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The [[https://nationalgeographic.com/tv National Geographic]] Channel, also popularly nicknamed [=NatGeo=] (and outright renamed "Nat Geo" eventually), is an offshoot of ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' magazine and a network of its own on television. Its specials cover a wide variety of topics, as does the magazine from which the channel branched off. Some examples of its topics are geography, archaeology, natural science and technology, and even pop culture. Many of the channel's shows have strong focus on time periods, from events that happened thousands of years ago to explorations of the world in the present day. It is operated by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between the National Geographic Society and [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]], with the latter handling all production, distribution and advertising services for the channel.

National Geographical Channel has been split into two channels. While the main channel still gives animal documentaries, Creator/NatGeoWild is a spinoff channel specifically dealing with nature shows and documentaries. It will also provide content (back catalogue and original) to Creator/DisneyPlus.

The channel’s logo is a yellow rectangular portrait frame.
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[[folder:Shows produced]]

[[index]]
* 2012: The Final Prophecy
* 21st Century Shark
* 2210
* 9/11 and the American Dream

* A Leader's Legacy
* About Asia
* Adventure Wanted
* Series/{{Aftermath}}
* Aftermath: Population Zero
* Africa's Deadly Dozen
* African Megaflyover
* Against All Odds
* Air Emergency
* Alaskan Killer Shark
* Series/AlaskaStateTroopers
* Alaska Wing Men
* Alien Invasion
* Amazing Moments 30 mins
* America's Ports
* American Doomsday
* American Weed
* Among The Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh
* Ancient Computer
* Ancient Secrets
* Ancient Megastructures
* Ancient X Files
* And Man Created Dog
* Andrea Gail
* Animal Impact
* Animal Extractors
* Animal Fugitives
* Animal Mega Moves
* Animals Behaving Badly
* Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
* Apocalypse: The Second World War
* Around The World For Free
* Asias Deadliest Snakes
* Asia's Titanic
* Attack In The Wild
* Autobahn

* Bandits Of Selous
* Banged Up Abroad
* Beaches
* Beast Hunter (aka Beast Man)
* Be the Creature
* Beetle Battles: Kwang Bang
* Beneath Easter Island
* Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet
* Beyond The Cosmos
* Bible's Buried Secrets
* Big, Bigger, Biggest
* Bin Laden's Spy In America
* Bioterror Alert
* Birth of Jesus
* Bite Me With Dr. Mike Leahy
* Series/BizarreDinosaurs
* Bizarre Science
* Black Bear Unleashed
* Blackbeard: Terror at Sea
* Blinding Horizon
* Blowdown
* Bob Ballard Specials
* Bomb Onboard
* Body Snatchers of Bangkok
* Border Wars (TV series)
* Boxing Behind Bars
* Brain Child
* Breakout
* Brilliant Beasts
* Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie
* Britain's Underworld
* Breakout
* Bruce Lee Lives!
* Bruce Lee: The Legend
* Built For Destruction
* Built For The Kill
* Burying King Tut
* Butchering Beauty (AKA Trading Faces)

* Cain and Abel: Brothers at War
* Carrier
* Cars
* Catacombs Of Palermo
* Catching a Crook
* Catching Giants
* Caught Barehanded
* Caught In The Act
* Caught on Safari: Battle at Kruger
* Chasing Earthquakes
* Cheetah: Against All Odds
* Chef On The Road
* China Circus
* China's Ghost Army
* China's Great Wall
* China's Mystery Mummies
* China Quake
* Churchill's German Army
* City Of Ants
* Civil War
* Clash Of The Continent
* Classified: CIA Confidential
* A Closer Shave
* Cockroach Confidential
* Colorado Cannibal
* Conjoined at the Head
* Convoy: War For The Atlantic
* Cooking The World
* Series/{{Cosmos}}: A Spacetime Odyssey (joint broadcast with Creator/{{Fox}})
* Crash Science
* Crime Scene Bangkok
* Crimes Against Nature
* Cross Of Katuma
* Cruise Ship Diaries
* Crystal Skull Legend
* Churchill's German Army

