Documentaries : Geography

National Geographic: Lincolns Secret Killer: Was Abraham Lincoln dying of cancer when he was killed? NGC is on the front lines as scientists attempt to solve a genetic mystery using a piece of fabric stained with the presidents blood to run DNA analysis. The final year of Lincoln's life seemed to ag...

This stunning film turns normal wildlife documentaries on their head to find out what happens after death, as a five-tonne adult elephant is transformed into six million calories worth of fat, meat and guts, feeding a whole new cycle of life. The documentary gives scientists the chance to watch clos...

National Geographic Explorer: Clash of the Americas: It may have been one of the most cataclysmic geologic events of the last 60 million years, which shaped America as we know it today. The narrow, 400-mile-long Isthmus of Panama, once buried below the sea, rose up and connected North and South Amer...

National Geographic Hooked: Chainsaw Fish: Join fish biologist, conservationist and National Geographic Explorer Dr. Zeb Hogan in his scientific quest to preserve the world's biggest freshwater fish. As part of his Megafishes Project, Zeb heads to the Australian outback on an expedition to find the ...

The final stage of Bruce Parrys six-month journey is through Arctic Europe. He travels to a remote Russian village deep within the vast boreal forest that stretches for thousands of miles across the top of the world. Life here has changed little for hundreds of years and people still depend on the f...

History Channel Mega Disasters: Comet Catastrophe: MEGA DISASTERS asks the what ifs no one ever wants to face. A masterful blend of actual footage, computer graphics and interviews with leading scientists and public safety experts explores the outer limits of what could happen if everything went wro...

History Channel It's Good to Be the President: It's Good To Be The President trades the typical slate of domestic and foreign policy questions asked of and about Presidents for something surprising, an entertaining conversation about the perks and perils of being the most powerful man in the world. ...

National Geographic: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque: For over 12 years, more than 2500 people have been working at temperatures above 40 degrees centigrade, on a project that's intended to become a national icon. The construction of the Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is destined to ...

Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. The Gwitchin tribe has hunted migrating caribou in the Arctic wilderness for thousands of years but this tradition is now under threat from oil exploration. Bruce then heads south to the ta...

Bruce travels to Alaska Americas last great wilderness where modern-day pioneers are harvesting the vast natural wealth of the seas.Bruce learns the ropes onboard a salmon-fishing boat and dives to the bottom of the Bering Sea to look for gold.In the far north Bruce witnesses the annual whale hunt o...