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2010
2010x51
Snakes That Fly
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It's time for some high-stakes acrobatics in the Indonesian jungle. Gliding tree snakes know how to get the jump on a quick meal. But to catch this flying dragon, the snake will need to be quick indeed.
2010x22
Secrets of Florence
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National Geographic visits unearthed Roman theaters, medieval streets, and secret tunnels, bringing new light to Florence's lesser-known, dark history. Art detective and National .. show full overview
2010x18
Headshrinkers of the Amazon
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From the earliest days of Amazonian exploration, stories filtered back about the terrifying ritual practised by the region's headshrinkers who would shrink an enemy's head to render the .. show full overview
2010x4
Predator Battleground
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Welcome to a predator's paradise. Botswana's mysterious Savuti Channel. Where the prey is plentiful and the pickings are easy...but the banquet is crowded. Three groups abound in this .. show full overview
2010x24
Tudors From Above
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For over 100 years the Tudor dynasty ruled over England, and in that time they changed the face of the country. Featuring stunning aerial photography, this fascinating documentary gives .. show full overview
2010x20
Secrets of the Taj Mahal
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We take a closer look at the Taj Mahal and revisit its history - why it was built and what meaning it possesses.
2010x10
Commando Rescue
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Scott O'Grady's F-16 Fighting Falcon is blown to smithereens over Bosnia. Lucky to be alive, he needs to outmaneuver Serbian ground forces who want one thing only - his head. In .. show full overview
2010x7
Top 10 Photos of the Year
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Editor in chief Chris Johns takes a list of hundreds of exceptional photos and whittles it down to just 10. The program tells the stories behind those photographs and includes interviews .. show full overview
2010x9
Sizing Up Sperm
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Each of us was the grand prize in an ultimate reality competition, the amazing race a sperm makes on the road to fertilization. Millions of sperm compete while overcoming armies of .. show full overview
2010x41
Heart of the Amazon
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National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis travels deep into the rain forest to visit the Barasana people and witness a majestic and ancient ritual. The film will be Introduced .. show full overview
2010x23
Africas Lost Eden: Gorongosa
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National Geographic: Africa's Lost Eden: Gorongosa In the heart of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, the waters of Lake Urema explode with the thrashing of a giant crocodile tail. .. show full overview
2010x36
2012: The Final Prophecy
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What if the Maya were right about the end of humanity as we know it? Would fire pour from the sky, buildings shatter, floods destroy Washington DC and Los Angeles slide into the Pacific? .. show full overview
2010x14
The Real Old Bill
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Ex "Sweeney" and "Bill" star Chris Ellison (aka the notorious D.I. Burnside) hosts this intriguing, hilarious and sometimes harrowing look at what life was really like for police men and .. show full overview
2010x5
Stone Age Atlantis
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Melting ice, rising seas - a huge tsunami wave heads for the coast. These are not headlines from today; they are stories from our prehistoric past. In Stone Age times, Northern Europe .. show full overview
2010x57
Explorer 25 Years
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Two hour special celebrating the first 25 years of National Geographic's Explorer series.
2010x19
Nasca Lines Decoded
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Stretching for thousands of kilometres across the desert terrain of southern Peru is one of mankind’s greatest mysteries: immense lines – carved as animals, humans and geometric shapes. .. show full overview
2010x1
Somali Pirates: Fighting Back
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Relive the heroics of the crew of US container ship Maersk Alabama, who fought off an attempted hijack by Somali pirates in April 2009.
