Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Thursday, 16 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
The Coastguard follow a smugglers' trail
01:00
1h
HSI agents find illegal guns in Miami
02:00
30m
Cans of fruit in a passenger's luggage contain a suspicious powder
02:30
25m
Hazen Audel must battle his way out of the notorious Darien Gap
02:55
25m
Hazen Audel visits a village with a history of cannibalism
03:20
25m
How sugar is produced
03:45
25m
The manufacture of crab sticks
04:10
25m
A cougar is brought in for a mysterious eye issue
04:35
25m
A herd of onagers are wrangled into the barn for their annual check-ups
05:00
30m
05:30
30m
Morning
06:00
30m
06:30
30m
07:00
1h
08:00
1h
An aircraft that failed to respond when contacted
09:00
1h
How pilots may have been distracted in a 1972 crash in Miami
10:00
1h
Analysis of the collision that collapsed the Scott Key Road Bridge
11:00
1h
Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw take on their first ever Honda
Daytime
12:00
1h
A bag is lost that contains much-needed medication
13:00
1h
A commuter turboprop slams into the side of a hill in New Zealand
14:00
1h
The Battle of Britain from a unique aerial perspective
15:00
1h
The story of the Battle of the Atlantic
16:00
1h
The story behind a crystal skull in the British Museum
17:00
1h
The recovery of ships used in the Gold Rush
Tonight's Highlights
18:00
1h
Highlights from the series
19:00
1h
Experts examine dashcam footage from a plane crash
20:00
1h
A Porsche 911 suffering from almost terminal rust
21:00
1h
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend restore a 1971 Lamborghini Espada
22:00
1h
Special episode exploring the rivalry between Ferrari and Maserati
23:00
1h
A cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines just moments after takeoff