Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Monday, 18 May 2026. 27 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
30m
The reporter follows a meth superhighway from Sinaloa to the US
00:30
30m
Women starting to gain power in cocaine trafficking networks
01:00
1h
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend tackle a very rare Lamborghini
02:00
1h
Tim and Fuzz try to restore a tatty Mk.1 Toyota MR2
03:00
1h
The construction of a Learjet 60XR plane in Kansas
04:00
1h
The creation of a new type of tyre in France
05:00
30m
05:30
30m
Morning
06:00
30m
06:30
30m
07:00
1h
08:00
1h
Event-based series charting the stealth game of subsea warfare
09:00
1h
How two planes can end up on the same runway
10:00
1h
Searching for the remains of a legendary ancient city in the Nile delta
11:00
1h
How Tutankhamun transformed the worship of the gods
Daytime
12:00
1h
In 1940, 400,000 Allied troops find themselves surrounded by Hitler's army at Dunkirk
13:00
1h
Arguably the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history
14:00
1h
Experts examine dashcam footage from a plane crash
15:00
1h
How engineers learn from past disasters
16:00
1h
A reconstruction of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
17:00
1h
Gate crew attempts to locate a passenger travelling with a deadly weapon
Tonight's Highlights
18:00
1h
The story of US Paratroopers who were dropped into France before D-Day
19:00
1h
A Boeing 737 crashes just moments after lifting off
20:00
1h
Investigation into sudden structural disasters
21:00
1h
A plane that crashed into an apartment complex in the Netherlands
22:00
1h
The hunt for America's most wanted fugitive
23:00
1h
Why a Boeing 737 Max 8 plunged into the Java Sea