Smithsonian Channel Documentaries

  • Premiered: Jan 1970
  • Episodes: 265
  • Followers: 3
  • Running
  • Smithsonian Channel
  • Sunday at 21
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Season 2021
2021x1
Tasmania: Curious Life of Quolls
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Jan 06, 2021
A documentary about a colony of eastern quolls which live in a hidden valley in the Tasmanian wilderness dubbed Quoll Farm. Simon Plowright lives with the quolls for a year, observing .. show full overview
2021x2
Mystery of the Ice Age Giants
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Jan 14, 2021
When the Ice Age ended 12,000 years ago, it also marked the end for many species of large mammals across the globe, such as mammoths, cave bears, and giant sloths. The common theory has .. show full overview
2021x3
Ocean Super Predators
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Feb 05, 2021
Masterful traps set by humpback whales in the straits of Alaska. An ingenious partnership between dolphins and gannets by Bird Island, South Africa. A killing school where orcas teach .. show full overview
2021x4
Goshawk: Soul of the Wind
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Feb 07, 2021
A visually stunning portrait of one of nature’s most agile and fearsome predators, the Goshawk. This secretive bird of prey can be hard to see in the UK, but reigns supreme in Korea’s mountains.
2021x5
Making Tracks on Mars
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Feb 14, 2021
Trace the history of Martian rovers, and get inside the design and drama of the new rover's launch and landing. Was there ever life on the Red Planet?
2021x6
Virus Hunting: Cave to COVID
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Mar 14, 2021
One year ago today, COVID-19 was declared a national emergency in the U.S. As the world continues to battle this deadly pandemic, a global team of experts is taking a close look at one animal that may provide clues to preventing future pandemics.
2021x7
Yukon's Wild Grizzlies
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Apr 01, 2021
Deep in Canada's remote Yukon, a dramatic coming of age story unfolds involving an adolescent grizzly named Sophie. Wildlife filmmaker Phil Timpany has chronicled her all her life. Now .. show full overview
2021x8
Wildest California
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Apr 07, 2021
California is the most populous state in America, but in between the skyscrapers and highways, patches of wilderness remain, where nature not only survives, but thrives! See how the .. show full overview
2021x9
America’s Heartland: Wild Prairie Reborn
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May 05, 2021
Explore a surprisingly wild and little-known part of America's heartland, and witness the efforts to restore it. In northern Montana is a massive wildlife sanctuary on track to become .. show full overview
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Vaxxed Nation
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Jul 11, 2021
It was one of the world's earliest, fastest, and most successful rollouts of the COVID-19 vaccine, giving other nations an inoculation game plan and an optimistic glimpse of the future. .. show full overview
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Raiders of the Jade Empire
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Oct 01, 2021
Enter the mysterious crypts of ancient Chinese emperors to uncover new truths about the Han Dynasty, which ruled 2000 years ago. Discover their wealth, beliefs and quest for imortality, as well as how their culture and philosophy shaped modern China.

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