2010x11
Gulf Oil Spill
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It's one of America's biggest environmental disasters and the largest oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico since 1979. As experts scramble to stop the leak, find out what happened to the oil .. show full overview
2010x32
Sailing Sinbad's Treasure Ship
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Divers discover the wreck of an ancient Arab dhow off the coast of Singapore. The wreck gives maritime archaeologist Tom Vosmer a shot at a dream: to build and sail a unique replica. The .. show full overview
2010x3
Swamp Troop
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Against the dramatic backdrop of riverine forests and wildlife-rich floodplains of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, Swamp Troop takes us into the heart of baboon society. We meet Boro, the .. show full overview
2010x46
The Twins Who Share A Brain
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Meet Tatiana and Krista Hogan, a set of two-year-old twins conjoined at the head. Like most conjoined twins, they share bone, veins and arteries, and in this sense, they share a brain. .. show full overview
2010x47
Lost World: Underwater
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Some of the world’s best cave divers have travelled to the Bahamas Islands to plunge into the unique abyss found in blue holes – underwater caves that can go hundreds or even thousands .. show full overview
2010x16
Volcanic Ash Chaos: Inside the Eruption
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The devastating eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull in mid-April brought mass disruption to skies over Europe, shutting down European airspace and stranding hundreds of .. show full overview
2010x6
The Real Slumdogs
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The Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" put India's largest slum, Dharavi, on the map. Much more than a slum, this mini-city bustles with industry, culture and dreams See the .. show full overview
2010x31
The Silver Pharaoh Mystery
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The treasures of the ancient pharaohs were legendary, but the tomb of the little-known Psusennes I stunned even the most experienced of Egyptologists. Untouched by grave robbers when it .. show full overview
2010x30
Asteroid That Hit Earth
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A first in the history of space exploration, recently scientists spotted and tracked an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. About the size of a truck, the asteroid slammed into .. show full overview
2010x51
Sunken Treasures of the Nile
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Of all the archaeological sites in Egypt that may still yield ancient treasure, perhaps the richest is the Nile River. Enormous boats navigated the river’s perilous waters loaded with .. show full overview
2010x52
Croc Ganglands
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In a land reduced to sand and water, every day is a struggle for survival. But one creature has conquered these two elements: crocodiles have learned to thrive. Life takes place within a .. show full overview
2010x55
Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets
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In southern Peru lies one of mankind's greatest mysteries - 1000's of giant shapes etched into the desert sands. We reveal who made them and why. Etched, as if by giants, onto the arid .. show full overview
2010x26
My Child is a Monkey
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They wear diapers and ride in strollers, but they're not babies -- they are "monkids." NGC goes inside the controversy of adopting monkeys as surrogate babies. Many question whether this .. show full overview
2010x21
And Man Created Dog
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If humans were as varied as dogs we would range in height up to 22 feet tall and in weight more than 1,000 pounds. In the ultimate canine ancestral story, NGC traces the genetic journey .. show full overview
2010x35
China's Lost Pyramids
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They tower over some of the most tranquil countryside in rural China. They're giant, man-made mountains that hold the keys to a violent history scarcely imaginable in such peaceful .. show full overview
2010x8
Giuliani's 9/11
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Giuliani's 9/11 reveals how one man, confronted by a city on its knees, stood strong in the face of the life-or-death challenges he never dreamt he would encounter. The mayor describes .. show full overview
2010x25
The Bombing of Germany
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The Bombing of Germany explores the role bombing played in the course of the Second World War. Discover in detail how the British and American bombing campaigns against Germany were .. show full overview
2010x2
Dawn of the Ocean
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Alien life forms lurk in our oceans, yet more than 95 percent of their depths remain unexplored. In this documentary, we journey toward the ocean floor, where eternal darkness prevails. .. show full overview
2010x15
My 9/11
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Harrowing personal stories of 9/11, including testimonies from ordinary people caught up in the tragedy and those in power trying to prevent it.
2010x27
History's Hardest Prison
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If you think debtors today have a hard time, go back 300 years with Piers Hernu to London's Fleet Prison. Greed and fraud leads to one of the biggest financial meltdowns ever. .. show full overview
2010x12
2210: The Collapse?
