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Barkskins premieres Thursday 13 August at 21:00 (CAT) on National Geographic (DStv 181, StarSat 220) with a double bill of episodes each week.

National Geographic and National Geographic Wild's Sharkfest 2020 kicks off this July, with its biggest lineup ever in a Four-Week Sharkfest Marathon.

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. This July, National Geographic continues its legacy of exploration by once again venturing to the top of Mount Everest with two bold original Specials. Kicking Off the Night of Exploration on 15 July at 19:20, Lost On Everest, Sets Out to Solve One of Mountaineering’s Most Enduring Mysteries with Renowned Climber Mark Synnott and National Geographic ...

Reveals of First Evidence that Mummification took place Underground. Premiering Friday 5 June at 20:00 CAT on National Geographic and airing globally in 142 countries and 43 languages, Kingdom Of The Mummies tracks Dr. Hussein’s team of archaeologists, along with Egyptologist Prof. Salima Ikram from American University in Cairo, mummy expert Dr. Stephen Buckley from University of York, digital archaeologist Dr. Matthias Lang from University of ...

At a time when people around our interconnected world need hope more than ever, National Geographic commemorates Earth Day with three global, emotionally evocative specials that inspire hope for our dynamic planet, love for its animal inhabitants and actions of stewardship for this generation and those to come. Beginning at 18:00 CAT, simulcast on National Geographic and National Geographic Wild, the two-hour documentary special Jane ...

Nature’s fiercest felines roar onto television screens this February, National Geographic Wild’s Big Cat Month dedicated to nature’s fiercest felines – big cats – is back, showcasing these creatures of magnificent strength, ferocity and beauty that are rapidly facing extinction. Now in its tenth year, Big Cat Month 2020 roars onto screens with premiere’s every Sunday in February at 18:00 CAT. Featuring surprising behaviors and ...

Third installment of the National Geographic’s Series, will feature the Queen of Soul. National Geographic, with Imagine Television Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios, announced the cast that will be joining previously announced Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin, in the next installment of the Emmy-winning global anthology series Genius: Aretha. Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Sanai Victoria will star ...

An insider’s view on the mystical Okavango premieres on National Geographic.  A view of one of the greatest river systems on the planet, produced by multi award-winning South African film makers Beverly and Dereck Joubert is coming to Nat Geo this September. The Okavango is a river that starts inland and ends inland. It is the only one in the world that goes from nowhere, ...

All of  us, have one thing in common… We Are On One Global Planet. National Geographic announced that Activate: The Global Citizen Movement, the six-part documentary series from Nat Geo and Procter & Gamble, co-produced by Global Citizen and Radical Media, will premiere 8 September at 20:00. Activate is a multiplatform storytelling partnership and six-part documentary series — bolstered by custom content distributed across National ...

Follow the Herd for a Gigantic content Line Up They are smart. They are family oriented. They remember forever. They have complex emotions and they look after each other. With World Elephant Day approaching on 12 August 2019, National Geographic Wild has lined up a jumbo content block dedicated to these iconic tusked giants. Not only are they the biggest of the big five, they ...

Adventures are served up in new Culinary Expedition Series on Nat Geo. Gordon Ramsay is taking food as far as it can go in National Geographic’s new series Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, premiering 7 August 2019 at 21:00 CAT. The multi-Michelin-star chef and Ironman athlete embarks on a new exhilarating adventure around the globe. From Peru, Laos and Morocco to Hawaii, Alaska and New Zealand, Ramsay ...

Nat Geo brings the World back one small step for man…  Apollo: Missions to the Moon; 1 July, 21:00 The Armstrong Tapes; 8 July, 21:00 Apollo: Back to the Moon; 15 and 22 July, 21:00. Mars: Inside SpaceX; 7 July, 13:00 Expedition Mars: Spirit and Opportunity; 14 July, 20:50 Explorer: Journey to Europa; 21 July, 19:05 Challenger Disaster: The Final Mission; 21 July, 20:50 Mission ...

Wall to wall sharks coming to National Geographic Wild this July Television’s fiercest sharks return with more teeth than ever, for the eighth annual Shark Fest this July. Packed with incredible stories from the world’s leading scientists along with wall-to-wall sharks, National Geographic Wild is your go-to channel for the most sharks per square centimetre of television. The answers to When Sharks Attack will be revealed on Saturdays, from 6 July ...

A wild, brain-building, visually stunning interactive exhibition unlocks child-like wonder. The Nat Geo Kids Weird But True! exhibition, brought to you by National Geographic, in partnership with Sci-Bono, will open at the Sci-Bono Discovery Science Centre in Johannesburg on 16 June 2019. For the first time on the African continent, this engaging and interactive exhibition will give young minds the opportunity to explore our amazing and very weird ...

Four-part series explores lost ruins using Guatemala’s Pacunam LiDar Data! In February 2018, Lost Treasure of the Maya Snake Kings rewrote history as National Geographic broke the new about the pioneering Pacunam LiDar survey of the Guatemalan jungle that revealed over 60,000 structures beneath thick jungle canopy for the first time to the world, including ancient pyramids, farms, highways and entire lost cities. This initiative ...

