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Running · 1985–

Explorer

History

Explorer , the longest-running documentary series in cable television history, honored with nearly 60 Emmys and hundreds of other awards, continues as a series of major specials on the National Geographic Channel. In the course of more than two thousand films, Explorer has taken viewers to more than 120 countries, opening a window on hidden parts of the world, unlocking mysteries both ancient and modern, and investigating stories of science, nature, and culture.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1985 · 1 episodes
  1. S1985 E01 · Herculaneum: Voices from the Past
Season 1989 · 1 episodes
  1. S1989 E01 · Search for the Battleship Bismarck
Season 1993 · 6 episodes
  1. S1993 E01 · Greyhounds: Running for their Lives
  2. S1993 E02 · The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
  3. S1993 E04 · Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
  4. S1993 E05 · Life on the Line
  5. S1993 E06 · Water Blasters
  6. S1993 E07 · Ocean Drifters
Season 1994 · 3 episodes
  1. S1994 E02 · A Flight Over Africa
  2. S1994 E03 · The Last Voyage of the Lusitania
  3. S1994 E04 · Jewels of the Caribbean Sea
Season 1995 · 2 episodes
  1. S1995 E01 · The Great Indian Railway
  2. S1995 E03 · The New Chimpanzees
Season 1997 · 3 episodes
  1. S1997 E02 · Arctic Kingdom - Life at the Edge
  2. S1997 E03 · Intrigue in Istanbul
  3. S1997 E04 · Tiger's Eye
Season 1998 · 3 episodes
  1. S1998 E01 · Yellowstone - Realm of The Coyote
  2. S1998 E02 · Dinosaur Hunters
  3. S1998 E03 · Wild Passions
Season 1999 · 4 episodes
  1. S1999 E01 · Tempest from the Deep
  2. S1999 E03 · The Battle for Midway
  3. S1999 E04 · Australia's Great Barrier Reef
  4. S1999 E05 · The Secret Life of Cats
Season 2000 · 1 episodes
  1. S2000 E04 · Tigers Of The Snow
Season 2001 · 2 episodes
  1. S2001 E01 · Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings
  2. S2001 E02 · Renegade Lions
Season 2002 · 7 episodes
  1. S2002 E01 · Vietnam's Unseen War: Pictures from the Other Side
  2. S2002 E02 · Forgotten Desert
  3. S2002 E03 · Hornets From Hell
  4. S2002 E04 · Lost Subs: Disaster At Sea
  5. S2002 E05 · Terminal Velocity
  6. S2002 E08 · Owls: Silent Hunters
  7. S2002 E09 · The Search for Kennedy's PT 109
Season 2003 · 9 episodes
  1. S2003 E01 · A Cheetah Story
  2. S2003 E02 · Ultimate Crocodile
  3. S2003 E03 · The Lion Queen
  4. S2003 E04 · Wolves: Legends of the Night
  5. S2003 E05 · Coming of Age with Elephants
  6. S2003 E06 · Inside the Tornado
  7. S2003 E07 · King Kong in my Pocket
  8. S2003 E09 · The War Next Door
  9. S2003 E10 · Iraq's Lost Treasure
Season 2004 · 14 episodes
  1. S2004 E01 · Wolves of the Air; Flight of the Harpy Eagle
  2. S2004 E02 · King Rattler
  3. S2004 E03 · Africa's Deadly Dozen
  4. S2004 E04 · Gates of Hell
  5. S2004 E05 · Island of the Vampire Birds
  6. S2004 E06 · Elephant Power
  7. S2004 E07 · Fearsome Frogs
  8. S2004 E08 · Rat
  9. S2004 E09 · Poison
  10. S2004 E10 · Roar: One Man's Pride
  11. S2004 E11 · Killer Crocs of Uganda
  12. S2004 E12 · Tiger Shark
  13. S2004 E13 · Female Suicide Bombers
  14. S2004 E14 · Return of the Mummy
Season 2005 · 18 episodes
  1. S2005 E01 · Killer Cats
  2. S2005 E02 · The True Face of Hurricanes
  3. S2005 E03 · The Witchcraft Murder
  4. S2005 E04 · Inside Shock and Awe
  5. S2005 E05 · Tiny Humans: The Hobbits of Flores
  6. S2005 E06 · Hogzilla
  7. S2005 E07 · Surviving Maximum Security
  8. S2005 E08 · Violent Earth
  9. S2005 E09 · DNA Mysteries: The Search for Adam
  10. S2005 E10 · Collapse
  11. S2005 E11 · Pyramids of Fire
  12. S2005 E12 · Nightmare in Jamestown
