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New Programmes


64 New Programmes.

Our new programming for Autumn 2009 features a wonderful range of titles that have recently delivered or are about to deliver over the next few weeks. Programmes cover all key factual genres and have been produced by National Geographic Television or by one of the leading independent producers with which NGTI now works. 

Further information on individual programmes and their availability can be obtained from your usual sales representative or by emailing info@natgeotv-int.com.

Albino United 

 
Over the last year, more than 40 albinos have been murdered in Tanzania, some as young as six months old. Many more have been attacked with machetes and their limbs cut off while alive. Their body parts are used by witchdoctors in potions and remedies. They are believed to bring wealth and success in business. The extremes of wealth and poverty in Tanzania have created a desperation and search for..

Archive of Lost Dreams 

1 X 52 mins 
Closed up in 1988 when he died, the archive of Italy’s racing car genius Enzo Ferrari has been reopened by his son – with the most unexpected consequences.Here are the forgotten blueprints for every old Ferrari, the shapes of childhood dreams. But for Piero Ferrari these are real cars he grew up with and then worked on seven days a week for his ‘tough… bit crazy’ fat..

Behind the Photo - Lava Hunter 

1 x 52 mins 
A scientist, frying in 300-degree heat, scampers away from a 200-foot high wall of molten rock on the top of Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii.  Thirty feet away, a National Geographic photographer captures the moment – the wall of lava dwarfing the scientist.  Click.  An unforgettable National Geographic Magazine cover is born.  Fast-forward 34 years.  And the scientist and pho..

Catching Cancer 

1 X 52 mins 
It’s been called one of the most significant cancer clusters in the world. Sixteen women in one workplace in Australia have developed breast cancer. Most are young; none have a family history of the disease. Experts declared the chances of this being a statistical fluke were “one in a million”. But despite an intense investigation no cause was found. Now a team of scientists will..

Chimps in Captivity 

1 x 52 mins 
Chimpanzees. They’re our closest genetic relatives, with DNA over 98 per cent the same as ours. We’ve asked them to test our vaccines, check the safety of our space flights and even help us make fun of ourselves. Chimpanzees can learn from those around them in ways many other animals can’t - and when they’re captive they become even more human-like, sometimes with tragic re..

Cows, Guns & Rustling: Africa's Wild West 

1 x 52 mins 
We've dared to enter where no camera has ever gone before - to show the dangerous world of Kenya's high stake cattle rustling.Northern Kenya is Africa's ‘Wild West', a remote frontier saturated with weapons from many wars and a bad land - filled with tribal cattle rustlers. This area is so dangerous even the army stays away. Thousands of people die raiding every year.In the c..

Dam Beavers 

1 x 52 
We join two beaver families in Wyoming as they work to build up and maintain their dams. They must complete their construction in one summer before the winter freeze cuts off their food supply. As cohesive family units, they’ll withstand the challenges of predators, competition and nature itself. But in doing so, they will radically restructure the world of every species they come into conta..

Dangerous Encounters 4 

6 X 52 mins 
During his many adventures for National Geographic, herpetologist Dr. Brady Barr has come face to face with some of the largest and most dangerous predators in the world. This season, Brady serves up another helping of dangerous encounters with some of the scariest, most unusual and plain weirdest creatures on the planet.EPISODES:1. Croc Crisis Brady races to the rescue of Nile crocodiles in South..

Dogtown 4 

10 x 52 mins 
The popular series returns with new stories from the Best Friends Animal Santuary.1. CHANCE FOR CHANGE: Trainer Ann Allums takes on Stasch, an out-of-control lab-mix puppy that weighs 90 pounds and is still growing. 2. CLOSE CALLS: Behaviour consultant Sherry Woodard heads to El Paso, Texas to help a local no-kill shelter increase adoption rates and tame their most problematic dogs. 3. THE ROAD HO..

