World War II: Secrets from Above

    S2 · E3 · Breakout from Normandy
    The point in the war when the Allies took the beaches of Northern France
    The point in the war when the Allies took the beaches of Northern France. They then faced a brutal fight through enemy territory in a bid to liberate Europe
  4. 21:00 1h

    World War II: Secrets from Above

    S1 · E5 · Battle of the Bulge
    In December 1944, Hitler launches an all-out assault on the Western front
    In December 1944, Hitler launches an all-out assault on the Western front across Belgium and Luxembourg, leading to the Battle of the Bulge
  5. 22:00 1h

    The Infinite Explorer with Hannah Fry

    S1 · E6 · Spain
    Hannah explores Spanish culture
    Hannah Fry explores why contradictions are such an integral part of Spanish culture. Travelling across the country, she decodes rhythms in flamenco, seeks out the origins of paella, learns an ancient whistling language and indulges her love of urban planning
  6. 23:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S11 · E3 · Typhoon Take-off
    The crash of Singapore Airlines flight 006
    A dramatic reconstruction of how Singapore Airlines flight 006 came to crash at Taiwan's international airport in 2000 after an abortive take-off on the wrong runway

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