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The '''National Geographic Channel''', also popularly nicknamedNatGeo, is an offshoot of ''National Geographic'' magazine and a network of its own on television. Its specials cover a wide variety of topics, as does the magazine from which the channel branched off. Some examples of its topics are geography, archaeology, natural science and technology, and even pop culture. Many of the channel's shows have strong focus on time periods, from events that happened thousands of years ago to explorations of the world in the present day.
The '''National Geographic Channel''', also popularly nicknamed "NatGeo", is an offshoot of ''National Geographic'' magazine and a network of its own on television. Its specials cover a wide variety of topics, as does the magazine from which the channel branched off. Some examples of its topics are geography, archaeology, natural science and technology, and even pop culture. Many of the channel's shows have strong focus on time periods, from events that happened thousands of years ago to explorations of the world in the present day.


The channel’s [[Iconic Logo]] is a yellow rectangular portraitframe.
The channel’s [[Iconic Logo]] is a yellow rectangular portrait frame.


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=== Shows on this Network: ===
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2012: The Final Prophecy
21st Century Shark
2210
9/11 and the American Dream
[edit]A

A Leader's Legacy
About Asia*
Adventure Wanted
Aftermath
Aftermath: Population Zero
Africa's Deadly Dozen
African Megaflyover
Against All Odds
Air Emergency
Alaskan Killer Shark
Alaska State Troopers
Alaska Wing Men
Alien Invasion
Amazing Moments 30 mins
America's Ports
American Doomsday
American Weed
Among The Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh
Ancient Computer
Ancient Secrets
Ancient Megastructures
Ancient X Files
And Man Created Dog
Andrea Gail
Animal Impact
Animal Extractors
Animal Fugitives
Animal Mega Moves
Animals Behaving Badly
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Around The World For Free
Asias Deadliest Snakes*
Asia's Titanic*
Attack In The Wild
Autobahn
[edit]B

Bandits Of Selous
Banged Up Abroad
Beaches
Beast Hunter (aka Beast Man)
Be the Creature
Beetle Battles: Kwang Bang
Beneath Easter Island
Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet
Beyond The Cosmos
Bible's Buried Secrets
Big, Bigger, Biggest
Bin Laden's Spy In America
Bioterror Alert
Birth of Jesus
Bite Me With Dr. Mike Leahy
Bizarre Science
Black Bear Unleashed
Blackbeard: Terror at Sea
Blinding Horizon
Blowdown
Bob Ballard Specials
Bomb Onboard
Body Snatchers of Bangkok
Border Wars (TV series)
Boxing Behind Bars
Brain Child
Breakout
Brilliant Beasts
Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie
Britain's Underworld
Breakout
Bruce Lee Lives!
Bruce Lee: The Legend
Built For Destruction
Built For The Kill
Burying King Tut
Butchering Beauty (AKA Trading Faces)
[edit]C

Cain and Abel: Brothers at War
Carrier
Cars
Catacombs Of Palermo
Catching a Crook
Catching Giants
Caught Barehanded
Caught In The Act
Caught on Safari: Battle at Kruger
Chasing Earthquakes
Cheetah: Against All Odds
Chef On The Road
China Circus
China's Ghost Army
China's Great Wall
China's Mystery Mummies
China Quake
Churcill's German Army
City Of Ants
Civil War
Clash Of The Continent
Classified: CIA Confidential
A Closer Shave
Cockroach Confidential
Colorado Cannibal
Conjoined at the Head
Convoy: War For The Atlantic
Cooking The World
Crash Science
Crime Scene Bangkok
Crimes Against Nature
Cross Of Katuma
Cruise Ship Diaries
Crystal Skull Legend
Churchill's German Army
CUE TONE
[edit]D