* D-Day:Men And Machines
* Danger Men
* Dangerous Encounters
* Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr
* Dangerous Jobs (aka Cheating Death):
* Death of The Universe
* Death Traps
* Deep Jungle
* Deepest Dive
* Deepsea Under The Pole
* Delhi In Flames
* Demolition Dynasty
* Desert Seas
* Diaries From Hell
* ''Series/DinoDeathTrap''
* ''Series/DinosaursDecoded''
* ''Disaster Earth''
* Divine Delinquents
* Diving The Labyrinth
* Series/DontTellMyMother
* Dogfight Over Guadalcanal
* Dogfight Over MIG Alley
* DogWhisperer
* DogTown
* Doomsday Preppers
* Dragon Chronicles
* Drain the Great Lake
* Drain The Oceans
* Driving Dreams
* Drugs, Inc.
* Dubai Mega Mall

* Earth 2007
* Earth Hour
* Earth Overhaul
* Earth: The Biography
* Earth Shocks
* Ebola
* Egypt Underworld
* Empire War
* End Day
* Engineering Connections
* Escape Factory
* Expedition Antarctica
* Expedition Great White
* Expedition Wild
* Exploding Las Vegas
* Explorations
* Extraordinary Dogs
* Extraterrestrial
* Explorer
* Extreme Engineering
* Extreme Expeditions
* Extreme Ice
* Extreme Powerboats
* Extreme Speed
* Every Singaporean Son
* Eye of the Leopard

* Faking China
* Finding Atlantis
* Finding The Lost Da Vinci
* Fishzilla: Snakehead Invasion
* Flight of the Elephants
* Florence Unlocked
* Fight Masters
* Fight Science
* The Final Report
* Finding Atlantis
* Finding The Lost Da Vinci
* Finding The Next Earth
* Fish Warrior
* Flushed
* Food Lovers Guide to the Planet
* Food School
* Forbidden Tomb Of Genghis Khan
* Forensic First
* Freemasons On Trial
* Frequently Asked Questions

* Garbage Mountain
* Garbage Moguls (2009)
* General At War
* Series/{{Genius}}
* Geologic Journey
* George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
* Ghost Ship of the Great Lakes
* Ghost Ship Resurrection
* Golden Baboons
* Gorilla Murder
* Great Migrations
* Ground War
* Guardians Of Angkor
* ''Literature/GunsGermsAndSteel''

* Hard Time
* Hawaii: Rivers Of Fire
* Health Secrets Behind Korean Cuisine
* Helicopter Wars
* Herod's Lost Tomb
* Hijack El Al Flight 426
* Hip Hop Nation
* Hiroshima: The Next Day
* Hiss of Death
* History's Secrets
* Hitler's G.I. Death Camp
* Hitler's Lost Battle Ship
* Hitler's Secret Bunkers
* Hitler's Secret Weapon
* Hong Kong's Big Bet
* Hong Kong To The World
* Hooked
* How Big Can It Get
* How Hard It Can Be?
* How To Build A Beating Heart
* How To Build A Volcano
* How To Stop a Hurricane
* Hubble's Final Frontier
* Human Ape
* Human Footprint
* Hunt For The Abominable Snowman
* Hunt for the Giant Squid
* Hunter Hunted
* Hyper Rescue Tokyo

* I Came Away Alive
* I Came Back From the Dead
* I Didn't Know That
* I Fell from the Sky
* Impossible Bridges
* Incredible Human Machine
* Indy Motor Speedway
* Insects From Hell
* Inside 9/11
* Inside SERIES
* Inside Hurricane Katrina
* Inside Nature's Giants
* Inside the Mafia
* Inside the Green Berets
* In The Womb
* Interpol Investigates
* Into Iceland's Volcano
* Into The Crystal Cave
* Islands
* Is It Real?
* I Was Buried Alive
* I Was Struck by Lightning
* I Was Superhuman
* iPredator

