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2nd Annual Expedition Week

August 12, 2009 – 2:07 pm

All-new expeditions to all-new places are in store for this follow-up to NGC’s 2008 weeklong original documentary event. This year kicks off with Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers, which attempts to retrace the 1960s journey of Edmundo Bielawski deep into the Amazon, where he encountered a tribe of headshrinkers.

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Alaska State Troopers

July 28, 2010 – 4:06 pm

Whether troopers are secluded near the Arctic Circle or searching the swamps and forests for illegal hunting, these troopers have one goal: to protect the people and wildlife of Alaska

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Border Wars

July 19, 2011 – 11:03 am

Season 5 follows officers and agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the roughest and most challenging terrain yet, and delves even deeper into the fight against the drug-smuggling crisis plaguing this country.

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Brain Games

July 19, 2011 – 11:38 am

In this entertaining and informative three-hour special, David Copperfield and a team of experts entertain our brains as they help reveal the science of illusion. The program uses fun, interactive experiments to hack into the human brain. Each episode focuses on a different topic — attention, sensory perception and memory.

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Dog Whisperer

July 28, 2010 – 3:49 pm

Comedian and actor Howie Mandel appears in the Season 7 premiere of the hit series, back with 15 new episodes. His wife’s Chihuahua, Lola, consistently tries to attack Howie (who already has trouble getting near animals because of his OCD). But Howie loves his wife, so he calls in Cesar Milan for help with the pooch.

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Egypt Unwrapped: Secrets of the Sphinx

August 24, 2009 – 9:45 am

One of the ancient world’s more recognizable wonders, it is a massive structure, 65 feet tall, with a lion’s body and human face. But was the Sphinx originally built with a lion’s head and later remodeled?

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Egypt Unwrapped: The Pyramid Code

August 24, 2009 – 9:43 am

The pyramids are astounding feats of architectural engineering, but how did the ancient Egyptians conceptualize these enormous monuments?

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Egypt Unwrapped: The Real Ramses

August 24, 2009 – 9:41 am

Ramses II ruled ancient Egypt for about 66 years, but was he motivated by egotistical ambition or genuinely serving his people?

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Egyptian Secrets of the Afterlife

August 24, 2009 – 9:27 am

What’s It All About? This special kicks off two nights of five Egypt-themed documentary specials on NGC. It looks at [...]

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George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview

August 12, 2011 – 1:57 pm

In his own words, in an exclusive sit-down interview, former President George W. Bush recounts what he was thinking and experiencing in the hours during and following the devastating terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Great Migrations

August 5, 2010 – 2:41 pm

If you think your work commute is rough, then check out the animals in this stunning seven-part miniseries, whose entire lives are spent on the move, and whose survival literally depends upon truly epic and often dangerous journeys over land, sea and air.

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How Hard Can It Be?

July 19, 2011 – 11:44 am

This miniseries follows three ultra-ambitious hosts as they tackle fascinating engineering tasks with nothing more than ordinary materials and their infectious, boundless enthusiasm. Their first assignment — figuring out how to fly a house using only balloons, like in the Pixar movie “Up.”

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Knights of Mayhem

July 19, 2011 – 12:04 pm

This series follows Charlie Andrews and his group of real-life “knights,” for whom the medieval sport of jousting is no dinner show. They hope to turn their passion into the next extreme sport that sweeps the globe.

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Mad Scientists

July 19, 2011 – 10:57 am

Is the next Edison or Einstein at work in the garage next door? In this new half-hour series, host John Bowler meets a lineup of amateur inventors, weekend scientists and eccentric engineers, each with an idea that may be crazy enough to work — or just plain crazy.

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Race to Bury Tut

August 24, 2009 – 9:38 am

What’s It All About? A team of Egyptologists has uncovered a tale of political intrigue surrounding the death of one [...]

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Rescue Ink Unleashed

July 28, 2010 – 4:08 pm

The members of Rescue Ink Unleashed, who collectively tout over 1,700 pounds of muscle, more than 80 tattoos and have names such as Big Ant, Joe Panz, Batso and Angel, have zero tolerance for animal cruelty and are willing to take on any job to help an animal.

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Restrepo

August 16, 2010 – 3:14 pm

This acclaimed documentary is from photojournalist Tim Hetherington and journalist/author Sebastian Junger. It chronicles the deployment of U.S. troops at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan.

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Rock Stars

July 19, 2011 – 11:59 am

Now, this docu-series has nothing to do with music. It chronicles the lives of a tight-knit company of rock technicians as they trek all over North America to stop nature in its tracks and prevent treacherous rock slides with the potential to kill unsuspecting travelers or even destroy entire communities.

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Rocket City Rednecks

July 19, 2011 – 10:53 am

The self-proclaimed “rednecks” who are the subjects of this new reality series are five “backwoods” guys from the rocket city — Huntsville, Ala., home to NASA’s Marshall Flight Center and the birthplace of the U.S. space program. In each episode, they use redneck ingenuity, along with their PhDs and advanced degrees, to creatively solve real-world problems and conduct tests — all while having a little fun.

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