Tag: National Geographic

National Geographic has lined up the hour-long program The Secrets of Christ’s Tomb: Explorer Special, which follows a team of scientific experts as they repair the Edicule enclosing the burial chamber of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem.

Blue Ant International has presold a package of 4K natural-history content, including programming from Love Nature’s productions Camp Zambia II and Camp Sri Lanka, to National Geographic.

National Geographic has picked up the exclusive U.S. cable syndication rights for the NBC series Running Wild with Bear Grylls, which is produced by Bear Grylls Ventures and Electus.

National Geographic has appointed Bernadette McDaid as the network's commissioning editor, based in London.

Nat Geo has tied up with Aussie telco provider Optus to launch a world-first National Geographic app featuring a variety of videos, images and print articles that will be updated on a regular basis.

Banijay Rights has secured presales in the U.K. and U.S. for the new factual crime series I Married a Murderer and American Justice.

Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race) and Jane Lynch (Glee) will host the upcoming two-hour global event Earth Live on National Geographic.

National Geographic and Nike are collaborating on the global documentary Breaking2 (working title), centered on the year-long journey of elite distance runners who set out to break the two-hour marathon barrier.

National Geographic has documented the first-ever free solo climb of El Capitan’s most significant and challenging route, with plans to air a doc special about professional rock climber Alex Honnold and his daring feat on its channels around the globe.

The six-part series American High School, which follows the major milestones in typical teen life, has scored a slot on National Geographic for a U.S. premiere.