* Jack Johnson: Kokua Concert
* James Cameron
* Japan's Hidden Secret
* Japan's Secret Weapon
* Japan Tsunami:How It Happened
* Japanese Cowboy
* Jean-Michel Cousteau-Ocean Ad
* Jellyfish Invasion
* Jeju, Island Of A Thousand Face
* JFK: The Lost Bullet
* Journey To Europa
* Journey to the Edge of the Universe

* Kick Fighters
* Killing Hitler
* King Tut's Curse (2 hours)
* Knights of Mayhem
* Known Universe
* Korean Soul Food
* Koxinga
* Kung Fu Killers
* Kung Fu Monk
* Kung Fu Quest

* Laden's Spy In America
* Last War Heroes
* Series/LifeAfterDinosaurs (co-produced with Creator/{{NHK}})
* Light The Ocean
* Lightning Reloaded
* Lions Behaving Badly
* Liquid Bomb Plot
* Live Like An Animal
* Lockdown
* Locked Up Abroad
* Lonely Planet
* Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled
* Long Way Down
* Lost Continent of the Pacific
* Lost in China
* Lost World
* Lucky Muckers
* Last Man Standing: The Human Race

* Mad Labs
* The Mafia
* Make ME Superhuman
* Man Hunt
* Maneater Manhunt
* Man-Made
* Man vs. Monster
* Machines Of War
* Malaysian Journey with Jason Scott Lee
* Manta Mystery (aka Project Manta)
* ''WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs'' (co-produced with Creator/{{ITV}})
* Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
* Mars
* Medieval Fightbook
* Meet The Natives
* Mega Factories
* Mega Mosque
* Megafish
* Megaship
* MegaStructures
* MegaStructures Break Down
* The Meadow
* Mega:Mosque
* The Memory Masters
* Mengele's Twins
* Monkey Thieves
* Monster Crocs
* Monster Fish
* Monster Moves
* Monster Fish Of The Congo
* More Amazing Moments
* More Weddings And Another Funeral
* Mother Warthog
* Mumbai Mega Flood
* Mummy Road Show
* Murder Dolls
* Mystery 360
* Mystery Files
* Mysteries Of The Moose
* Mystery of the Neanderthals: On Assignment
* My Brilliant Brain
* My Dog Ate What?

* Naked Science
* Naked Earth
* Narrow Escapes of WWII
* Nat Geo's Top 10 Photos
* National Geographic: Frontline Diaries
* National Geographic's Most Amazing Moments
* National Geographic's Most Amazing Photos
* National Geographic's Most Astonishing Moments
* National Geographic's Most Astounding Moments
* National Geographic's Most Dangerous Moments
* National Geographic's Most Daring Moments
* National Geographic's Most Extreme Moments
* National Geographic's Most Outrageous Moments
* National Geographic's Most Shocking Moments
* National Geographic's Most Thrilling Moments
* Nazi Death Squads
* Nazi Scrapbooks From Hell
* Need for Speed: Bikes
* Need for Speed: Boats
* Nefertiti's Odyssey
* Night Shift
* Nomads
* Nordic Wild

* One Ocean
* Orca Killing School
* Outbreak Investigation

* Paranatural
* Paranormal?
* Party Like
* Perfect Swarm
* Perfect Weapon
* Perilous Journeys
* Phobia
* Pirate Patrol
* Planes
* Planet Carnivore
* Planet Mechanics
* Plastiki
* Pompeii Uncovered
* Port Protection
* Phyton Hunters
''Series/PrehistoricPredators''

* Quest For The Megafish Of The Amazon

* Rape Of Europa
* Rebuilding Titanic
* Redwoods: Anatomy Of A Giant
* Reign Of Terror
* Rescue Emergency
* Restrepo
* Return to Titanic
* Reverse Exploration
* Riddles of The Dead
* Riddle of the Romanovs
* Series/TheRightStuff[[note]]Released on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]
* Rivers And Life
* Roads
* Rock Stars
* Roman Homicide
* Rebuilding The Titanic

