National Geographic Explorer
(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)(incomplete)
Last updated: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 15:00
Show Details:
Start date: Apr 1985
End date: ___ ____
Status: current show
Network(s): National Geographic (US) / Nick (US) / TBS (US) / CNBC (US) / MSNBC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: xx eps
Genre(s): Miscellaneous
End date: ___ ____
Status: current show
Network(s): National Geographic (US) / Nick (US) / TBS (US) / CNBC (US) / MSNBC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: xx eps
Genre(s): Miscellaneous
Credits:
- regulars:
- Salvatore Vecchio as Narrator
- Peter Coyote as Narrator
- Lisa Ling as Herself - Host
- Gerald Durrell as Himself
- Lee Durrell as Herself
- Rodd Houston as Himself - Narrator
- Richard Kiley as Himself - Narrator
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1985 | |||
| 1. | 1985-1 | 07 Apr 85 | Herculaneum: Voices from the Past |
| Season 1986 | |||
| 2. | 1986-1 | 22 Mar 86 | Secrets of the Titanic |
| Season 1989 | |||
| 3. | 1989-1 | 08 Jul 89 | Search for the Battleship Bismarck |
| Season 1993 | |||
| 4. | 1993-1 | 03 Jan 93 | Greyhounds: Running for their Lives |
| 5. | 1993-2 | 23 May 93 | The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal |
| 6. | 1993-4 | 03 Oct 93 | Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea |
| 7. | 1993-5 | 19 Dec 93 | Life on the Line |
| 8. | 1993-6 | 26 Dec 93 | Water Blasters |
| 9. | 1993-7 | 01 Aug 93 | Ocean Drifters |
| Season 1994 | |||
| 10. | 1994-2 | 02 Feb 94 | A Flight Over Africa |
| 11. | 1994-3 | 10 Apr 94 | The Last Voyage of the Lusitania |
| 12. | 1994-4 | 13 Apr 94 | Jewels of the Caribbean Sea |
| Season 1995 | |||
| 13. | 1995-1 | 19 Feb 95 | The Great Indian Railway |
| 14. | 1995-3 | 06 Sep 95 | The New Chimpanzees |
| Season 1997 | |||
| 15. | 1997-2 | 01 Jan 95 | Arctic Kingdom - Life at the Edge |
| 16. | 1997-3 | 25 May 97 | Intrigue in Istanbul |
| 17. | 1997-4 | 29 Apr 97 | Tiger's Eye |
| Season 1998 | |||
| 18. | 1998-1 | 19 Aug 98 | Yellowstone - Realm of The Coyote |
| 19. | 1998-2 | 13 May 98 | Dinosaur Hunters |
| 20. | 1998-3 | 28 Apr 98 | Wild Passions |
| 21. | 1998-4 | 20 Sep 98 | Land of the Anaconda |
| Season 1999 | |||
| 22. | 1999-1 | 03 Oct 99 | Tempest from the Deep |
| 23. | 1999-3 | 14 Apr 99 | The Battle for Midway |
| 24. | 1999-4 | 09 Jul 99 | Australia's Great Barrier Reef |
| 25. | 1999-5 | 01 Jun 99 | The Secret Life of Cats |
| Season 2000 | |||
| 26. | 2000-4 | 05 Apr 97 | Tigers Of The Snow |
| Season 2001 | |||
| 27. | 2001-1 | 23 Dec 01 | Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings |
| 28. | 2001-2 | 01 May 01 | Renegade Lions |
| Season 2002 | |||
| 29. | 2002-1 | 20 Jan 02 | Vietnam's Unseen War: Pictures from the Other Side |
| 30. | 2002-2 | 27 Jan 02 | Forgotten Desert |
| 31. | 2002-3 | 27 Oct 02 | Hornets From Hell |
| 32. | 2002-4 | 28 Jul 02 | Lost Subs: Disaster At Sea |