D-Day:Men And Machines
Danger Men
Dangerous Encounters
Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr
Dangerous Jobs (aka Cheating Death):
Death of The Universe
Death Traps
Deep Jungle
Deepest Dive
Deepsea Under The Pole
Delhi In Flames
Demolition Dynasty
Desert Seas
Diaries From Hell
Dino Death Trap
Disaster Earth
Divine Delinquents
Diving The Labyrinth
Don't Tell My Mother
Dogfight Over Guadalcanal
Dogfight Over MIG Alley
Dog Whisperer
[[Dog Town]]
Doomsday Preppers
Dragon Chronicles
Drain the Great Lake
Drain The Ocean
Driving Dreams
Drugs, Inc.
Dubai Mega Mall
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Earth 2007
Earth Hour
Earth Overhaul
Earth: The Biography
Earth Shocks
Ebola
Egypt Underworld
Empire War
End Day
Engineering Connections
Escape Factory
Expedition Antarctica
Expedition Great White
Expedition Wild
Exploding Las Vegas
Explorations
Extraordinary Dogs
Extraterrestrial
Explorer
Extreme Engineering
Extreme Expeditions
Extreme Ice
Extreme Powerboats
Extreme Speed
Every Singaporean Son*
Eye of the Leopard
[edit]F

Faking China
Finding Atlantis
Finding The Lost Da Vinci
Fishzilla: Snakehead Invasion
Flight of the Elephants
Florence Unlocked
Fight Masters
Fight Science
The Final Report
Finding Atlantis
Finding The Lost Da Vinci
Finding The Next Earth
Fish Warrior
Flushed
Food Lovers Guide to the Planet
Food School
Forbidden Tomb Of Genghis Khan
Forensic First
Freemasons On Trial
Frequently Asked Questions
[edit]G

Garbage Mountain
Garbage Moguls (2009)
General At War
Geologic Journey
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
Ghost Ship of the Great Lakes
Ghost Ship Resurrection
Golden Baboons
Gorilla Murder
Great Migrations
Ground War
Guardians Of Angkor
[edit]H

Hard Time
Hawaii: Rivers Of Fire
Health Secrets Behind Korean Cuisine
Helicopter Wars
Herod's Lost Tomb
Hijack El Al Flight 426
Hip Hop Nation
Hiroshima: The Next Day
Hiss of Death
History's Secrets
Hitler's G.I. Death Camp
Hitler's Lost Battle Ship
Hitler's Secret Bunkers
Hitler's Secret Weapon
Hong Kong's Big Bet
Hong Kong To The World
Hooked
How Big Can It Get
How Hard It Can Be?
How To Build A Beating Heart
How To Build A Volcano
How To Stop a Hurricane
Hubble's Final Frontier
Human Ape
Human Footprint
Hunt For The Abominable Snowman
Hunt for the Giant Squid
Hunter Hunted
Hyper Rescue Tokyo
[edit]I

I Came Away Alive
I Came Back From the Dead
I Didn't Know That
I Fell from the Sky
Impossible Bridges
Incredible Human Machine
Indy Motor Speedway
Insects From Hell
Inside 9/11
Inside SERIES
Inside Hurricane Katrina
Inside Nature's Giants
Inside the Mafia
Inside the Green Berets
In The Womb
Interpol Investigates
Into Iceland's Volcano
Into The Crystal Cave
Islands
Is It Real?
I Was Buried Alive
I Was Struck by Lightning
I Was Superhuman
iPredator
[edit]J

Jack Johnson: Kokua Concert
James Cameron
Japan's Hidden Secret
Japan's Secret Weapon
Japan Tsunami:How It Happened
Japanese Cowboy
Jean-Michel Cousteau-Ocean Ad
Jellyfish Invasion
Jeju, Island Of A Thousand Face
JFK: The Lost Bullet
Journey To Europa
Journey to the Edge of the Universe
[edit]K

Kick Fighters
Killing Hitler
King Tut's Curse (2 hours)
Knights of Mayhem
Known Universe
Korean Soul Food*
Koxinga
Kung Fu Killers
Kung Fu Monk
Kung Fu Quest
[edit]L