Egypt Underworld 

1 X 52 mins 
Exclusive archaeology takes us on a journey into the Egyptian afterworld - opening a new window into the little known world of death in ancient Egypt. To the ancient Egyptians, life after death was a highstakes underworld journey fraught with terrifyingobstacles: fiery lakes of death, battles with bona fide monsters and ultimately eternal death or resurrection with the sun. It’s a journey ea..

Extreme Ice 

1 X 52 mins 
The clock is ticking on the grand drama of our changing climate. And the source of that swinging climatic pendulum lies in the most extreme ice-covered environments on earth, where ancient glaciers crumble and crash into the sea, rapidly pulling back from heights rivaling the Empire State Building, raising the ocean to levels never seen in recorded history.Now, internationally acclaimed photojourn..

Fatal Insomnia 

1 X 52 mins 
Every animal with a brain does it, and we succumb to it every night, yet it is one of science's greatest mysteries. Sleep. Why do we need sleep, and what happens to us when we don't get it?  We delve into the great unknown that is sleep to try and find some answers.Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) is an incredibly rare genetic disease; about 40 families worldwide are afflicted with it. T..

Freaks of the Seas 

1 x 52 mins 
In the oceans of our planet lurk creatures weirder than our wildest dreams or our scariest nightmares.Multi award-winning underwater cameramen John Boyle and renowned Red Sea specialist John McIntyre have collaborated to produce this wide ranging blue-chip television special, filmed over several years, portraying some of the strangest underwater creatures from every corner of the planet.Among the ..

Going To Pot:The Story of Modern Marijuana 

1 X 52 mins 
Pot, grass, weed…ganja. No matter what you call it, you can find it almost anywhere.  For thousands of years mankind has used marijuana as a recreational, medicinal and spiritual tool.  But in most countries this plant is illegal.  Some brand it as dangerous while others seem to look the other way. Today it is estimated that over 200 million people smoke marijuana, at least r..

Grizzly Cauldron 

1 x 52 mins 
This is the story of two young bear cubs named Milo and Max, growing up in Yellowstone’s cauldron.  It’s a coming of age tale set against a dramatic stage filled with explosive power struggles between wolves and grizzlies, intense food shortages and violent seasons.  Our cameras stay by the cubs’ sides as they learn to navigate this stormy world under the guidance of th..

History's Secrets: 4 

2 x 52 mins 
Most historians have reached a consensus about the way major world events played out.  Yet decades after the fact, certain stories remain touched by an air of uncertainty.  NGT investigates the truth behind some of history's greatest events and most iconic people in the new series of this popular strand.  EPISODES: 1. SECRET HISTORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMBThe ability to cause massive..

Honeybee Blues 

1 X 52 mins 
Honeybee Blues tells the story of the world’s disappearing honeybees and the efforts of Australian scientist Dr Denis Anderson to save them from annihilation. From the native bush and orchards of Australia to the industrial farmlands of the United States and the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Honeybee Blues is a scientific detective story that tells a 21st century cautionary tale. The Europe..

Human Family Tree, The 

1 x 53 mins 
On the most diverse street in the most diverse city in the most diverse country in the world, a team of National Geographic scientists will swab the cheeks of some 200 random New Yorkers. The goal: to retrace our ancestral footprints and prove we are all cousins in the “human family.” Astoria, Queens, New York - the melting pot’s melting pot.  The residents: a spectrum of sk..

Immortal 

1 x 52 MINS 
Beyond any face cream, cosmetic surgery or antioxidant pill, an extraordinary secret of renewal lies in the discovery of Australian scientist, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn.She has won the Gruber Prize and the Lasker Prize, two of the top international awards in medical research and has just recently been announced as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize. Liz Blackburn discovered that as our cells d..

Inside a Terrorist Takedown 

 
With exclusive access to the US Drug Enforcement Administration's global narco-terrorism agents, NGT takes us inside the shadowy world of illegal arms trafficking. Using the elaborate two-year sting operation that ensnared notorious arms broker Monzer Al Kassar as the main story, we guide you deep inside a multi-billion dollar black market industry. By all appearances, Kassar was a legitimate ..
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