  13. S2005 E13 · Last Days of the Maya
  14. S2005 E14 · Super Chopper
  15. S2005 E15 · Whales In Crisis
  16. S2005 E16 · Emperors Of The Ice
  17. S2005 E17 · China's Lost Girls
  18. S2005 E18 · Mysteries of Survival
Season 2006 · 18 episodes
  1. S2006 E01 · Super Snake
  2. S2006 E02 · World's Most Dangerous Gang
  3. S2006 E03 · Science of Surveillance
  4. S2006 E04 · Fire Ants: Texas Border Massacre
  5. S2006 E05 · Outsmarting Terror
  6. S2006 E06 · Drowning New Orleans
  7. S2006 E07 · Elephant Rage
  8. S2006 E08 · Super Sub
  9. S2006 E09 · Inside The Real NCIS
  10. S2006 E10 · Python vs Gator
  11. S2006 E11 · Ultimate Bear
  12. S2006 E12 · L.A.'s Future Quake
  13. S2006 E13 · Ultimate Hippo
  14. S2006 E14 · Ultimate Cat
  15. S2006 E15 · World's Most Dangerous Drug
  16. S2006 E16 · Attack of the Killer Bees
  17. S2006 E17 · Super Carrier
  18. S2006 E18 · Secret Lives of Jesus
Season 2007 · 17 episodes
  1. S2007 E01 · Iraq's Guns for Hire
  2. S2007 E02 · Ultimate Shark
  3. S2007 E03 · Inside North Korea
  4. S2007 E04 · Doomsday Volcano
  5. S2007 E05 · Aryan Brotherhood
  6. S2007 E06 · Struck by Lightning
  7. S2007 E07 · FBI Takedown
  8. S2007 E08 · Jellyfish Invasion
  9. S2007 E09 · Science of Dogs
  10. S2007 E10 · Ultimate Crocodile
  11. S2007 E11 · Science of Babies
  12. S2007 E12 · Mammoth Mystery
  13. S2007 E13 · Heroin Crisis
  14. S2007 E14 · Inside the Body Trade
  15. S2007 E15 · Ultimate Viper
  16. S2007 E16 · China's Secret Mummies
  17. S2007 E17 · Last Christians of Bethlehem
Season 2008 · 16 episodes
  1. S2008 E01 · Science of Evil
  2. S2008 E02 · Testosterone Factor
  3. S2008 E03 · Alaska's Last Oil
  4. S2008 E04 · Death of the Iceman
  5. S2008 E05 · Shark Superhighway
  6. S2008 E06 · Tunnel to a Lost World
  7. S2008 E07 · Bog Mummies
  8. S2008 E08 · Science of Cats
  9. S2008 E09 · Gorilla Murders
  10. S2008 E10 · Finding Anastasia
  11. S2008 E11 · Moment of Death
  12. S2008 E12 · Congo Bush Pilots
  13. S2008 E13 · Secret History of Gold
  14. S2008 E14 · Marijuana Nation
  15. S2008 E15 · Lost Cities of the Amazon
  16. S2008 E16 · Guns in America
Season 2009 · 19 episodes
  1. S2009 E01 · The Virus Hunters
  2. S2009 E02 · Italy's Mystery Mummies
  3. S2009 E03 · Monster Fish of the Congo
  4. S2009 E04 · Peru's Mass Grave Mystery
  5. S2009 E05 · Kingdom of the Blue Whale
  6. S2009 E06 · T. Rex Walks Again
  7. S2009 E07 · Inside Guantanamo
  8. S2009 E08 · Child Mummy Sacrifice
  9. S2009 E09 · Easter Island Underworld
  10. S2009 E10 · Inside Death Row
  11. S2009 E11 · Sex, Lies and Gender
  12. S2009 E12 · Chimps on the Edge
  13. S2009 E13 · Climbing Redwood Giants
  14. S2009 E14 · Mystery of The Disembodied Feet
  15. S2009 E15 · Inside LSD
  16. S2009 E16 · Secret History of Diamonds
  17. S2009 E17 · 24 Hours After Asteroid Impact
  18. S2009 E18 · Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil
  19. S2009 E19 · Narco State
Season 2010 · 17 episodes
  1. S2010 E01 · Camp Leatherneck
  2. S2010 E02 · Inside: the Nuclear Threat
  3. S2010 E03 · Solitary Confinement
  4. S2010 E04 · Journey to an Alien Moon
  5. S2010 E05 · Fatal Insomnia
  6. S2010 E06 · Talibanistan
  7. S2010 E07 · Electronic Armageddon
  8. S2010 E08 · Fighting Back: Stories from the Spill
  9. S2010 E09 · Inside the DEA
  10. S2010 E10 · 24 Hours After Hiroshima
  11. S2010 E11 · Albino Murders
  12. S2010 E12 · Inside Bioterror
  13. S2010 E13 · Can the Gulf Survive?
  14. S2010 E14 · Lost Mummies of New Guinea
  15. S2010 E15 · How Man Tamed the Wild
  16. S2010 E16 · American Doomsday
  17. S2010 E17 · Born to Rage?
Season 2011 · 15 episodes
  1. S2011 E01 · American Hostage
