National Geographic Channel TV Guide — Saturday, 18 July 2026

Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Saturday, 18 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 · E6 · Thrown Overboard

Drug traffickers throw their cargo into the water

Drug traffickers throw their cargo into the water, the Special Unit for Subaquatic Activities must quickly change course, and an illegal fishing boat takes cover

01:00 1h

To Catch a Smuggler

S9 · E4 · Bud Bound For Britain

CBP agents in Newark stops a passenger with suitcases of marijuana

CBP agents in Newark stops a passenger with suitcases of marijuana. In El Paso, sisters are caught with undeclared cash and tied to recruiting human smugglers

02:00 30m

To Catch a Smuggler

S1 · E7 · Cocaine Sausages

A suspicious passenger arrives into LAX with a story that does not add up

A suspicious passenger arrives into LAX from Nigeria with a story that does not add up, and the MIA team unearth a massive shipment of a mysterious green powder

02:30 25m

Primal Survivor

S3 · E8 · Hazen vs the Volcano

One-off special. Hazen Audel climbs an active volcano

One-off special. Hazen Audel climbs a 7,000-foot volcano in Tanzania to make an offering to a Maasai god, using only the tribe's traditional methods

02:55 25m

Primal Survivor

S3 · E5 · Storming the Sahara

One-off special. Hazen Audel explores the Sahara

One-off special. Hazen Audel explores the Sahara, enduring exposure and exhaustion, and braving scorpions and snakes

03:20 25m

Food Factory

S1 · E15 · The Famous Cashews

The production of rainbow trout

A look at how some popular foods are manufactured in food factories, including rainbow trout, roasted cashews, sliced apples and peameal bacon

03:45 25m

Food Factory

S1 · E16 · The Original Granola Bar

Granola bars, BBQ veggie medleys, blue cheese and rice cakes

A look at how some of our favourite foods are made in food factories including chewy granola bars, BBQ veggie medleys, blue cheese and rice cakes

04:10 25m

Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose

S1 · E1 · Furious George

Monkey the anxious bush baby has been harming his tail

Monkey the anxious bush baby has been harming his tail. Will Dr K have to amputate?

04:35 25m

Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose

S1 · E2 · Oder in the Court

A baby skunk has a bloated belly, and a rabbit has severe swelling in his jaw

A baby skunk has a bloated belly, and a rabbit has severe swelling in his jaw which could kill him if left untreated

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

S20 · E1 · North Sea Nightmare

A turboprop nearly crashes after being struck by lightning

A turboprop nearly crashes after being struck by lightning, temporarily blinding the crew and disabling their controls. Investigators uncover an unusual design flaw

09:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S20 · E3 · Tragic Takeoffs

An early-morning flight from Lexington, Kentucky, ends in disaster

An early-morning flight from Lexington, Kentucky, ends in disaster when a twin-engine jet careens off the tarmac

10:00 1h

Inside Melbourne Airport

S1 · E3 · Trouble Shooters

A tarmac collision disrupts passengers

A tarmac collision disrupts passengers. Border Force find contraband and a mysterious plane lands unannounced

11:00 1h

Inside Melbourne Airport

S1 · E4 · Customer Service

Duty Manager Dan deals with a check-in outage at the start of the school holidays

Duty Manager Dan must deal with a check-in outage at the start of the busy school holidays. Airside Safety responds to a life-or-death medical emergency

Daytime

12:00 1h

Disaster Autopsy

S2 · E3 · Point of Failure

Analysis of the collision that collapsed the Scott Key Road Bridge

Analysis of the collision of a cargo vessel that collapsed the Scott Key Road Bridge with six fatalities, the crash of Polish airlines LOT flight 007 that killed everyone on board, and the chemical leak at the Bhopal pesticide factory that left half a million victims - the worst industrial accident in history

13:00 1h

Europe from Above

S6 · E5 · Polish Riviera

Aerial footage of the Polish Riviera

Aerial footage of the Polish Riviera, including a Baltic Christmas market in Gdansk, a reality-changing light show in the city of Torun, and the remarkable Hel sandbar peninsula

14:00 1h

Europe from Above

S6 · E4 · Balkans

An aerial tour of the Balkans

An aerial tour of the Balkans, taking in mountainous terrain, an ancient gathering of giant monsters, a jaw-dropping winter migration and the white horses of Lipica

15:00 1h

Construction Fails

S3 · E1 · Sinkhole City

A highway bridge collapse sparks a probe into hidden structural flaws

A highway bridge collapse sparks a probe into hidden structural flaws from sinking roads to a leaning skyscraper.

16:00 1h

Construction Fails

S3 · E2 · Trouble in Thailand

Shocking engineering failures

Brace for disaster as highways fall, bridges collapse and buildings crumble in a global tour of shocking engineering failures

17:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S10 · E12 · Zero Visibility

The 2001 Linate airport disaster in Milan

The errors that caused the deaths of 118 people in the 2001 Linate airport disaster in Milan, when a pilot was forced to rely on ground controllers for take-off

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Air Crash Investigation

S25 · E1 · Deadly Charter

A private jet must land in heavy snow and a tight curfew

Facing heavy snow and a tight curfew, the pilots of a chartered private jet are determined to land at Aspen's notoriously tricky single-runway airport

19:00 1h

Seconds from Disaster

S6 · E9 · Sinking the Coventry

The sinking of the HMS Coventry during the Falklands War

The story behind the sinking of the HMS Coventry during the Falklands War, when on May 25, 1982, Argentinian jets attacked the vessel causing it to capsize within 20 minutes

20:00 1h

Car S.O.S.

S10 · E3 · Opel Manta GTE

A 1984 Opel Manta GTE owned by a former amateur rally driver

Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend head to Rochdale to rescue an Opel Manta GTE. The car belongs to former amateur rally driver Alan, who loved his Manta so much he couldn't bear to part with it, even when it went off the road. With Alan becoming a bit of a recluse after developing health problems and losing his wife to cancer, his family and friends hope that the Car S.O.S treatment will be just the thing to bring Alan back out of his shell

21:00 1h

Car S.O.S.

S3 · E5 · Skyline Sensation

Restoring a 1995 Nissan Skyline GTR

Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw help Kim, a dyed-in-the-wool petrolhead, who faced extreme difficulties while restoring her dream car - a 1995 Nissan Skyline GTR

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

Engineering Europe

S1 · E4 · Nordics

The engineering wonders of Europe's northernmost region

The engineering wonders of Europe's northernmost region, from Iceland's epic lava-defying barriers to Sweden's incredible flying ferry

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Tonight's Highlights

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