National Geographic Channel TV Guide — Today Fri 17 Jul

Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for today. 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 · E7 · Back on the Radar

Three patrol boats round up tobacco smugglers

A drug trafficker seems to be back in action, three patrol boats round up tobacco smugglers and another unit tracks down human traffickers

01:00 1h

To Catch a Smuggler

S9 · E3 · Snitching on Mom

A shipment of meth is found in a train carriage

US Customs and Border Protection agents in El Paso finds a massive shipment of meth hidden in a train carriage and quickly move to stop the cartel from taking it back

02:00 30m

To Catch a Smuggler

S1 · E6 · Club Drugs and Party People

The team at Miami International Airport finds a package of ecstasy in the post

The team at Miami International Airport finds a package of ecstasy in the post, leading to a controlled delivery, a stakeout, and the arrest of the drug smugglers

02:30 25m

Primal Survivor

S3 · E4 · Operation Deep Freeze

Hazen Audel leads 200 reindeer to their spring habitat

One-off special in which Hazen Audel leads 200 reindeer to their spring habitat in the Arctic Circle

02:55 25m

Primal Survivor

S3 · E7 · Blistering Heights

One-off special. Hazen Audel leads a herd of yaks over the Himalayas

One-off special. Hazen Audel leads a herd of yaks over the foothills of the Himalayas to reach the ancient fortress city of Lomanthang

03:20 25m

Food Factory

S1 · E13 · In the Hot House

The growing of tomatoes

The growing of tomatoes, and a look at how breath mints are made

03:45 25m

Food Factory

S1 · E14 · The Best Bagels & Carrot Cake

A look at how certain foods are made in factories

A look at how some of our favourite foods are made in food factories including slow cooked bagels, organic vegan carrot cake and airplane food

04:10 25m

Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

S2 · E9 · The Golden Girl

A mandrill named Eebi undergoes a risky procedure

A mandrill named Eebi undergoes a risky procedure. Plus, a sly cheetah named Kesi proves she's nobody's fool

04:35 25m

Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

S2 · E10 · Unlucky Ducky

A star duck has a mysterious leg injury

A star duck has a mysterious leg injury. Meanwhile, Zucchini the beaver is overdue at the dentist and an unwell onager at the Wilds is in for an exam

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

S5 · E10 · Radio Silence

A mid-air collision over Brazil in 2006

Aviation experts examine the events surrounding a mid-air collision between a brand new business jet and a passenger plane over Brazil in September 2006

09:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S7 · E1 · Shattered in Seconds

How a China Airlines 747 broke up in mid-air in 2002

How a China Airlines 747 broke up in mid-air 20 minutes after taking off from Taipei Airport in 2002. Examination of the wreckage showed the cause was a single piece of the hull which had been patched up years previously, leading to cracks spreading across the body of the plane

10:00 1h

Engineering Europe: Forging Marvels

Sustainable Wonders

Highlights from the series

Highlights from the series, featuring structures redefining what it means to live in harmony with the environment, including Iceland's lava barriers, engineered to shield geothermal power plants, Stockholm's Wood City, Germany's groundbreaking surf park, and the UK's futuristic Eden Project

11:00 1h

Car S.O.S.

S12 · E3 · Citroën SM

Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a Citroën SM

Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a Citroën SM - widely considered one of the greatest French cars ever - after it suffered catastrophic engine failure on its first outing

Daytime

12:00 1h

Inside Airport Lost & Found

S1 · E5 · A Pricey Watch and Priceless Pearls

Airport employees find a bride's lost pearl necklace

Airport employees reunite travellers with a pair of ornate Shriners fezzes, a bride's pearl necklace and a $12,000 Jaeger watch

13:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S20 · E10 · Deadly Delivery

A cargo plane strikes a grove of trees and crashes a mile short of the runway

A cargo plane strikes a grove of trees and crashes a mile short of the runway. Investigators take an unusual approach to uncovering the cause

14:00 1h

Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West

S1 · E1 · The Trap

Part one of two. Nazi offensives on Western nations during the Second World War

Part one of two. Nazi offensives on Western nations during the Second World War. Nine months into the war, all-out attacks are made on Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the UK

15:00 1h

Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West

S1 · E2 · Last Battles

Part two of two. France under German occupation

Part two of two. France under German occupation. The government signs an armistice as half the country is taken over and plunged into chaos, while people try to escape

16:00 1h

Strangest Things

S3 · E9 · Mechanical Turk, Lindbergh Pump. Etruscan Mummy

A 200-year-old mechanical man that beat the world's best chess players

A 200-year-old mechanical man that beat the world's best chess players, a quest for immortality, and an Egyptian mummy wrapped in the words of a lost civilisation

17:00 1h

Lost Nukes of the Cold War: Drain the Oceans

S2 · E6 · Lost Nukes of the Cold War

Experts head beneath the waves to reveal shocking secrets of the Cold War

Experts head beneath the waves to reveal the shocking secrets and doomsday weapons of the Cold War - the world's first nuclear-armed confrontation. The findings tell the story of the US atomic experiments and the warships they destroyed, including a submarine and a mighty aircraft carrier

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

World War II: Secrets from Above

Nazi Collapse

Highlights from the series

Highlights from the series, including the colossal tank battle at Kursk and the race to decide Europe's future as the war drew to an end

19:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S16 · E5 · Terror Over Egypt

Investigators try to prove whether a plane crash was a terrorist attack

A terrorist group claims responsibility when a plane crashes 20 minutes after taking off in Egypt, but investigators are not convinced this is what really happened

20:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S8 · E8 · Beach Crash

The 2005 crash of Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101

The 2005 disaster when the right wing of Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 fell off seconds after take-off from Miami and the aircraft plunged into the ocean, leaving no survivors

21:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S9 · E1 · Cockpit Failure

The crash of Crossair Flight 3597 in 2001

The crash of the Berlin-to-Zurich Crossair Flight 3597 in November 2001. Minutes before landing, the pilots lost control of the aircraft, which eventually hit a hillside

22:00 1h

Mega Marine Machines

S1 · E3 · The Gate Keepers

The most critical link in America's industrial chain in winter

At the Soo Locks, the most critical link in America's industrial chain, winter closes fast. Crews battle ice, time and brutal conditions to guide the final iron ore freighters through the system, while tugs, divers and air-bubbler systems work nonstop to keep the channel open. The last ship must pass before shutdown

23:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S24 · E4 · Second Thoughts

A plane that fell out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport

The case of Luxair Flight 50, which fell out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport while making a rushed approach through heavy fog

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