Laden's Spy In America
Last War Heroes
Light The Ocean
Lightning Reloaded
Lions Behaving Badly**
Liquid Bomb Plot
Live Like An Animal
Lockdown
Locked Up Abroad
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled
Long Way Down
Lost Continent of the Pacific
Lost in China
Lost World
Lucky Muckers
Last Man Standing: The Human Race
[edit]M

Mad Labs
The Mafia
Make ME Superhuman
Man Hunt
Maneater Manhunt
Man-Made
Man vs. Monster
Machines Of War
Malaysian Journey with Jason Scott Lee
Manta Mystery (aka Project Manta)
Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
Medieval Fightbook
Meet The Natives
Mega Factories
Mega Mosque
Megafish
Megaship
[[Mega Structures]]
[[Mega Structures]] Break Down
The Meadow
Mega:Mosque
The Memory Masters
Mengele's Twins
Monkey Thieves
Monster Crocs**
Monster Fish
Monster Moves
Monster Fish Of The Congo
More Amazing Moments
More Weddings And Another Funeral
Mother Warthog**
Mumbai Mega Flood
Mummy Road Show
Murder Dolls
Mystery 360
Mystery Files
Mysteries Of The Moose**
Mystery of the Neanderthals: On Assignment
My Brilliant Brain
My Dog Ate What?
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Naked Science
Naked Earth
Narrow Escapes of WWII
Nat Geo's Top 10 Photos
National Geographic: Frontline Diaries
National Geographic's Most Amazing Moments
National Geographic's Most Amazing Photos
National Geographic's Most Astonishing Moments
National Geographic's Most Astounding Moments
National Geographic's Most Dangerous Moments
National Geographic's Most Daring Moments
National Geographic's Most Extreme Moments
National Geographic's Most Outrageous Moments
National Geographic's Most Shocking Moments
National Geographic's Most Thrilling Moments
Nazi Death Squads
Nazi Scrapbooks From Hell
Need for Speed: Bikes
Need for Speed: Boats
Nefertiti's Odyssey
Night Shift
Nomads
Nordic Wild
[edit]O

One Ocean
Orca Killing School
Outbreak Investigation
[edit]P

Paranatural
Paranormal?
Party Like
Perfect Swarm
Perfect Weapon
Perilous Journeys
Phobia
Pirate Patrol
Planes
Planet Carnivore
Planet Mechanics
Plastiki
Pompeii Uncovered
Phyton Hunters
[edit]Q

Quest For The Megafish Of The Amazon
[edit]R

Rape Of Europa
Rebuilding Titanic
Redwoods: Anatomy Of A Giant
Reign Of Terror
Rescue Emergency
Restrepo
Return to Titanic
Reverse Exploration
Riddles of The Dead
Riddle of the Romanovs
Rivers And Life**
Roads
Rock Stars
Roman Homicide
Rebuilding The Titanic
[edit]S