  2. S2011 E02 · Lost Cannibals of Europe
  3. S2011 E03 · How to Build a Beating Heart
  4. S2011 E04 · Clash of the Americas
  5. S2011 E05 · Mystery of the Murdered Saints
  6. S2011 E06 · The Angel Effect
  7. S2011 E07 · Megapiranha
  8. S2011 E08 · Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes
  9. S2011 E09 · Crime Lords of Tokyo
  10. S2011 E10 · Stormageddon
  11. S2011 E11 · JFK: The Lost Bullet
  12. S2011 E12 · How to Build an Ancient Man
  13. S2011 E13 · To Catch a Smuggler
  14. S2011 E14 · The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden
  15. S2011 E15 · Hitler's GI Death Camp
Season 2012 · 11 episodes
  1. S2012 E01 · Guerrilla Gold Rush
  2. S2012 E02 · 400 Million Dollar Emerald
  3. S2012 E03 · The Man Who Can Fly
  4. S2012 E04 · Million Dollar Moon Rock Heist
  5. S2012 E05 · Finding the Lost da Vinci
  6. S2012 E06 · Under Cover: Tennessee Dog Fighting
  7. S2012 E07 · Sex for Sale: American Escort
  8. S2012 E08 · Martian Mega Rover
  9. S2012 E11 · Omens of the Apocalypse
  10. S2012 E14 · Mystery of Easter Island
  11. S2012 E15 · Search for the Head of John the Baptist
Season 2013 · 1 episodes
  1. S2013 E03 · The Man Who Swims with Crocodiles
Season 2014 · 3 episodes
  1. S2014 E01 · Inside the Green Berets
  2. S2014 E02 · Anaconda, Queen of the Serpents
  3. S2014 E03 · James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge
Season 2015 · 4 episodes
  1. S2015 E01 · Warlords of Ivory
  2. S2015 E02 · Legend of the Monkey God
  3. S2015 E03 · Bill Nye's Global Meltdown
  4. S2015 E04 · The Cult of Mary
Season 2016 · 16 episodes
  1. S2016 Special · Life on Mars - The Amazing Rovers
  2. S2016 E01 · Call of the Wild
  3. S2016 E02 · Eyes Wide Open
  4. S2016 E03 · 25 Years
  5. S2016 E04 · Fighting ISIS
  6. S2016 E05 · Faces of Death
  7. S2016 E06 · Point Of No Return
  8. S2016 E07 · Blood Antiquities
  9. S2016 E08 · Battle For Virunga
  10. S2016 E09 · What Would Teddy Do?
  11. S2016 E10 · Episode 10
  12. S2016 E11 · Episode 11
  13. S2016 E12 · Episode 12
  14. S2016 E13 · Episode 13
  15. S2016 E14 · Episode 14
  16. S2016 E15 · Episode 15
Season 2017 · 18 episodes
  1. S2017 E01 · Drugs, Death and Duterte
  2. S2017 E02 · Life on the Watchlist
  3. S2017 E03 · Dalai Lama
  4. S2017 E04 · Right to Life
  5. S2017 E05 · Island Saves the World
  6. S2017 E06 · Holy Rock
  7. S2017 E07 · Secret War
  8. S2017 E08 · Upwardly Mobile
  9. S2017 E09 · Lawless
  10. S2017 E10 · The Evaporated People
  11. S2017 E11 · How to Sell an Epidemic
  12. S2017 E12 · Grindor on the Ganges
  13. S2017 E13 · Conflict Gold; Chelsea Clinton;
  14. S2017 E14 · A New Normal
  15. S2017 E15 · Cocaine of the Sea
  16. S2017 E16 · A New Face On the Crime Scene | Hiding In Plain Sight | Where's My Jet Pack?
  17. S2017 E17 · A Blow To The Header
  18. S2017 E18 · The Secrets Of Christ's Tomb: Explorer Special
Season 2018 · 6 episodes
  1. S2018 E01 · The Mouth of Hell
  2. S2018 E02 · Digging Up Dinosaurs
  3. S2018 E03 · In The Eagle's Nest
  4. S2018 E04 · Border Battle
  5. S2018 E05 · Space Race
  6. S2018 E06 · The Boiling River
Season 2019 · 9 episodes
  1. S2019 Special · Journey To Europa
  2. S2019 Special · The Deepest Cave
  3. S2019 E01 · Human Towers
  4. S2019 E02 · Swimming with Sharks
  5. S2019 E03 · Yellowstone Wolves
  6. S2019 E04 · Lions of Zambia
  7. S2019 E05 · Ancient Fighting Arts
  8. S2019 E06 · Race Car Science
  9. S2019 E07 · Inside the Bear's Den
Season 2022 · 2 episodes
  1. S2022 E01 · The Deepest Cave
  2. S2022 E02 · The last tepui
Season 2023 · 2 episodes
  1. S2023 E01 · Explorer: Lost in the Arctic
  2. S2023 E02 · Explorer: Lake of Fire

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