New Programmes

High in the cloud forests of Peru the stone walls of a mysterious mountaintop fortress rise out of the jungle. These 60-foot walls are filled with the bones of vanished people called the Chachapoya, or the Cloud Warriors. From AD 800 to the mid-1500’s they lived high in the Andes and became a culture of warriors and shamans, travelling a network of trade routes between the coast and the A..

Long after the extinction of the dinosaurs, other extraordinary species of giant beasts roamed the earth - they were the megafauna.  Australia was home to some of the most bizarre creatures at this time, including a giant wombat, a huge kangaroo, a massive lizard and the earth’s biggest flightless bird.  For hundreds of thousands of years these were the heavy-weight champions of..

2008 was a year when Planet Earth made headlines every day - from horrific violence… to stunning beauty.  But lost behind the headlines were the unexpected scientific breakthroughs they fuelled. Ways to peer into the planet’s inner workings… and anticipate nature’s fury as we never thought possible…. discoveries of new creatures, species brought back from t..

When it comes to winning awards or major contracts, ‘a Gollings’ photo can give an edge to an architect’s design. It is an attention grabbing, inventive, single strong twilight shot: the hero shot with a slightly exaggerated wide angle. It can turn an ordinary building into art. As Australian architects venture into the Asian region – John Gollings is their photographer ..

Herod the Great is one of the Old Testament’s worst villains, best known for ordering the massacre of all male children in Bethlehem under two years old. Although few scholars believe the story is true, Herod’s bloody reputation has obscured the fact that he was also one of the greatest architectural masterminds in world history.

Responsible for 22 temples, palaces, fortresses..

On the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the ‘On the Origin of Species’ National Geographic Television reveals a new story about the man and the theory……based on Darwin’s own words.

On a June day in 1858, Charles Darwin works in his study in Kent, England. He was interrupted by the arrival of the ..

Into the Wilderness returns for a third look at the stunning beauty and natural wonders of America’s wildest spaces.

EPISODES:

1. The Applalachian Trail
For two thirds of the United States, the Appalachian Trail is within a day’s drive.  Four million people hike part of the ‘A.T.’ every year – but few experience the full breadth of Amer..

A blue whale’s heart is the size of a small car, and there’s enough room for 100 people to fit inside its mouth. It is longer than a basketball court, it weighs more than 25 full-grown Asian elephants combined and its tail is as wide as a great white shark. It gives birth to newborns nearly as large as adult hippos, and devours four tons of other animals in a single day. It’s ..

Each episode of this exciting new series poses a fresh challenge for scientist Tim Samaras and his team: how can they measure the speed of an avalanche, the force of a terrorist blast or the power of a tornado? Tim will use his combination of tried and tested scientific tools alongside his latest measuring creations to further understand and quantify each terrifying event, so that we can learn ..