TV Schedule
May 16 to May 28
Video On Demand
NGC On Demand showcases the best of the National Geographic Channel - all at the touch of a button. Please note that NGC's On Demand services and programming are not available in all areas.
Naked Earth: Dino Meteor
Available on VOD until May 21
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "EARTHSHOCKS" Dinosaur Meteor! Many people know that the dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the Earth by a giant meteorite impactDINOSAUR METEOR reveals the startling discovery that it was a meteorite impact that created them as well. Our journey takes us deep into the bowels of the earth in snowy Sudbury, Canada to the summit of one of the world's most active volcanoes in Hawaii, and deep into a mysterious lake in upstate New York. We follow scientists working to understand the most devastating extinction event the Earth ever experienced, 'The Great Dying', which wiped out 90% of life in the seas and 80% on land, setting the evolutionary stage for the dinosaurs. As we uncover the clues a dramatic and devastating chain of events begins to unfold. If such a giant meteorite hit Earth today, could we too go the way of the dinosaurs?
Roman Tech
Available on VOD until May 21
After the first nuclear tests on the Bikini Atoll, designer Louis Reard created a "new" sensation known as "the bikini," but the Romans came up with the same idea 2,000 years earlier. Ancient Romans created some of the world's most sophisticated architecture. They also luxuriated in heated baths and used flush toilets. Concrete, window glass, plywood, and sports arenas are not products of "modern" technology, they were first created by the Romans.
Mexico
Available on VOD until May 21
Lucy Baker and Scott Campbell were living their dream. Working little and playing hard in Ibiza for the summer season, neither wanted the party to end so when the party moved on, so did they but it wasn't long before they were heading for broke. Out of luck and out of money, the offer of the holiday of a lifetime and a healthy reward at the end seemed just too good to be true All they had to do was bring back a little cannabis into Amsterdam, where was the risk in that?
I Fell from the Sky
Available on VOD until May 28
A skydiver hits the ground at 30 mph, a flight attendant plunges to earth from 30,000 feet and a paraglider is sucked into the eye of a storm. Astonishingly, they all survived. Can science explain why?
China's Secret Mummies
Available on VOD until May 28
Four bodies, a scattering of clues, a mystery whose solution could force us to rewrite history. National Geographic opens an ancient case of missing persons, trying to determine the origins of a group of enigmatic mummies found in western China. What they find out may change what we know about the world. The four individuals were part of a vanished world that existed in western China between 2600 and 4000 years ago -- long before Marco Polo or the Silk Road. Yet these long-buried corpses look like Europeans and were found with tools that didnt exist yet in that part of the world. Who were they? Where did they come from? And how might they have affected the spread of culture and technology in prehistoric times? Spencer Wells - a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence -- picks up the ongoing research on the mummies found in Chinas Tarim Basin. Only now, thanks to the latest advanced DNA technology and the exclusive Genographic database, new answers are starting to come in... and along the way a better understanding of the history that bound East and West.
The Missing Years of Jesus
Available on VOD until May 28
Scholars re-examine New Testament stories and connect them with new archeological discoveries to gain clues to Jesus' formative years from 12 to 30.
Brady, Bandit, and Hootie
Available on VOD until May 28
Brady, a yellow lab, refuses to get out of the pool; Bandit, a Chihuahua is dangerously possessive and aggressive; Hootie, an Australian shepherd show dog, is so afraid of children his prize-winning career is on the line.
