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Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Tuesday, 20 October 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

  1. 00:00 1h

    Contraband Capture

    S1 · E9 · Maybachs And Meds
    CBP officers track suspected smuggling operations on land and sea
    CBP officers track suspected smuggling operations on land and sea, from a stolen luxury vehicle to suspicious vessels and modified cars
  2. 01:00 1h

    Strangest Things

    S3 · E6 · Revenant Skeleton, Spy Cam, Shakespearean Mangle
    The discovery of an ancient skeleton in Poland
    An ancient skeleton found in Poland with a blade across its stomach, a stone on its neck and a strange green colour in its mouth? Plus, a beautiful golden capsule the size of a large beach ball that supposedly helped prevent Armageddon, and a bulky wooden device that could prove that Shakespeare didn't really write his masterworks
  3. 02:00 30m

    Abandoned

    S1 · E6 · Vermont Marble Factory
    A marble-making factory is searched
    A factory where marble was made for the US Supreme Court is searched. Plus, the gang finds intriguing White House blueprints in an old bomb shelter
  4. 02:30 25m

    Made in a Day

    S1 · E1 · Electric Cars
    Documentary exploring cutting-edge manufacturing in an inter-connected world
    Documentary exploring cutting-edge manufacturing in an inter-connected world, beginning with the creation of electric cars at Tesla's factory in Freemont, California
  5. 02:55 25m

    Made in a Day

    S1 · E2 · Electric Guitars
    How Gibson Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee, make their iconic instruments
    How Gibson Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee, make their iconic instruments, a process that combines advanced machinery, hand crafting skills, and global logistics
  6. 03:20 25m

    Food Factory

    S1 · E5 · Canadian Whiskey/Brioche/Vegetable Soup
    The production of Canadian whiskey, brioche and vegetable soup
    A look at how certain foods are made in factories, including Canadian whiskey, brioche and vegetable soup
  7. 03:45 25m

    Food Factory

    S1 · E6 · Spanakopita/Ginger Snaps/Tartufo/Apple Juice
    The making of ginger snaps and apple juice
    A look at how certain foods are made in factories, including spanakopita, ginger snaps, tartufo and apple juice
  8. 04:10 25m

    Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

    S1 · E4 · Giraffe Goals
    The staff at Columbus Zoo await the first baby giraffe to be born in over 20 years
    Everyone at Columbus Zoo is waiting for the first baby giraffe to be born in over 20 years. Zookeepers struggle to round up penguins for their annual check-up
  9. 04:35 25m

    Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

    S1 · E5 · Downward Facing Elephant
    At Columbus Zoo, a massive team is tasked to wrangle an alligator on the loose
    At Columbus Zoo, a massive team is tasked to wrangle an alligator on the loose. An African painted dog overheats during medical treatment, and an elephant performs some yoga moves
  10. 05:00 30m

    Teleshopping

  11. 05:30 30m

    Teleshopping

Morning

  1. 06:00 30m

    Teleshopping

  2. 06:30 30m

    Teleshopping

  3. 07:00 1h

    Cruise TV with LoveitBookit

    Teleshopping feature bringing you the hottest destinations and latest deals to ensure your next cruise is your greatest one
  4. 08:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S20 · E7 · Mission Disaster
    US Air Force pilots try to land a plane after losing two engines
    After losing two engines near enemy territory, US Air Force pilots abort their refuelling mission and attempt to land their damaged plane
  5. 09:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S20 · E8 · Caught in a Jam
    A commuter turboprop slams into the side of a hill in New Zealand
    A commuter turboprop slams into the side of a hill in New Zealand, and the search for answers inevitably leads to the cockpit
  6. 10:00 1h

    Destruction Decoded

    S2 · E7 · Collisions
    The causes and unforeseen outcomes of 10 collisions
    The causes and unforeseen outcomes of 10 collisions between trains, ships and aircraft
  7. 11:00 1h

    Car S.O.S.

    S5 · E2 · Jaguar Mk 2
    Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a Jaguar Mk2
    Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a Jaguar Mk2 that has been in its owner's family for 40 years, but which he has been unable to work on following an operation. Now, after sitting neglected in a garage for nearly two decades, the duo battle to start the Jag's engine and Tim has to get his hands dirty making parts

Daytime

  1. 12:00 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
  2. 13:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S8 · E1 · Manchester Runway Disaster
    The 1985 Manchester runway disaster
    The 1985 Manchester runway disaster, in which an aircraft's engine failed, causing the deaths of 55 people
  3. 14:00 1h

    Hitler's Last Stand

    S3 · E6 · Savage Spring
    A French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city
    Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war
  4. 15:00 1h

    The City Under the Sea: Drain the Oceans

    S1 · E3 · Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean
    Ruins of ancient civilisations in the Mediterranean
    Ruins of ancient civilisations in the Mediterranean, examining relics of the Minoans, the Greeks, the Carthaginians and the Romans to determine how these societies collapsed
  5. 16:00 1h

    Lost Treasures of Egypt

    S5 · E9 · Ramses: Master of War
    How warrior pharaoh Ramses the Great earned his legendary status
    Archaeologists hunt for clues to explain how warrior pharaoh Ramses the Great earned his legendary status
  6. 17:00 1h

    Ice Road Rescue

    S11 · E2 · Jackknife Jeopardy
    Recovery teams deal with multiple truck accidents
    In Norway, recovery teams face mounting pressure as multiple truck accidents, difficult conditions and high-risk rescues test their skills

Tonight's Highlights

  1. 18:00 1h

    Seconds from Disaster

    S2 · E2 · Alpine Tsunami
    An Alpine avalanche in 1999
    An investigation into an Alpine avalanche in 1999, which resulted in the village of Galtur in the Paznaun valley being buried under 170,000 tonnes of snow, despite the fact the popular ski resort had previously been designated a 'safe zone'
  2. 19:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S23 · E6 · Fight For Survival
    Pilots try to land a plane with flames emerging through the cockpit floor
    With flames emerging through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airline 458 somehow manage to land safely - but the inferno doesn't stop there
  3. 20:00 1h

    World War II: The Apocalypse

    S1 · E5 · Allies Strike Back
    Footage of D-Day in Normandy
    Rare footage of the most significant events of the Second World War, including the landings on the island of Saipan and D-Day in Normandy
  4. 21:00 1h

    Hitler's Last Stand

    S6 · E6 · Summit Under Siege
    An isolated American battalion makes a desperate stand
    An isolated American battalion makes a desperate stand on Battle Mountain as relentless German attacks threaten to overwhelm their position
  5. 22:00 1h

    Erased: WWII Heroes of Colour

    S1 · E4 · Battle of the Bulge
    The untold story of the Black Panthers, an elite African American tank battalion
    The untold story of the Black Panthers, an elite African American tank battalion, who fought in the bloodiest American battle of the Second World War
  6. 23:00 1h

    Air Crash Investigation

    S11 · E5 · Crash in the Jungle
    The crash of TANS Peru Flight 204
    The complicated investigation into the crash of TANS Peru Flight 204 on the approach to Pucallpa airport in August 2005. Key evidence was looted from the wreckage

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