Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Tuesday, 19 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
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend tackle a very rare Lamborghini
01:00
1h
Bales of hashish are hidden beneath the waves
02:00
30m
The team searches a disused paper factory
02:30
25m
Bidders vie for an 18th-century flintlock
02:55
25m
The team discovers a Second World War searchlight in Colorado
03:20
25m
Hamburger patties, ribbon candy and Mexican chocolate discs
03:45
25m
Root beer, mini chocolate cakes and tamari soy sauce
04:10
25m
Keepers form extraordinary bonds with the animals in their charge
04:35
25m
Unprecedented access to one of America's largest and most popular zoos
05:00
30m
05:30
30m
Morning
06:00
30m
06:30
30m
07:00
1h
08:00
1h
The most famous sunken vessels of the Second World War
09:00
1h
Three flights fall out of the sky when faced with extreme weather conditions
10:00
1h
The tragic stories behind ships sunk during the Second World War
11:00
1h
The mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of King Tutankhamun
Daytime
12:00
1h
Investigation into sudden structural disasters
13:00
1h
A routine flight from Heathrow to Belfast that ended in tragedy
14:00
1h
Investigators try to prove whether a plane crash was a terrorist attack
15:00
1h
The battle of Saipan
16:00
1h
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend tackle a very rare Lamborghini
17:00
1h
Two winter storms descend on North America
Tonight's Highlights
18:00
1h
How Canadian tanks closed off an escape route for German soldiers
19:00
1h
The pilots of a New Zealand turboprop pull off a wheels-up landing
20:00
1h
Stanley Tucci returns to explore more unique regions of Italy
21:00
1h
Archaeologist Pepi Papakosta goes in search of the conqueror's final resting place
22:00
1h
An elite team of archaeologists embark on an extraordinary excavation
23:00
1h
A mid-air explosion rocks Southwest Airlines 1380