| 33. | 2002-5 | 21 Jul 02 | Terminal Velocity |
| 34. | 2002-8 | 17 Nov 02 | Owls: Silent Hunters |
| 35. | 2002-9 | 24 Nov 02 | The Search for Kennedy's PT 109 |
| Season 2003 | |||
| 36. | 2003-1 | 12 Oct 03 | A Cheetah Story |
| 37. | 2003-2 | 19 Oct 03 | Ultimate Crocodile |
| 38. | 2003-3 | 09 Nov 03 | The Lion Queen |
| 39. | 2003-4 | 19 Nov 03 | Wolves: Legends of the Night |
| 40. | 2003-5 | 21 Dec 03 | Coming of Age with Elephants |
| 41. | 2003-6 | 27 Jul 03 | Inside the Tornado |
| 42. | 2003-7 | 29 Jun 03 | King Kong in my Pocket |
| 43. | 2003-9 | 13 Dec 03 | The War Next Door |
| 44. | 2003-10 | 11 Oct 03 | Iraq's Lost Treasure |
| Season 2004 | |||
| 45. | 2004-1 | 31 Jan 04 | Wolves of the Air; Flight of the Harpy Eagle |
| 46. | 2004-2 | 08 Feb 04 | King Rattler |
| 47. | 2004-3 | 09 Feb 04 | Africa's Deadly Dozen |
| 48. | 2004-4 | 22 Feb 04 | Gates of Hell |
| 49. | 2004-5 | 23 Feb 04 | Island of the Vampire Birds |
| 50. | 2004-6 | 13 Mar 04 | Elephant Power |
| 51. | 2004-7 | 21 Mar 04 | Fearsome Frogs |
| 52. | 2004-8 | 22 Mar 04 | Rat |
| 53. | 2004-9 | 28 Mar 04 | Poison |
| 54. | 2004-10 | 23 Apr 04 | Roar: One Man's Pride |
| 55. | 2004-11 | 13 Jun 04 | Killer Crocs of Uganda |
| 56. | 2004-12 | 19 Jun 04 | Tiger Shark |
| 57. | 2004-13 | 13 Dec 04 | Female Suicide Bombers |
| 58. | 2004-14 | 13 Mar 04 | Return of the Mummy |
| Season 2005 | |||
| 59. | 2005-1 | 17 Jan 05 | Killer Cats |
| 60. | 2005-2 | 24 Jan 05 | The True Face of Hurricanes |
| 61. | 2005-3 | 07 Feb 05 | The Witchcraft Murder |
| 62. | 2005-4 | 14 Feb 05 | Inside Shock and Awe |
| 63. | 2005-5 | 07 Mar 05 | Tiny Humans: The Hobbits of Flores |
| 64. | 2005-6 | 09 Mar 05 | Hogzilla |
| 65. | 2005-7 | 25 Mar 05 | Surviving Maximum Security |
| 66. | 2005-8 | 22 Apr 05 | Violent Earth |
| 67. | 2005-9 | 16 Jun 05 | DNA Mysteries: The Search for Adam |
| 68. | 2005-10 | 13 Sep 05 | Collapse |
| 69. | 2005-11 | 04 Oct 05 | Pyramids of Fire |
| 70. | 2005-12 | 11 Nov 05 | Nightmare in Jamestown |
| 71. | 2005-13 | 27 Nov 05 | Last Days of the Maya |
| 72. | 2005-14 | 28 Nov 05 | Super Chopper |
| 73. | 2005-15 | 31 Dec 04 | Whales In Crisis |
| 74. | 2005-16 | 31 Dec 04 | Emperors Of The Ice |
| 75. | 2005-17 | 26 Jun 04 | China's Lost Girls |
| 76. | 2005-18 | 07 Oct 05 | Mysteries of Survival |
| Season 2006 | |||
| 77. | 2006-1 | 06 Jan 06 | Super Snake |
| 78. | 2006-2 | 31 Jan 06 | World's Most Dangerous Gang |
| 79. | 2006-3 | 19 Apr 06 | Science of Surveillance |
| 80. | 2006-4 | 09 May 06 | Fire Ants: Texas Border Massacre |
| 81. | 2006-5 | 31 May 06 | Outsmarting Terror |
| 82. | 2006-6 | 30 May 06 | Drowning New Orleans |
| 83. | 2006-7 | 13 Jun 06 | Elephant Rage |
| 84. | 2006-8 | 20 Jun 06 | Super Sub |
| 85. | 2006-9 | 30 May 06 | Inside The Real NCIS |
| 86. | 2006-10 | 16 Aug 06 | Python vs Gator |
| 87. | 2006-11 | 30 Aug 06 | Ultimate Bear |
| 88. | 2006-12 | 06 Sep 06 | L.A.'s Future Quake |
| 89. | 2006-13 | 13 Sep 06 | Ultimate Hippo |