* Sailing The Treasure Ship
* Salmon Wars
* Salt Flat Speedway
* Salvage Code Red
* Samurai Bow
* Samurai Spider
* Saxon Gold
* Series/SavageKingdom
* Savannah
* Save the Titanic with Bob Ballard
* Saved by the Lioness
* Science of Brick
* Science of Concrete
* Science of Interrogation
* Sea Patrol
* Sea Strikers
* Seahorses:Wanted Dead Or Alive
* Search For The Amazon Headshrinkers
* Search For The Bushmen
* Search For The Cannibals of The South Pacific
* Search For The Giant Octopus
* Search For The First Dog: A Quest To Find Our Orig
* Search for the Living Cannibals
* Search for the Submarine I-52
* Series/SecondsFromDisaster
* Secret Bible
* Secret Shark Pits
* Secrets of The 10 Plagues
* Secrets of the Cross
* Secrets Of The First Emperor
* Secrets Of The King Cobra
* Secrets Of The Parthenon
* Secrets of the Snow Ship
* Secrets Of Taj Mahal
* Secrets Of The Tang Treasure Ship
* Secrets of The Viking Warriors
* Seoul's Got Soul
* Seoul: Unlocking The Grid
* Sex and the Brain
* The Scrap House
* Shark Men
* Showreal Asia
* Sinking of The Belgrano
* Situation Critical
* Six Degrees Could Change the World
* Slammed: Inside Indie Wrestling
* Sleeping Beauties
* Series/ASmallLight
* Somewhere In China
* Space Crab
* Space Mysteries
* Speed Nation
* Spider Deadly Love
* Spine Chillers
* Spirit Talk
* Stalking Hitler's Generals
* Stonehenge Decoded (1 hour)
* Strictly Asian Ballroom
* Sudden Death
* Sumatra's Last Tiger
* Sumo Kids
* Supercarrier: USS Ronald Reagan
* Supercell
* Super Cyclone
* Super Flu
* Superfish
* Superhuman
* Super Port
* Surviving the Super Twisters
* Stalking Hitler's Generals
* Storm Stories
* Storm Worlds
* Stuntmen of Bollywood
* Swamp Troop

* {{Taboo}}
* Taiwan To The World
* Taiwan Wild
* Taming The Four Rivers
* Templars: The Last Stand
* Test Your Brain
* That Shouldn't Fly
* The Black Dragon
* The Bombing Of Germany
* The Butterfly Code
* The Chinese Hajj
* The Earth
* The Egyptian Job
* The Great Indian Witchhunt
* The Great Serengeti
* The Incredible Dr. Pol
* The Indestructibles
* The Kung Fu Dragons Of Wudang
* The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden
* The Lost City
* The Megafalls Of Iguacu
* The Pigeon Game
* The Toilet Men
* The Truth Behind
* The Truth Behind Zombies
* The Untold Truth About Supermokh
* The Witch Doctor Will See You Now
* Through Their Eyes
* Typhoon Hunters
* Tiger Man
* Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
* Tokyo Shock Boys
* Totally Wild
* Trains
* Trekking the Great Wall
* Truth Files
* A Traveler's Guide to the Planets
* The Ancient Tea Road
* The Bombing of Germany
* The Border
* The Butterfly Code
* The Diving Women Of Jeju
* The Egyptian Job
* The Great Indian Witchhunt
* The Human Weapon
* The Living Edens
* The Known Earth
* The Known Universe
* The Power Game-Chiang Kai-Shek And His Families
* The Rise Of Black Wolf
* The Secret Heart
* The Untold Truth About Supermokh
* The World's Oldest Child
* Tiger Man
* To Be Assigned
* Tomb Raptor
* Trapped
* Trekking Malaysia With Jason Scott Lee
* Trekking The Great Wall
* Tsunami Line
* Tuna Cowboys
* Typhoon Hunters
* Top 20 Asian Marvels
* Film/TRexAutopsy

