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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 channel’s Iconic Logo is a yellow rectangular portraitframe.


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 [edit]E

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? [edit]N

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


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 Nat Geo 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.