| 90. | 2006-14 | 20 Sep 06 | Ultimate Cat |
| 91. | 2006-15 | 18 Oct 06 | World's Most Dangerous Drug |
| 92. | 2006-16 | 06 Dec 06 | Attack of the Killer Bees |
| 93. | 2006-17 | 13 Dec 06 | Super Carrier |
| 94. | 2006-18 | 17 Dec 06 | Secret Lives of Jesus |
| Season 2007 | |||
| 95. | 2007-1 | 21 Jan 07 | Iraq's Guns for Hire |
| 96. | 2007-2 | 19 Feb 07 | Ultimate Shark |
| 97. | 2007-3 | 27 Feb 07 | Inside North Korea |
| 98. | 2007-4 | 28 Feb 07 | Doomsday Volcano |
| 99. | 2007-5 | 04 Mar 07 | Aryan Brotherhood |
| 100. | 2007-6 | 11 Apr 07 | Struck by Lightning |
| 101. | 2007-7 | 13 Jun 07 | FBI Takedown |
| 102. | 2007-8 | 08 Aug 07 | Jellyfish Invasion |
| 103. | 2007-9 | 15 Aug 07 | Science of Dogs |
| 104. | 2007-10 | 12 Sep 07 | Ultimate Crocodile |
| 105. | 2007-11 | 19 Sep 07 | Science of Babies |
| 106. | 2007-12 | 07 Oct 07 | Mammoth Mystery |
| 107. | 2007-13 | 23 Oct 07 | Heroin Crisis |
| 108. | 2007-14 | 11 Nov 07 | Inside the Body Trade |
| 109. | 2007-15 | 21 Nov 07 | Ultimate Viper |
| 110. | 2007-16 | 02 Dec 07 | China's Secret Mummies |
| 111. | 2007-17 | 09 Dec 07 | Last Christians of Bethlehem |
| Season 2008 | |||
| 112. | 2008-1 | 09 Jan 08 | Science of Evil |
| 113. | 2008-2 | 13 Feb 08 | Testosterone Factor |
| 114. | 2008-3 | 12 Mar 08 | Alaska's Last Oil |
| 115. | 2008-4 | 01 Apr 08 | Death of the Iceman |
| 116. | 2008-5 | 08 Apr 08 | Shark Superhighway |
| 117. | 2008-6 | 03 Jun 08 | Tunnel to a Lost World |
| 118. | 2008-7 | 04 Jun 08 | Bog Mummies |
| 119. | 2008-8 | 10 Jun 08 | Science of Cats |
| 120. | 2008-9 | 01 Jul 08 | Gorilla Murders |
| 121. | 2008-10 | 22 Jul 08 | Finding Anastasia |
| 122. | 2008-11 | 02 Sep 08 | Moment of Death |
| 123. | 2008-12 | 16 Sep 08 | Congo Bush Pilots |
| 124. | 2008-13 | 25 Sep 08 | Secret History of Gold |
| 125. | 2008-14 | 02 Oct 08 | Marijuana Nation |
| 126. | 2008-15 | 20 Nov 08 | Lost Cities of the Amazon |
| 127. | 2008-16 | 09 Dec 08 | Guns in America |
| Season 2009 | |||
| 128. | 2009-1 | 13 Jan 09 | The Virus Hunters |
| 129. | 2009-2 | 03 Feb 09 | Italy's Mystery Mummies |
| 130. | 2009-3 | 10 Feb 09 | Monster Fish of the Congo |
| 131. | 2009-4 | 24 Feb 09 | Peru's Mass Grave Mystery |
| 132. | 2009-5 | 03 Mar 09 | Kingdom of the Blue Whale |
| 133. | 2009-6 | 10 Mar 09 | T. Rex Walks Again |
| 134. | 2009-7 | 05 Apr 09 | Inside Guantanamo |
| 135. | 2009-8 | 02 Jun 09 | Child Mummy Sacrifice |
| 136. | 2009-9 | 09 Jun 09 | Easter Island Underworld |
| 137. | 2009-10 | 12 Jun 09 | Inside Death Row |
| 138. | 2009-11 | 15 Sep 09 | Sex, Lies and Gender |
| 139. | 2009-12 | 22 Sep 09 | Chimps on the Edge |
| 140. | 2009-13 | 29 Sep 09 | Climbing Redwood Giants |
| 141. | 2009-14 | 27 Oct 09 | Mystery of The Disembodied Feet |
| 142. | 2009-15 | 03 Nov 09 | Inside LSD |
| 143. | 2009-16 | 10 Nov 09 | Secret History of Diamonds |
| 144. | 2009-17 | 17 Nov 09 | 24 Hours After Asteroid Impact |
| 145. | 2009-18 | 24 Nov 09 | Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil |
