Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for Wednesday, 2 September 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
A potentially catastrophic fire needs putting out
01:00
1h
The Sarvelas attempt to save their garage from the unrelenting ocean below
02:00
30m
An old paper mill poses problems for the crew
02:30
25m
Criminal networks behind the illegal destruction of the rainforest
02:55
25m
Investigating the illegal seafood trade
03:20
25m
A look how certain foods are made in factories
03:45
25m
How maple syrup and polenta crisps are made
04:10
25m
Unprecedented access to one of America's largest and most popular zoos
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
An aeroplane that slammed into a hillside in Canada
09:00
1h
The missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
10:00
1h
A crew sails a Viking ship across the North Atlantic using ancient methods
11:00
1h
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend work on a 1972 Renault Alpine A110
Daytime
12:00
1h
Gemma has one hour to unload 20 tonnes of flowers
13:00
1h
A cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines just moments after takeoff
14:00
1h
An amphibious assault on the last Nazi stronghold guarding the port at Antwerp
15:00
1h
How Boeing dared to design the largest passenger aircraft of its time
16:00
1h
How robbers looted the pyramids and tombs of ancient Egypt
17:00
1h
Raido rescues a school bus
Tonight's Highlights
18:00
1h
Japanese tactics in the Pacific
19:00
1h
A brand new aircraft crashes into a mangrove swamp in Cameroon
20:00
1h
The legacy of Alexander the Great
21:00
1h
The first newly discovered burial place since Tutankhamun
22:00
1h
The horrors of pirate medicine at sea
23:00
1h
An aircraft that failed to respond when contacted