National Geographic Channel TV Guide — Friday, 24 July 2026

Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Friday, 24 July 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

00:00 1h

Border Protection Spain

S1 · E5 · Under the Cover of Darkness

The crews pursue drug traffickers approaching the Spanish coast

The crews pursue drug traffickers approaching the Spanish coast, a different enemy threatens marine life, and the battle against illegal fishing continues

01:00 1h

To Catch a Smuggler

S8 · E2 · Unholy Guacamole

HSI uncovers cocaine hidden in a cargo of frozen avocado pulp

HSI tails a cargo truck to LA and uncovers cocaine hidden in frozen avocado pulp. CBP finds psychedelic mushrooms and disrupts a stolen car ring

02:00 30m

Money Meltdown

S1 · E3 · Bite the Bullet

Rich finds a robotic arm at a manufacturing equipment warehouse

Rich gets access to a manufacturing equipment warehouse and finds a robotic arm, while Dave searches old cars for catalytic converters that contain valuable platinum

02:30 25m

Lords of War

S1 · E6 · Pirate's Deadly Pistol

Bidders vie for an 18th-century flintlock

Bidders vie for an 18th-century flintlock, a four-barrel gun so complex and expensive to produce that only the wealthy could afford one, making such items highly desirable. Sean Rich and his fellow Lords also inspect a piece of Second World War memorabilia possibly used by couriers behind enemy lines, which if authentic could be valued at $18,000

02:55 25m

Lords of War

S1 · E7 · The Secret Flame

The team discovers a Second World War searchlight in Colorado

Sean Rich finds a simple Italian flintlock that hides a deep valuable secret in Colorado where the team also discovers a Second World War searchlight

03:20 25m

Food Factory

S1 · E23 · Mousse Hunting

How bottled water is produced

How bottled water is produced, and the secret ingredient of ready-made beef casserole and coconut mousse cakes

03:45 25m

Food Factory

S1 · E24

How pecans are transformed into praline

How pecans are transformed into praline, and why Moroccan soup is popular in Canada

04:10 25m

Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose

S1 · E9 · Who Let the Hogs Out

A rescued pot-bellied pig has an eye irritation

A rescued pot-bellied pig has an eye irritation, a baby rabbit has a life-threatening mass in her stomach, and a skunk is checked for worms

04:35 25m

Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose

S1 · E10 · Here We Goat Again

Dr Kelleher gives a goat an ultrasound to check for a urinary infection

Dr Kelleher gives a goat an ultrasound to check for a urinary infection, and a guinea pig could be pregnant, but has already been diagnosed as unable to survive giving birth

05:00 30m

Teleshopping

Teleshopping.

05:30 30m

Teleshopping

Teleshopping.

Morning

06:00 30m

Teleshopping

Teleshopping.

06:30 30m

Teleshopping

Teleshopping.

07:00 1h

Cruise TV with LoveitBookit

S1 · E183

08:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S8 · E4 · Cleared for Disaster

A fatal collision at Los Angeles International Airport in 1991

A fatal collision at Los Angeles International Airport in 1991, when an air-traffic controller assigned an inbound flight to a runway where another plane was waiting to take off

09:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S8 · E6 · Snowbound

A Canadian flight that crashed moments after take-off in 1989

Why Air Ontario Flight 1363 from Dryden crashed moments after take-off in 1989, despite warnings about a previous tragedy in Canada

10:00 1h

Rocky Mountain Railroad

S1 · E3 · Bridge Over Hell Creek

A huge payload of coal is transported across the Rockies

Canadian Pacific Railway crews transport a huge payload of coal across the Rockies. Plus, a hockey team is stranded in the frozen wilderness

11:00 1h

Car S.O.S.

S11 · E1 · Ford Mondeo

Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a year 2000 Ford Mondeo

Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw travel to Hampshire to pick up a year 2000 Ford Mondeo belonging to Karl, a widowed father of two who has been hit with three years of tragedy, leaving him unable to restore the car that once belonged to his now-deceased dad

Daytime

12:00 1h

Inside Airport Lost & Found

S1 · E10 · A Cat on the Runway and a Runway Dress

A cat is loose on the runway

Airport workers go above and beyond to find a cat who escaped onto the runway upon landing

13:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S21 · E1 · Holding Pattern

A plane that nosedived into the runway at Russia's Rostov airport

How investigations into a plane that nosedived into the runway at Russia's Rostov airport uncovered one of the most lethal traps in aviation

14:00 1h

Eyewitness WWII: Invasion Italy

S1 · E1 · Sicily to Anzio

The story of the Second World War's Italian campaign

The story of the Second World War's Italian campaign told through the accounts of those who fought in it, beginning as Allied troops faced the Axis in Sicily, Salerno and Anzio

15:00 1h

Eyewitness WWII: Invasion Italy

S1 · E2 · The Breakout

Part two of two. The story of the Second World War's Italian campaign

Part two of two. The story of the Second World War's Italian campaign told through the accounts of those who fought in it

16:00 1h

Lost Treasures of Egypt

S1 · E1 · Tutankhamun's Treasures

Documentary following archaeologists working in Egypt's Valley of the Kings

Documentary following archaeologists working to unlock the ancient secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, beginning with the treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb. New technology discovers why the boy king's final resting place went undisturbed for so long, while elsewhere in the valley, a dig unearths a previously undiscovered 4000-year-old tomb

17:00 1h

Draining Loch Ness: In Search of the Monster

S2 · E11 · Secrets of Loch Ness

Advanced scanning technology is used to explore the depths of Loch Ness

By making comparisons with the deepest lake on Earth _ Lake Baikal in the mountainous Russian region of Siberia _ combined with military-grade scanning technology and a sonar curtain drawn across its entire surface, the plug is pulled on the mystery of Scotland's famous loch. As the waters drain away, more than a monster is revealed

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

World War II: The Apocalypse

S1 · E5 · Allies Strike Back

Footage of D-Day in Normandy

Rare footage of the most significant events of the Second World War, including the landings on the island of Saipan and D-Day in Normandy

19:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S17 · E3 · Deadly Distraction

A plane that crashes just moments after take-off

Investigators examine the case of a plane that crashed and burst into flames just moments after take-off, but find that neither the weather nor the runway caused the disaster

20:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S7 · E8 · Frozen in Flight

The crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 near Roselawn, Indiana, in 1994

The inquiry into the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 near Roselawn, Indiana, in 1994, which killed all 68 people on board

21:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S11 · E7 · America's Deadliest Crash

The 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191

Investigation into the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191, which killed all 271 people on board in one of the United States' deadliest aviation accidents

22:00 1h

Mega Marine Machines

S1 · E4 · Tug o' War

Engineers redefining the tugboat for a new era of global trade

A look at Sanmar Shipyards in Altinova, Turkey, where engineers are redefining the tugboat for a new era of global trade, testing whether electric power can match diesel strength

23:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S24 · E2 · Running on Empty

The crash of a late-night cargo flight on its final approach

The crash of Air Tahoma Flight 185, a late-night cargo flight from Memphis on final approach to Cincinnati

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Tonight's Highlights

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