Nat Geo on DStv explores Earth’s most hostile Environments. National Geographic’s Hostile Planet is an unflinching look at the volatility of Mother Nature and the resilient animals that survive earth’s most extreme Habitats. This six-part nature docu-series, hails from Academy Award winner Guillermo Navarro, and the Emmy- and BAFTA- winning natural History Filmmakers of Planet Earth 2 and Plimsoll Productions. Hostile Planet is a ground-breaking ...

New Series on Internet Pioneers during Dot-Com Boom. Set During the 1990’s in Silicon Valley, this six-part limited series stars two-time Emmy award-winning actor Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn and Lamorne Morris, with show runner Matthew Carnahan and Executive Producer, Arianna Huffington. Creator Matthew Carnahan uses a disruptive approach to tell the true stories of these visionaries, blending doc-style interviews with real-life subjects into the scripted storylines. ...

Rarely seen behaviours come to the Small Screen in Big Cat February… Nat Geo Wild’s ninth annual big cat event packs in five new premieres over the month of February 2019, featuring surprising behaviours and inspiring stories of big cats around the world. Every year the channel shines a light on these majestic creatures to remind people of their struggle and their importance in our ...

3rd Season of Nat Geo’s Cosmos, returns with Possible Worlds. National Geographic has announced the Emmy-, and Peabody Award-winning Cosmos will return for its third season, beginning Sunday 3 March at 20:00. The program is airing as a global event on National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages which now includes South Africa. The 13-part series will once again be executive-produced, written and directed by ...

From Earthlings to Martians… Season 2 of National Geographic’s Mars portrays what life could really be like once we settle on the Red Planet. The acclaimed hybrid series, Executive Produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard returns, starting Sunday, 11 November 2018, with veteran show runner Dee Johnson, at the helm. Expert ‘Big Thinkers’, including Elon Musk, Bill Nye, Ellen Stofan, Naomi Klein and Stephen Petranek, ...

Nat Geo WILD’s SharkFest Takes the First Bite, We are going to need a bigger boat. Nat Geo WILD’s SharkFest is back with more teeth than ever! Get out of the water and into your living rooms because Nat Geo WILD’s sixth annual SharkFest gives viewers a whole week of fin-tastic good shark TV. We have got the latest insights from the top shark researchers, a comprehensive look at the many shark species ...

Nat Geo Wild’s Programming for World Ocean’s Day Plastic Pollution in the oceans is a global crisis, with more than 40% of plastics used once then tossed, seeing 9 million tons of plastic waste ending up in the ocean each year. The June issue of National Geographic magazine explains how the waste that ends up in the ocean is simply the tip of the iceberg, further ...

Build-Up to the Royal I Do’s with National Geographic. With parts of the world going into Wedding Fever leading up to the British Royal Wedding,  National Geographic will broadcast two Special TV Shows, to celebrate the marriage of Prince Henry and Meghan Markle.   Prince Harry’s Story: Four Royal Weddings. Sunday 13 May, 21:00 National Geographic, DSTV channel 181. Prince Harry’s Story: Four Royal Weddings charts Harry’s ...

The Year’s Most Celebrated Documentary, Jane, to Premiere on National Geographic in March. From Visionary Filmmaker Brett Morgen, with an original score by world-renowned composer Philip Glass, film features captivating, never-before-seen footage of conservation icon Jane Goodall’s Groundbreaking Chimpanzee Research, is coming to the Small Screen. Hailed by critics as breathtaking, mesmerising, and spectacular, as well as the best documentary of 2017, Jane will make its ...

National Geographic Premieres 2nd Season of Acclaimed Anthology Series. Starring Antonio Banderas and Alex Rich in the joint role of Pablo Picasso, this 10-Episode Series hails from Fox 21 Television Studios and Imagine Television and is executive produced by Academy Award Winners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, with a feature length Premiere on 22 April 2018. Clémence Poésy, Robert Sheehan, Poppy Delevingne and Aisling Franciosi feature alongside ...

Nat Geo gains exclusive access to the Sacred Structure in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre. With exclusive access to one of the most sacred sites in Christianity, the tomb of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, National Geographic follows a team of scientific experts as they race to repair the collapsing Edicule, the “little house,” enclosing the burial chamber of Jesus and threatening it with destruction. ...

Nat Geo premiers global mini-series Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist. National Geographic’s three-part global miniseries, Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist, offers an intimate account of the life and legacy of the iconic primatologist, 32 years after her violent murder. The series premieres on National Geographic 6 December 2017, 20h05, and will air globally in 171 countries and in 45 languages. Dian Fossey left ...

Uprising continues to push the boundaries of Wildlife Storytelling Last season, The Wall Street Journal called Savage Kingdom, “nature television as Shakespearean drama.” This season brings rebellion as the sins of the lion king are carried out by his sons.  Nat Geo WILD’s Savage Kingdom returns with Savage Kingdom: Uprising, a four-part global miniseries series event that tells an unvarnished tale of survival on the ...

National Geographic launches new mini-series based on Iraq War. Based on Martha Raddatz’s New York Times Best-Seller of the same name, the series relives a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad — a day that came to be known as “Black Sunday.” The series ...

The Wild in South Africa on the Small Screen in September. Nowhere else can you find heat and cold, desert and tropics, Africa and the Antarctic altogether in a single country: South Africa – as diverse as an entire continent! Coming in September to National Geographic, the wild South Africa will be showcased on Sundays, 15:00 on National Geographic, in a 3 part series.   ...