* Ultimate Disaster
* Ultimate Explorer
* Ultimate Factories

* Vatican

* Warplanes
* War Secrets
* Warrior Bees
* Warrior Graveyard
* Warzone Gone Wild
* What Would Happen If
* When Continents Collide
* When Rome Ruled (TV series)
* Who Sank The Bismarck
* Wicked Pirate City
* Wild Case Files
* Wild
* Wild Russia
* Wild Sex
* Wild Russia (in co-production with S4C and ZDF)
* Witness
* Witness Disaster
* Who Knew?
* Who Sank The Bismarck?
* Womb Of The World
* Word Travels
* World's Creepiest Killers
* World's Deadliest Animals
* World's Tallest Bridge
* World's Toughest Fixes
* World's Worst Weather

* X-Ray Earth

* Year Of The Storm

* 62 Days At Sea
* A World Apart
* Adventure Wanted
* Around The World For Free
* Art Of Walking
* Banged Up Abroad
* Bite Me With Dr. Mike Leahy
* Bluelist Australia
* Bondi Rescue
* By Any Means
* Calcutta Or Bust
* Chasing Che: Latin America On A Motorcycle
* City Chase
* City Chase Marrakech
* Cooking The World
* Cruise Ship Diaries
* Cycling Home From Siberia With Rob Lilwall
* Danger Men
* David Rocco's Dolce Vita
* Deadliest Journeys
* Departures
* Delinquent Gourmet
* Destination Extreme
* Dive Detectives
* Don't Tell My Mother
* Earth Tripping
* Eccentric UK
* Endurance Traveller
* Exploring The Vine
* Extreme Tourist Afghanistan
* Finding Genghis
* First Ascent
* Food Lovers Guide To The Plane
* Food School
* Geo Sessions
* Going Bush
* Gone to Save the Planet
* Graham's World
* Keeping Up With The Joneses (Pilot)
* Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled
* Long Way Down
* Madagascar Maverick
* Madventures
* Making Tracks
* Market Values
* Meet The Amish
* Meet The Natives
* Miracle On Everest
* Motorcycle Karma
* Naked Lentil
* Nomads
* On Surfari
* On The Camino De Santiago
* One Man & His Campervan
* Perilous Journeys
* Pressure Cook
* Race To The Bottom of The Earth
* Racing Around The Clock
* Racing To America
* Reverse Exploration
* Sahara Sprinters
* Solo
* Somewhere in China
* Surfer's Journal
* The Best Job In The World
* The Frankincense Trail
* The Green Way Up
* The Music Nomad
* The Ride
* Travel Madness
* Treks In A Wild World
* Ultimate Traveller
* Warrior Road Trip
* Wedding Crasher: The Real Deal
* Weird And Wonderful Hotels
* Which Way To
* Wild Ride
* Word Travels
* Word Of Mouth
* Series/TheWorldAccordingToJeffGoldblum [[note]]Released on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]
* Young Global Hotshots
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!!Associated Tropes:

* FollowTheLeader: Airs "Sharkfest", a shark-themed programming block, alongside its rival, Creator/DiscoveryChannel, during that channel's iconic annual "Shark Week". In 2021, this extended to Nat Geo's hub on Creator/DisneyPlus to counter Discovery's move into streaming with Discovery+.
* OfCorsetsSexy: One episode of ''Taboo'', in keeping with its theme of body modification, interviewed a woman who wore a corset because she wanted to retain her hourglass figure despite her age. The corset was even tightlaced to the point where her waist had a circumference of ''15 inches''.
* ShownTheirWork: In excruciating detail, even when the show is dealing with speculative matter, such as on ''Storm Worlds''.
* SpeculativeDocumentary: Some of the shows that air on [=NatGeo=] fit into this genre, such as episodes of ''Aftermath'' and ''Storm Worlds''.
* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: Its series ''Taboo'' deals a lot with practices that are normal for certain cultures that Westerners would find shocking, obscene, odd or [[TitleDrop taboo]].
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