National Geographic Specials

National Geographic Specials

1965

★★★☆☆ 6.9/10

📺 45 Seasons

🎬 165 Episodes

📅 Returning Series

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Documentary

For decades, the National Geographic Society has presented specials on nature, foreign culture, scientific breakthroughs, and things which fall under the general category of "neat stuff." Each special is self-contained.

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Seasons

Season 1

1965 • 3 Episodes

Americans on Everest

Season 2

2002 • 2 Episodes

Season 3

1967 • 4 Episodes

Season 4

1968 • 5 Episodes

Season 5

1969 • 4 Episodes

Season 6

1970 • 3 Episodes

Season 7

1971 • 3 Episodes

Season 8

1972 • 3 Episodes

Season 9

1973 • 4 Episodes

Season 10

1974 • 3 Episodes

Season 11

1975 • 2 Episodes

Season 12

1976 • 3 Episodes

Examines efforts to discover new facts about the behavior of gorillas and orangutans.

Season 13

1977 • 4 Episodes

Season 14

1978 • 3 Episodes

Covers the life and career of anthropologist Louis Leakey.

Season 15

1979 • 4 Episodes

Shows how gold is mined and how it affects our lives.

Season 16

1980 • 5 Episodes

1 hour-long TV special about deep sea exploration of the Galapagos Rift (1980).

Season 17

1981 • 4 Episodes

Season 18

1982 • 4 Episodes

A special expedition to study these fish of legend and challenge myths surrounding them. Journeys in a specially designed cage to observe sharks at close range, experimenting with a stainless steel suit to survive a shark attack.

Season 19

1983 • 4 Episodes

Covers the wonders of the rain forests of Costa Rica such as basilisk lizards, leaf-cutting ants, and howler monkeys.

Season 20

1984 • 4 Episodes

Follow two landmark decades of Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees.

Season 21

1985 • 6 Episodes

Gives an intimate portrait of the tiger in India.

Season 22

1986 • 6 Episodes

Consists of historical photos and footage of the massive steamer, the exploration by Dr. Robert Ballard, and a look inside the ship itself.

Season 23

1987 • 4 Episodes

Captures lion behavior such as care of the young, struggle for food, and interplay with other animals.

Season 24

1988 • 8 Episodes

A pursuit of scientific studies of lions and brown hyenas.

Season 25

1989 • 6 Episodes

Documents cameramen who risk their lives in order to capture deadly animals, combat, and natural disasters.

Season 26

1990 • 5 Episodes

When seasonal rains come to South America, the Amazon River overflows to create an ecosystem unlike any other.

Season 27

1991 • 5 Episodes

Documentary on the domestic cat, one of the most popular of pets.

Season 28

1992 • 5 Episodes

National Geographic goes to Botswana to examine the struggle for survival between lions and hyenas.

Season 29

1993 • 4 Episodes

The story of the Mayans is told based on the ancient stone writings by the Maya themselves. Early finds hinted toward a peace loving civilization in sync with nature. But further finds indicate it was quite opposite.

Season 30

1994 • 5 Episodes

The largest carnivore on Earth, the Kodiak bear lives on Alaska's mountainous Kodiak Island.

Season 31

1995 • 5 Episodes

Season 32

1996 • 10 Episodes

Follows the struggle to save Africa's endangered animals.

Season 33

1997 • 6 Episodes

Looks at the career of geologist Eugene Shoemaker, and how searching the sky for a cosmic bullet, it led to his discovery, with his wife Carolyn, of the famous Shoemaker-Levy comet and the confirmation of asteroid impact craters on Earth.

Season 34

1998 • 9 Episodes

America's endangered creatures are captured in this tale of animals losing their struggles with man.

Season 35

1999 • 9 Episodes

Looks at the brief history of rain forest research.

Season 45

2010 • 1 Episode

Over 10,000 Germans and Austrians served in the British Army in World War 2 fighting against the Nazi regime. These are their stories.