National Geographic Channel TV Guide — Today's TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full National Geographic Channel TV guide for today. 21 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. US 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

To Catch a Smuggler

S4 · E65 · Spiced and Loaded Documentary ▶ Now

Spiced and Loaded

Homeland Security Investigations follows a vehicle that is transporting methamphetamine; U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes looted Ukrainian relics.

01:00 1h

To Catch a Smuggler

S4 · E64 · Blitzed at the Border Documentary

Blitzed at the Border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection in McAllen, Texas, faces a possible bomb; Homeland Security Investigations arrests fentanyl traffickers.

02:00 1h

Coastguard Dutch Caribbean

S2 · E6 · Routine Surprise Check Documentary

Routine Surprise Check

A Navy vessel opens fire on a drug boat that won't stop.

03:00 1h

Coastguard Dutch Caribbean

S2 · E6 · Dubious Cargo Documentary

Dubious Cargo

A Metal Shark crew is involved in the rescue of undocumented migrants.

04:00 1h

Coastguard Dutch Caribbean

S2 · E5 · The Mysterious Drowning Man Documentary

The Mysterious Drowning Man

The helicopter crew attempts a rescue of a mysterious man at sea.

05:00 1h

Coastguard Dutch Caribbean

S2 · E4 · Cocaine Up In Flames Documentary

Cocaine Up In Flames

The interception of a drug boat by a Navy helicopter leads to a dangerous situation.

Morning

06:00 1h

Coastguard Dutch Caribbean

S2 · E2 · No Laughing Matter Documentary

No Laughing Matter

The Metal Shark crew investigates a tip about the possible dealing of laughing gas on a party boat; an abandoned dinghy with possible human remains is located.

10:00 1h

Strangest Things

S3 · E1 · Tutankhamun's Mask?, Terror Balloon, Witch Bottle Documentary

Tutankhamun's Mask?, Terror Balloon, Witch Bottle

Is King Tut's mask his? Was America balloon-bombed? Is a clay bottle magic?

11:00 1h

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

S1 · E6 · Ireland: Possessed by the Devil Documentary

Ireland: Possessed by the Devil

Featuring a terrifying tale of demonic possession in a witch trial in Ireland.

Daytime

12:00 1h

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

S1 · E4 · Sweden: The Legend of Blakulla Documentary

Sweden: The Legend of Blakulla

Swedish children tell stories of a legendary island, known as Blakulla or Blue Hill, where witches travel to celebrate their witches' sabbath with the devil.

13:00 1h

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

S1 · E3 · England: The Witchfinders' Cruel Crusade Documentary

England: The Witchfinders' Cruel Crusade

Witch hunters torture alleged witches during the English Civil War of the 1640s and the Puritan era of the 1650s and this was a period of intense witch hunts.

14:00 1h

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

S1 · E2 · Scotland: The King and the Witches Documentary

Scotland: The King and the Witches

In early modern Scotland, judicial proceedings concerned with the crimes of witchcraft took place as part of a series of witch trials in early modern Europe.

15:00 1h

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

S1 · E1 · Germany: The Witch Hunts Begin Documentary

Germany: The Witch Hunts Begin

The trials of Trier took place in present day Germany between 1581 & 1593 and were the largest documented witch trial in history in view of the executions.

16:00 1h

Witches: Truth Behind the Trials

S1 · E5 · America: Salem's Hunts and Hysteria Documentary

America: Salem's Hunts and Hysteria

The witch trials in colonial-era Salem, Mass., were the most famous series of hearings and prosecutions of them all, in which 20 people were executed.

17:00 1h

Mysteries of Ancient Medicine

S1 · E9 · Relitto del Pozzino, Ancient Opium, Liang Tebo Documentary

Relitto del Pozzino, Ancient Opium, Liang Tebo

Off the coast of Italy, a Roman shipwreck preserves the oldest known medical tablets ever studied. In the Levant, poppy-shaped vessels reveal use of opium.

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Mysteries of Ancient Medicine

S1 · E8 · Barber Surgeons, Astrologist-Physicians, Ancient Indian Medicine Documentary

Barber Surgeons, Astrologist-Physicians, Ancient Indian Medicine

Across continents and centuries, healers find bold solutions. Medieval barber-surgeons perform bloodletting and surgery, Elizabethan physicians read the stars.

19:00 1h

Mysteries of Ancient Medicine

S1 · E7 · Abracadabra, Longmen Recipes, Belemnites Documentary

Abracadabra, Longmen Recipes, Belemnites

Go inside a world where healing blends belief and ritual. A Roman incantation promises protection from malaria, hundreds of unusual remedies are carved.

20:00 1h

Mysteries of Ancient Medicine

S1 · E6 · Queen Anne's Revenge, Tribal Trepanation, Thunderbolt Documentary

Queen Anne's Revenge, Tribal Trepanation, Thunderbolt

Grim medical tools recovered from the pirate ship Queen Anne's Revenge expose the harsh realities of medicine at sea. In Peru, ancient skulls.

21:00 1h

Mysteries of Ancient Medicine

S1 · E5 · James Cook's Cup, Roman Army Hospital, Bamboo Scrolls Documentary

James Cook's Cup, Roman Army Hospital, Bamboo Scrolls

From a toxic cup used aboard Capt. James Cook's ship to the organized care inside Roman army hospitals, ancient medicine balanced danger with innovation.

22:00 59m

Mysteries of Ancient Medicine

S1 · E10 · The King's Evil, The Leper Skull, Ancient Cancer Treatment Documentary

The King's Evil, The Leper Skull, Ancient Cancer Treatment

Royal cures, ancient disease and early surgery reveal medicine's darkest hopes.

22:59 1h 1m

Strangest Things

Turin Shroud, Rocket Belt, Scythian Cups Science

Turin Shroud, Rocket Belt, Scythian Cups

Is the Shroud of Turin real? Are jet packs fake? Why do ancient cups have holes?

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