| 146. | 2009-19 | 13 Dec 09 | Narco State |
| Season 2010 | |||
| 147. | 2010-1 | 31 Jan 10 | Camp Leatherneck |
| 148. | 2010-2 | 01 Mar 10 | Inside: the Nuclear Threat |
| 149. | 2010-3 | 11 Apr 10 | Solitary Confinement |
| 150. | 2010-4 | 20 Apr 10 | Journey to an Alien Moon |
| 151. | 2010-5 | 27 Apr 10 | Fatal Insomnia |
| 152. | 2010-6 | 08 May 10 | Talibanistan |
| 153. | 2010-7 | 15 May 10 | Electronic Armageddon |
| 154. | 2010-8 | 07 Jul 10 | Fighting Back: Stories from the Spill |
| 155. | 2010-9 | 10 Aug 10 | Inside the DEA |
| 156. | 2010-10 | 17 Aug 10 | 24 Hours After Hiroshima |
| 157. | 2010-11 | 24 Aug 10 | Albino Murders |
| 158. | 2010-12 | 31 Aug 10 | Inside Bioterror |
| 159. | 2010-13 | 28 Sep 10 | Can the Gulf Survive? |
| 160. | 2010-14 | 16 Oct 10 | Lost Mummies of New Guinea |
| 161. | 2010-15 | 23 Oct 10 | How Man Tamed the Wild |
| 162. | 2010-16 | 08 Nov 10 | American Doomsday |
| 163. | 2010-17 | 14 Dec 10 | Born to Rage? |
| Season 2011 | |||
| 164. | 2011-1 | 17 Jan 11 | American Hostage |
| 165. | 2011-2 | 24 Jan 11 | Lost Cannibals of Europe |
| 166. | 2011-3 | 07 Feb 11 | How to Build a Beating Heart |
| 167. | 2011-4 | 14 Feb 11 | Clash of the Americas |
| 168. | 2011-5 | 19 Apr 11 | Mystery of the Murdered Saints |
| 169. | 2011-6 | 26 Apr 11 | The Angel Effect |
| 170. | 2011-7 | 03 May 11 | Megapiranha |
| 171. | 2011-8 | 10 May 11 | Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes |
| 172. | 2011-9 | 10 May 11 | Crime Lords of Tokyo |
| 173. | 2011-10 | 29 May 11 | Stormageddon |
| 174. | 2011-11 | 20 Nov 11 | JFK: The Lost Bullet |
| 175. | 2011-12 | 23 Nov 11 | How to Build an Ancient Man |
| 176. | 2011-13 | 27 Nov 11 | To Catch a Smuggler |
| 177. | 2011-14 | 30 Nov 11 | The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden |
| 178. | 2011-15 | 18 Dec 11 | Hitler's GI Death Camp |
| Season 2012 | |||
| 179. | 2012-1 | 15 Jan 12 | Guerrilla Gold Rush |
| 180. | 2012-2 | 29 Jan 12 | 400 Million Dollar Emerald |
| 181. | 2012-3 | 12 Feb 12 | The Man Who Can Fly |
| 182. | 2012-4 | 03 Mar 12 | Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist |
| 183. | 2012-5 | 18 Mar 12 | Finding the Lost da Vinci |
| 184. | 2012-6 | 24 Jun 12 | Under Cover: Tennessee Dog Fighting |
| 185. | 2012-7 | 22 Feb 12 | Sex for Sale: American Escort |
| 186. | 2012-8 | 11 Aug 12 | Martian Mega Rover |
| 187. | 2012-11 | 22 Mar 12 | Omens of the Apocalypse |
| 188. | 2012-14 | 07 Nov 12 | Mystery of Easter Island |
| 189. | 2012-15 | 12 Apr 12 | Search for the Head of John the Baptist |
| Season 2013 | |||
| 190. | 2013-3 | 14 Feb 13 | The Man Who Swims with Crocodiles |
| Season 2014 | |||
| 191. | 2014-1 | 15 Sep 14 | Inside the Green Berets |
| 192. | 2014-2 | 07 Nov 14 | Anaconda, Queen of the Serpents |
| 193. | 2014-3 | 26 Nov 14 | James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge |
| Season 2015 | |||
| 194. | 2015-1 | 31 Aug 15 | Warlords of Ivory |
| 195. | 2015-2 | 04 Oct 15 | Legend of the Monkey God |
