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Smithsonian Channel
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL CELEBRATES GREAT APES WITH TWO NEW WILD WEDNESDAY SPECIALS
ISLE OF CHIMPS AND GORILLAS OF GABON FOLLOW THE QUEST TO SAVE THESE ENDANGERED SPECIES, PREMIERING OCTOBER 9 AND OCTOBER 16 NEW YORK – September 10, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel is spotlighting the incredible conservation work being done to save great apes in two new films to debut as part of the network’s signature Wild Wednesday lineup. From an island sanctuary giving orphaned and rescued chimpanzees a second chance to a journey through a distant land to save a silverback gorilla and his rainforest, both programs will share the heartwarming yet difficult paths to safeguard these enda...
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL PEERS BEHIND THE ROYAL VEIL WITH FALL MONARCHY PROGRAMMING
PRIVATE LIVES OF THE WINDSORS REVEALS UNTOLD SECRETS OF THE QUEEN’S FAMILY, PREMIERES MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 PRINCESS DIANA’S ‘WICKED’ STEPMOTHER INTRODUCES A NEW SIDE TO THE PEOPLE’S PRINCESS WITH INSIDER INTERVIEWS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 NEW YORK – September 4, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel ventures into the heart of the monarchy with two new programs this fall. The three-part series PRIVATE LIVES OF THE WINDSORS reveals scandalous stories of the royal family’s previous generation via new access to private letters, diaries and photographs. One-hour documentary PRINCESS DIANA’S ‘WICKED’ STE...
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL INVESTIGATES THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER AND LIFE-SPAWNING AFTERMATH OF VOLCANOES IN TWO NEW FILMS
VOLCANOES: DUAL DESTRUCTION FEATURES EXCLUSIVE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AND HOME FOOTAGE OF THE DEADLY 2018 VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, TO AIR SEPTEMBER 8 ISLANDS OF FIRE VISITS THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, TO AIR SEPTEMBER 15 NEW YORK – August 14, 2019 – Scattered across the globe lie nearly 1,500 known volcanoes – some active all year round, others that can erupt with surprising and often deadly force. Two recent incidents – Fuego in Guatemala and Kilauea in Hawaii – claimed hundreds of lives and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage when they unleashed their ter...
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THE HUNT FOR EAGLE 56
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ON THE HEELS OF ANNOUNCING THE DISCOVERY OF LOST WWII WARSHIP USS EAGLE 56, SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL EXCLUSIVELY INVESTIGATES THE TRUTH BEHIND THE TRAGIC SINKING IN THE HUNT FOR EAGLE 56
PREMIERING SEPTEMBER 22, THE NEW SERIES PUTS AN END TO THE 74-YEAR-OLD NAVAL MYSTERY NAVAL CEREMONY WILL HONOR SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JAMES CUNNINGHAM BY PRESENTING THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL TO HIS SISTER ON SATURDAY, JULY 27 IN TENNESSEE NEW YORK – July 25, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel will reveal the exclusive story of the discovery of the “Holy Grail” of missing World War II warships, the USS Eagle 56. The new three-part series, THE HUNT FOR EAGLE 56, will follow the Nomad Exploration Team – a group of New England wreck divers who made the discovery – as they unearth cryptic clues 200 fee...
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QUEEN OF THE PYTHONS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL CROWNS AFRICA’S LARGEST SNAKE AS QUEEN OF THE PYTHONS
NEW DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWING THE ENORMOUS FEMALE ROCK PYTHON PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 NEW YORK – July 8, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel follows the notorious and deadly African rock python in QUEEN OF THE PYTHONS. The one-hour special examines the 13-foot female snake’s daily life in a sub-tropical valley in South Africa. A hunter of a wide variety of prey, from tiny birds to full-sized deer, the constrictor is a killer of immense size and strength with a strike faster than the blink of an eye. However, despite her dominating size, life isn’t always easy for the female rock python as she...
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MYSTIC BRITAIN
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNE CONJURES THE SUPERNATURAL PAST IN MYSTIC BRITAIN
NEW SERIES HOSTED BY VETERAN COMEDIAN AND TELEVISION PRESENTER CLIVE ANDERSON PREMIERES MONDAY, AUGUST 5 AT 9 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – June 27, 2019 – Smithsonian Channel is set to reveal the secrets of Britain’s most mysterious sites via a road trip mixing mysticism with very British humor. In this 10-part series, television and radio presenter Clive Anderson (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota explore the island’s ancient places and rituals. With Mary-Ann more than a match for Clive’s signature wit and irreverence, the pair travel the length of Britain to investig...
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ORANGUTAN JUNGLE SCHOOL
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL WELCOMES A NEW CLASS OF WILDLIFE STARS IN ORANGUTAN JUNGLE SCHOOL
NEW SERIES FOLLOWING THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANED ORANGUTANS AVAILABLE TO STREAM FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL PLUS NEW YORK – June 25, 2019 – Class is now in session as Smithsonian Channel prepares to share the drama, as well as the hijinks, of a group of young endangered orangutans in an emotional new docuseries, ORANGUTAN JUNGLE SCHOOL. The 10-episode season takes viewers to Nyaru Menteng, a unique forest school for orphaned apes in Indonesia, run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation. At this singular school, young orangutans who have lost their mothers to poaching and ...
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AMERICA'S HIDDEN STORIES: MYSTERY AT JAMESTOWN
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL MARKS 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY WITH SEARCH FOR LOST FOUNDING FATHER IN AMERICA’S HIDDEN STORIES: MYSTERY AT JAMESTOWN
SPECIAL INSTALLMENT OF GROUNDBREAKING SERIES WHICH PREVIOUSLY REVEALED THAT RENOWNED GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI WAS INTERSEX PREMIERES MONDAY, JULY 29 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – June 20, 2019 – Jamestown, the first successful English settlement in the Americas, is best known for the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas, but now archaeologists are on the hunt for a pioneering and controversial forgotten founding father. On July 30, 1619, Sir George Yeardley presided over the first democratic assembly in English-speaking America. Just a few weeks later, he purchased the first captive Africans ...
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AMAZING DOGS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL EXPLORES THE WILD WORLD OF MAN’S BEST FRIEND IN AMAZING DOGS
THREE-PART SERIES PREMIERES SUNDAY, JULY 28 AT 8PM ET/PT NEW YORK – June 18, 2019 – Take a journey along the twists and turns of the canine family tree to meet the most dangerous and wondrous wild dogs in the natural world and learn how they eventually went on to become much-loved pets like Labradors, bulldogs, mutts and more. Hosted by biologist Patrick Aryee, AMAZING DOGS travels the world to study all 34 extraordinary canine species – from the Arctic fox to South America’s maned wolves and everything in between. Aryee examines these wonderfully varied creatures and discovers how, by ...