Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Saturday, 16 May 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
Menno and Carolien manage an aggressive fare dodger
01:00
1h
Two minors risk their lives for illegal fishing
02:00
30m
Jay makes a big find under a pile of rubble in an 18th-century mill
02:30
25m
Sean investigates a wheelock possibly designed by Leonardo da Vinci
02:55
25m
An artefact from a famous Spanish shipwreck rescue
03:20
25m
Curly fries, red velvet cake and caramel marshmallow squares
03:45
25m
Fish fingers, sweet potato fries and cookie dough batter
04:10
25m
Two Asian small-clawed otters show off their x-ray training skills
04:35
25m
Three new baby pronghorns meet their adult roommates
05:00
30m
05:30
30m
Morning
06:00
30m
06:30
30m
07:00
1h
08:00
1h
A cargo plane test flight ends in disaster
09:00
1h
The crash of a late-night cargo flight on its final approach
10:00
1h
Tim and Fuzz work on a 1929 Rolls-Royce 'doctor's coupe'
11:00
1h
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend tackle a very rare Lamborghini
Daytime
12:00
1h
An oversized billboard falls in Mumbai
13:00
1h
The crash of a cargo plane in Amsterdam in 1992
14:00
1h
The students face their final test in a head-to-head fight
15:00
1h
The remaining students have one last chance to earn their wings
16:00
1h
A combined force of American and German soldiers must protect French prisoners of war
17:00
1h
A small group of American soldiers must capture a vital enemy fort
Tonight's Highlights
18:00
1h
Highlights from the series
19:00
1h
Compilation of highlights from the series
20:00
1h
Part one of two. Nazi offensives on Western nations during the Second World War
21:00
1h
Part two of two. France under German occupation
22:00
1h
The story of the revolutionary Messerschmitt ME 262
23:00
1h
Stanley Tucci discovers how adversity has shaped Naples and Campania