| 196. | 2015-3 | 01 Nov 15 | Bill Nye's Global Meltdown |
| 197. | 2015-4 | 13 Dec 15 | The Cult of Mary |
| Season 2016 | |||
| 198. | 2016-1 | 10 Jan 16 | Call of the Wild |
| 199. | 2016-2 | 14 Feb 16 | Eyes Wide Open |
| 200. | 2016-3 | 29 Feb 16 | 25 Years |
| 201. | 2016-4 | 06 Mar 16 | Fighting ISIS |
| 202. | 2016-5 | 03 Apr 16 | Faces of Death |
| 203. | 2016-6 | 01 May 16 | Point Of No Return |
| 204. | 2016-7 | 05 Jun 16 | Blood Antiquities |
| 205. | 2016-8 | 26 Jun 16 | Battle For Virunga |
| 206. | 2016-9 | 21 Oct 16 | What Would Teddy Do? |
| 207. | 2016-10 | 14 Nov 16 | Episode 10 |
| 208. | 2016-11 | 21 Nov 16 | Episode 11 |
| 209. | 2016-12 | 28 Nov 16 | Episode 12 |
| 210. | 2016-13 | 05 Dec 16 | Episode 13 |
| 211. | 2016-14 | 12 Dec 16 | Episode 14 |
| 212. | 2016-15 | 19 Dec 16 | Episode 15 |
| Season 2017 | |||
| 213. | 2017-1 | 06 Mar 17 | Drugs, Death and Duterte |
| 214. | 2017-2 | 13 Mar 17 | Life on the Watchlist |
| 215. | 2017-3 | 20 Mar 17 | Dalai Lama |
| 216. | 2017-4 | 27 Mar 17 | Right to Life |
| 217. | 2017-5 | 03 Apr 17 | Island Saves the World |
| 218. | 2017-6 | 10 Apr 17 | Holy Rock |
| 219. | 2017-7 | 17 Apr 17 | Secret War |
| 220. | 2017-8 | 24 Apr 17 | Upwardly Mobile |
| 221. | 2017-9 | 01 May 17 | Lawless |
| 222. | 2017-10 | 08 May 17 | The Evaporated People |
| 223. | 2017-11 | 15 May 17 | How to Sell an Epidemic |
| 224. | 2017-12 | 22 May 17 | Grindor on the Ganges |
| 225. | 2017-13 | 29 May 17 | Conflict Gold; Chelsea Clinton; |
| 226. | 2017-14 | 05 Jun 17 | A New Normal |
| 227. | 2017-15 | 12 Jun 17 | Cocaine of the Sea |
| 228. | 2017-16 | 19 Jun 17 | A New Face On the Crime Scene | Hiding In Plain Sight | Where's My Jet Pack? |
| 229. | 2017-17 | 26 Jun 17 | A Blow To The Header |
| 230. | 2017-18 | 03 Dec 17 | The Secrets Of Christ's Tomb: Explorer Special |
| Season 2018 | |||
| 231. | 2018-1 | 12 Nov 18 | The Mouth of Hell |
| 232. | 2018-2 | 19 Nov 18 | Digging Up Dinosaurs |
| 233. | 2018-3 | 26 Nov 18 | In The Eagle's Nest |
| 234. | 2018-4 | 03 Dec 18 | Border Battle |
| 235. | 2018-5 | 10 Dec 18 | Space Race |
| 236. | 2018-6 | 17 Dec 18 | The Boiling River |
| Season 2019 | |||
| 237. | 2019-1 | 07 Jan 19 | Human Towers |
| 238. | 2019-2 | 14 Jan 19 | Swimming with Sharks |
| 239. | 2019-3 | 28 Jan 19 | Yellowstone Wolves |
| 240. | 2019-4 | 28 Jan 19 | Lions of Zambia |
| 241. | 2019-5 | 04 Feb 19 | Ancient Fighting Arts |
| 242. | 2019-6 | 11 Feb 19 | Race Car Science |
| 243. | 2019-7 | 11 Feb 19 | Inside the Bear's Den |
| Season 2022 | |||
| 244. | 2022-1 | 15 Jan 22 | The Deepest Cave |
| 245. | 2022-2 | 04 Dec 22 | The last tepui |
| Season 2023 | |||
| 246. | 2023-1 | 24 Aug 23 | Explorer: Lost in the Arctic |
| 247. | 2023-2 | 26 Oct 23 | Explorer: Lake of Fire |
| Specials | |||
| S2016 | 2016-0 | 25 Feb 16 | Life on Mars - The Amazing Rovers |
| S2019 | 2019-0 | 08 Jul 19 | Journey To Europa |
| S2019 | 2019-0 | 30 May 22 | The Deepest Cave |