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- DirectorGraham TownsleyStarsZeresenay AlemsegedMichel BrunetPeter de MenocalNova examines the early ancestors of mankind and considers whether climate change was the driving force behind our early evolution.
- DirectorGraham TownsleyStarsJordi AgustiSusan AntónViktor DeakNova examines the ancestors of man by attempting to to reconstruct what they look like, what tools they used, and how they lived. Special focus is given to Homo erectus.
- DirectorGraham TownsleyStarsJuan Luis ArsuagaDominique BonjeanStu ChaseNova examines the early ancestors of mankind and examines why Homo sapiens won out over Neanderthals in the evolutionary race.
- 2003–200743mTV-145.8 (14)TV EpisodeStarsKyan DouglasTed AllenJai RodriguezThe Fab Five makeover the Boston Red Sox.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsThomas AdlamWilliam ArgentJohn AshbyA documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
- StarsGene KranzGary SiniseJim LovellNarrated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise, WHEN WE LEFT EARTH is the incredible story of humankind's greatest adventure, as it happened, told by the people who were there. From the early quest of the Mercury program to put a man in space, to the historic moon landings, through the Soyuz link-up and the first un-tethered space walk by Bruce McCandless, this is how the space age came of age. The vivid HD series features vintage rushes and all the key onboards filmed by the astronauts themselves. The sequences are captured by cameras onboard the spaceships, enabling the series to tell the stories in a depth never seen before.
- DirectorMark AldridgeTom PollockStarsDaz CrawfordMorgan FreemanClaudia LynxThis documentary examines what historians know about the Bible's Old Testament account of the Plague of the Firstborn and about Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses. Egyptologists discuss whether the pharaoh mentioned in the story is Rameses II or perhaps his eldest son.
- DirectorGreg MacGillivrayStarsTara DavisWade DavisFlo Di ReA documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water conservation issues.
- DirectorCynthia PageStarsLaura GreeneZahi HawassMark LehnerFor centuries, the Great Pyramid of Giza's secret chambers were hidden from the world. Now, National Geographic ventures inside.
- DirectorDavid de VriesStarsStruan RodgerJohn AndersonDavid BrinVisit the ghostly villages surrounding Chernobyl (abandoned by humans after the 1986 nuclear disaster), travel to remote islands off the coast of Maine to search for abandoned towns that have vanished from view in only a few decades, then head beneath the streets of New York to see how subway tunnels may become watery canals. A visual journey, LIFE AFTER PEOPLE is a thought provoking adventure that combines movie-quality visual effects with insights from experts in the fields of engineering, botany, ecology, biology, geology, climatology, and archeology to demonstrate how the very landscape of our planet will change in our absence.
- DirectorKevin BurnsStarsShirley JonesRichard RodgersLorenz Hart
- StarsCampbell ScottH.W. BrandsMark CubanRockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
- 2005– 46mTV-PG6.6 (18)TV EpisodeStarsJosh BernsteinJosh Bernstein hits the high seas and takes on the history books, challenging the age-old assumption that Columbus was the first to cross the Atlantic and the first to discover America. According to the Viking sagas, Eric the Red's son Leif Erikson was the first European on the continent. Using the sagas as his guide, Josh makes a grueling 4,000 mile journey from Scandinavia to Iceland to Greenland and then onto the edge of the New World. He's on the hunt for archaeological evidence of the sagas' claims and to prove the Vikings got to America before Columbus.
- StarsDon WildmanDublin, Ireland is much more than a city full of pubs and pints. Pagan burial tombs, subterranean defense tunnels, and mysterious burial crypts line the underground below the rolling hills. Even an underground river runs through the heart of the city where you'd least expect to find it.
- StarsDennis McLatcheyMichael GreenSteve MillerLas Vegas - There's no city like it on earth. An adult playground in the sun, the city is home to some of the world's most famous casinos and attractions.
- DirectorJohn HeminwayStarsBryan ChristyJonathan Davis"Battle for the Elephants" tells the ultimate animal story - how the earth's most charismatic and majestic land animal today faces market forces driving the value of its tusks to levels once reserved for gold. This groundbreaking National Geographic Special goes undercover to expose the criminal network behind ivory's supply and demand. It also demonstrates how the elephant, with its highly evolved society, keen intelligence, ability to communicate across vast distances and to love, remember and even to mourn, is far more complex than ever imagined. More revelations are sure to follow, only if the outspoken and brave crime investigators and conservationists showcased in "Battle For The Elephants" prevail.
- DirectorWayne KeeleyStarsDavid McCallumEric BraedenJohn CunninghamThe 1912 Senate Investigation into the sinking of the Titanic.
- DirectorJill Demby GuestToni MyersFrom outer space countries don't exist. A journey from earth to the International Space Station, narrated by Tom Cruise.
- DirectorMark BusslerStarsClaire LittonGene WilderNarrated by Gene Wilder ("Young Frankenstein", "Blazing Saddles" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"), "EXPO - Magic of the White City" brings the Chicago World's Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world's greatest achievements in science, technology and culture are unveiled there. In addition, fairgoers enjoy the popular and commercially successful Midway Plaisance where the festive atmosphere of this one-mile entertainment center offers an array of guilty pleasures such as belly dancing, street fighting and beer. Nearly 28 million visit the Fair. Dubbed the "White City," it inspires future innovators like Henry Ford and Frank Lloyd Wright, debuts the Ferris Wheel and Cracker Jack, and, in many ways, marks the beginning of the 20th century. Filmed in High-Definition, "EXPO - Magic of the White City" immerses viewers in one of the world's biggest extravaganzas and one of the most unforgettable events in American history. There will never be another event like it...or will there?