Sailing The Treasure Ship
Salmon Wars
Salt Flat Speedway
Salvage Code Red
Samurai Bow
Samurai Spider
Saxon Gold
Savannah
Save the Titanic with Bob Ballard
Saved by the Lioness
Science of Brick
Science of Concrete
Science of Interrogation
Sea Patrol
Sea Strikers
Seahorses:Wanted Dead Or Alive
Search For The Amazon Headshrinkers
Search For The Bushmen
Search For The Cannibals of The South Pacific
Search For The Giant Octopus
Search For The First Dog: A Quest To Find Our Orig
Search for the Living Cannibals
Search for the Submarine I-52
Seconds From Disaster
Secret Bible
Secret Shark Pits
Secrets of The 10 Plagues
Secrets of the Cross
Secrets Of The First Emperor
Secrets Of The King Cobra
Secrets Of The Parthenon
Secrets of the Snow Ship
Secrets Of Taj Mahal
Secrets Of The Tang Treasure Ship
Secrets of The Viking Warriors
Seoul's Got Soul
Seoul: Unlocking The Grid
Sex and the Brain
The Scrap House
Shark Men
Showreal Asia*
Sinking of The Belgrano
Situation Critical
Six Degrees Could Change the World
Slammed: Inside Indie Wrestling
Sleeping Beauties
Somewhere In China
Space Crab
Space Mysteries
Speed Nation
Spider Deadly Love
Spine Chillers
Spirit Talk
Stalking Hitler's Generals
Stonehenge Decoded (1 hour)
Strictly Asian Ballroom
Sudden Death
Sumatra's Last Tiger
Sumo Kids
Supercarrier: USS Ronald Reagan
Supercell
Super Cyclone
Super Flu
Superfish
Superhuman
Super Port
Surviving the Super Twisters
Stalking Hitler's Generals
Storm Stories
Storm Worlds
Stuntmen of Bollywood
Swamp Troop
[edit]T

Taboo
Taiwan To The World*
Taiwan Wild*
Taming The Four Rivers
Templars: The Last Stand
Test Your Brain
That Shouldn't Fly
The Black Dragon
The Bombing Of Germany
The Butterfly Code
The Chinese Hajj
The Earth
The Egyptian Job
The Great Indian Witchhunt
The Great Serengeti
The Incredible Dr. Pol
The Indestructibles
The Kung Fu Dragons Of Wudang
The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden
The Lost City
The Megafalls Of Iguacu
The Pigeon Game
The Toilet Men
The Truth Behind
The Truth Behind Zombies
The Untold Truth About Supermokh
The Witch Doctor Will See You Now
Through Their Eyes
Typhoon Hunters
Tiger Man
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
Tokyo Shock Boys
Totally Wild
Trains
Trekking the Great Wall
Truth Files
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets
The Ancient Tea Road
The Bombing of Germany
The Border
The Butterfly Code
The Diving Women Of Jeju
The Egyptian Job
The Great Indian Witchhunt
The Human Weapon
The Living Edens
The Known Earth
The Known Universe
The Power Game-Chiang Kai-Shek And His Families
The Rise Of Black Wolf
The Secret Heart
The Untold Truth About Supermokh
The World's Oldest Child
Tiger Man
To Be Assigned
Tomb Raptor
Trapped
Trekking Malaysia With Jason Scott Lee
Trekking The Great Wall
Tsunami Line
Tuna Cowboys
Typhoon Hunters
Top 20 Asian Marvels
[edit]U

Ultimate Disaster
Ultimate Explorer
Ultimate Factories
[edit]V

Vatican
[edit]W

Warplanes
War Secrets
Warrior Bees
Warrior Graveyard
Warzone Gone Wild
What Would Happen If
When Continents Collide
When Rome Ruled (TV series)
Who Sank The Bismarck
Wicked Pirate City
Wild Case Files
Wild
Wild Russia
Wild Sex
Wild Russia (in co-production with [[S 4 C]] and ZDF)
Witness
Witness Disaster
Who Knew?
Who Sank The Bismarck?
Womb Of The World
Word Travels
World's Creepiest Killers
World's Deadliest Animals
World's Tallest Bridge
World's Toughest Fixes
World's Worst Weather
[edit]X

