Friday, February 10th, 2023

Big Cat Weekend is back, and to celebrate its launch, Nat Geo Wild have a whole host of feline-friendly content for viewers to sink their teeth into, starting with THE LION PRIDE NEXT DOOR (Saturday 11th, 7pm). In Gir National Park, India, a first-time lioness mother adds to the strength of her pride with her newborn. Writing […]

Friday, February 10th, 2023

Deep beneath Rome’s streets can be found hundreds of miles of underground tunnels and vaults. Constructed by the Romans, this vast subterranean labyrinth contains a catacomb full of thousands of human skeletons, all featuring an unusual burial ritual. While the skeletons show no sign of physicaltrauma, and the cause of death remains unknown, there is […]

Friday, February 3rd, 2023

Ridley Scott’s stunning epic adventure KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (Saturday 4th, 9pm) stars Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Eva Green and Edward Norton. Living during the time of the Crusades of the 12th century, French village blacksmith Balian (Bloom) grieves over the sudden death of his wife and decides to join his long estranged father, Baron Godfrey […]

Friday, February 3rd, 2023

5,000 miles long and passing through 13 countries, the Silk Road has been described as the most famous trade route in history, and one that changed the course of civilisation. In THE SILK ROAD (Wednesday 18th, 7.05pm) Dr Sam Willis explores its fascinating story, beginning with Venice, a city shaped by trade, before travelling to […]

Friday, February 3rd, 2023

Welcome back to Pol Vetinary Services, home of the vet who works tirelessly to save the lives of people’s dearest pets. In his return to National Geographic, Dr. Pol is on a mission to ensure the lives of America’s furry friends are in safe hands, and their owners are cared for too. This series, the doctors are […]

Thursday, January 19th, 2023

Ridley Scott’s brilliant biographical crime drama AMERICAN GANGSTER (Saturday 21st, 9pm) follows the criminal career of Harlem kingpin Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) as he establishes his heroin smuggling operation into the United States, using American service planes returning from theVietnam War in the 1970s.What Lucas hadn’t counted on is that incorruptible detective Richie Roberts (Russell […]

Thursday, January 19th, 2023

On 1 March 1954, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb – 1,000 times bigger than the one dropped on Hiroshima and, due to a critical scientific error in calculation, nearly twice the size of what was anticipated – was detonated. In the aftermath of Operation Castle Bravo, most of the tiny Pacific atoll where the bomb exploded […]