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In the year 2210, scientists uncover the ruins of a great civilisation – so powerful one could argue it dwarfed anything that came before it. Sifting through the wreckage of cities .. show full overview
2010x45
Obama's White House
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Catch a glimpse of presidential life from behind the camera in this intimate and exclusive film. As an inspiration to millions worldwide, President Obama is already a modern-day icon. .. show full overview
2010x38
Peru's Lost Pyramid City
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Five hundred years ago, the last great pyramid-building civilization descended into a world of unimaginable horror. What drove them to extremes of human sacrifice?
2010x28
The Curse of the Hope Diamond
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Why does it have a unique red afterglow? How did it come to be the shape it is today? And why is it believed by so many to be cursed? Since its discovery centuries ago in the diamond .. show full overview
2010x50
Headhunters Of World War II
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2010x49
Into the Lost Crystal Caves
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NGC goes inside one of the greatest natural marvels on the planet - a giant crystal cave described as Superman's fortress, with magnificent crystals up to 36 feet long and weighing 55 .. show full overview
2010x44
Inside Google
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A behind the scenes look at Google today. From Google’s offices in China and Russia to the Googleplex (its Silicon Valley headquarters), uncover why this company’s corporate philosophy and attitude is so unique among major companies today.
2010x33
Inside the Milky Way
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Inside the Milky Way takes viewers on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way. Using the latest science, NGC constructs a .. show full overview
2010x58
Nazi Supership: Who Sank the Bismarck?
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Almost 70 years after its sinking, the powerful headlights of two high-tech research submersibles illuminate the silhouette of the biggest German battleship ever. The pride of the German .. show full overview
2010x54
Dawn of the Ocean
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Oceanographers have been gripped by a new spirit of discovery and have undertaken the biggest population census of ocean species ever conducted a Census of Marine Life. The quest: to .. show full overview
2010x34
The Gunpowder Plot
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His attempt to blow up Parliament has seen Guy Fawkes go down in infamy, but the attempted coup was about much more than just one man. Hatched by a group of 13 conspirators, the 1605 .. show full overview
2010x48
Amish at the Altar
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In an age when online dating and reality TV abound, Amish romance looks anything but modern. Three couples - two Amish and one ex-Amish - share the traditions underlying courtship, .. show full overview
2010x29
Inside the State Department
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In a planet full of conflict, America faces challenges like never before. Inside the Department of State follows US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her team of top advisors into .. show full overview
2010x40
Quest for King Solomon's Mines
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Historians and archaeologists head to a supposedly cursed mountain in south-west Ethiopia, where decades before an English adventurer claimed to have discovered the gold mines of alleged king of Israel, King Solomon.
2010x53
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
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As the 44th president's chief photographer, Pete Souza is never far behind President Obama. Now in the National Geographic Special, The President's Photographer: 50 Years in the Oval .. show full overview
2010x17
Moonshine
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Explore the history of the rebel liquor that sparked a war between bootleggers and the law during prohibition and launched NASCAR as a nationwide sensation. NGC travels to Appalachia to uncover the secrets of this unlawful liquor
2010x56
Tiny Humans: Finding Hobbits in Flores
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In an extraordinary discovery that made front page headlines around the world, scientists uncovered evidence of a race of "hobbit-sized" prehistoric species on a remote Indonesian .. show full overview
2010x47
Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard
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For the first time ever, see the full magnificent hoard of Saxon treasure unearthed in Staffordshire in 2009. What does it reveal about our past?
2010x42
Weirdest Planets
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With temperatures ranging from 1000 to 2000°C, gravity 15 times stronger than Earth's, and a year that lasts just 5.6 of our days, HAT-P-2b is not a planet you'd want to visit for vacation.
2010x37
World's Biggest Cave
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In 2009, a team of British cavers investigated a recently uncovered cave in a remote Vietnamese jungle. The Son Doong cave is enormous; can it be larger than the current world-record .. show full overview
2010x39
The Hunt for Lincoln's Assassin
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After assassinating President Abraham Lincoln, the famous stage actor John Wilkes Booth, a confederate sympathizer, eludes thousands in one of the largest manhunts in U.S. history.

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