X-Ray Earth
[edit]Y

Year Of The Storm
* 62 Days At Sea
* A World Apart
Adventure Wanted
Around The World For Free
Art Of Walking
Banged Up Abroad
Bite Me With Dr. Mike Leahy
Bluelist Australia
Bondi Rescue
By Any Means
Calcutta Or Bust
Chasing Che: Latin America On A Motorcycle
City Chase
City Chase Marrakech
Cooking The World
Cruise Ship Diaries
Cycling Home From Siberia With Rob Lilwall
Danger Men
David Rocco's Dolce Vita
Deadliest Journeys
Departures
Delinquent Gourmet
Destination Extreme
Dive Detectives
Don't Tell My Mother
Earth Tripping
Eccentric UK
Endurance Traveller
Exploring The Vine
Extreme Tourist Afghanistan
Finding Genghis
First Ascent
Food Lovers Guide To The Plane
Food School
Geo Sessions
Going Bush
Gone to Save the Planet
Graham's World
Keeping Up With The Joneses (Pilot)
Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled
Long Way Down
Madagascar Maverick
Madventures
Making Tracks
Market Values
Meet The Amish
Meet The Natives
Miracle On Everest
Motorcycle Karma
Naked Lentil
Nomads
On Surfari
On The Camino De Santiago
One Man & His Campervan
Perilous Journeys
Pressure Cook
Race To The Bottom of The Earth
Racing Around The Clock
Racing To America
Reverse Exploration
Sahara Sprinters
Solo
Somewhere in China
Surfer's Journal
The Best Job In The World
The Frankincense Trail
The Green Way Up
The Music Nomad
The Ride
Travel Madness
Treks In A Wild World
Ultimate Traveller
Warrior Road Trip
Wedding Crasher: The Real Deal
Weird And Wonderful Hotels
Which Way To
Wild Ride
Word Travels
Word Of Mouth
Young Global Hotshots

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* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: One episode of ''Taboo'', in keeping with its theme of body modification, interviewed a woman who wore a corset because she wanted to retain her hourglass figure despite her age. The corset was even tightlaced to the point where her waist had a circumference of ''15 inches''.
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: One episode of ''Taboo'', in keeping with its theme of body modification, interviewed a woman who wore a corset because she wanted to retain her hourglass figure despite her age. The corset was even tightlaced to the point where her waist had a circumference of ''15 inches''.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: In excruciating detail, even when the show is dealing with speculative matter, such as on ''Storm Worlds''.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: In excruciating detail, even when the show is dealing with speculative matter, such as on ''Storm Worlds''.
* [[Speculative Documentary]]: Some of the shows that air on [[Nat Geo]] fit into this genre, such as episodes of ''Aftermath'' and ''Storm Worlds''.
* [[Speculative Documentary]]: Some of the shows that air on NatGeo fit into this genre, such as episodes of ''Aftermath'' and ''Storm Worlds''.
* [[Your Normal Is Our Taboo]]: Its series ''Taboo'' deals a lot with practices that are normal for certain cultures that Westerners would find shocking, obscene, odd or [[Title Drop|taboo]].
* [[Your Normal Is Our Taboo]]: Its series ''Taboo'' deals a lot with practices that are normal for certain cultures that Westerners would find shocking, obscene, odd or [[Title Drop|taboo]].


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Latest revision as of 23:52, 5 November 2018

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The National Geographic Channel, also popularly nicknamed "NatGeo", is an offshoot of National Geographic magazine and a network of its own on television. Its specials cover a wide variety of topics, as does the magazine from which the channel branched off. Some examples of its topics are geography, archaeology, natural science and technology, and even pop culture. Many of the channel's shows have strong focus on time periods, from events that happened thousands of years ago to explorations of the world in the present day.

The channel’s Iconic Logo is a yellow rectangular portrait frame.

National Geographic Channel provides examples of the following tropes:
  • Of Corsets Sexy: One episode of Taboo, in keeping with its theme of body modification, interviewed a woman who wore a corset because she wanted to retain her hourglass figure despite her age. The corset was even tightlaced to the point where her waist had a circumference of 15 inches.
  • Shown Their Work: In excruciating detail, even when the show is dealing with speculative matter, such as on Storm Worlds.
  • Speculative Documentary: Some of the shows that air on NatGeo fit into this genre, such as episodes of Aftermath and Storm Worlds.
  • Your Normal Is Our Taboo: Its series Taboo deals a lot with practices that are normal for certain cultures that Westerners would find shocking, obscene, odd or taboo.
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