本系列是创新的科学特备节目，透过互动实验和各种小技巧，展现我们的大脑如何创造现实幻觉。这些令人兴奋和具有启发性的实验，能让我们一窥大脑的内部运作，而世界顶尖的专家会解释他们工作的内容及原因。我们也会在高科技实验室探索最新科学，与绝顶聪明的人物见面。

　　National Geographic goes inside the operations of Customs and Border Protections and Homeland Security Investigations at JFK airport - the busiest international airport in the USA.

　　If we faced a countdown to destruction, could we build a spacecraft to take us to new and habitable worlds? Can we Evacuate Earth? NGC's two-hour special examines this terrifying but scientifically plausible scenario by exploring how we could unite to ensure the survival of the human race.

　　这里汇聚了全美国最优秀的业余厨师，他们没有接受过系统的训练，亦无在高级餐厅工作的经验，他们是全职妈妈或是单亲母亲，是前篮球运动员或是杂志摄影师，他们是在大街上和你擦肩而过的任何一个平凡的陌生人，然而，一旦进入厨房，那里便成为了这些人挥洒汗水释放激情的圣殿。
　　这些人所要面对的，是三位行业内的顶级人物，拥有十四颗米其林星的地狱厨师戈登·拉姆齐、美国最年轻的四星级厨师格雷厄姆·艾略特，以及同时拥有二十间全美最佳餐厅的乔·巴斯提亚尼齐。在三位名厨严格又尽心的教导之下，这些对于烹饪充满了热情的业余厨师们能否打败强大的竞争者，触摸属于自己的梦想呢？

　　Creator of "Sons of Anarchy" Kurt Sutter presents stories of real American outlaws, touching on everything from L.A. gangs to the Italian Mafia.

　　Gok Wan fires up his wok to showcase his other great passion in life - Chinese cooking

　　在本集节目，邀请观众跳入水中，抵抗猛烈攻击铁笼的大白鲨。体验雪地电单车手最恐惧的恶梦IC就是势不可挡的雪崩。最后还要面对致命响尾蛇。人生际遇变幻莫测，面临生死关头，你知道如何应对吗?

　　Ep1:Welcome to Afghanistan
　　EP2:After the Blast
　　Ep3:Bomb at the Front Door

　　It's all about the drive to survive. What happens when you 'MacGyver-ize' a car? In One Car Too Far former British Special Forces operative and an American car junkie are dropped into incredible landscapes and forced to work together to survive and ultimately escape to safety. The twist, they will have to take a small red car with them. It's the perfect combination as one knows how to drive and the other knows how to survive. With no proper roads and no real supplies, the two must rely on instinct and expertise alone to make it out. From the treacherous slopes and near-freezing temperatures of a mountain top, to the wet, dense vegetation of the rainforest, they use whatever supplies they can find to turn a regular car into an all-purpose vehicle to get them over, under and through just about any obstacle in their way.

　　人类最伟大的工程壮举往往是最强大的武器。直升机、隐身技术、枪、炸弹、飞机等,这些都是战斗工具。它们甚至还为战场上的胜利提供了关键性的优势,本节目将带观众深入了解最伟大的军事工程创举……了解它们的运作方式,产生过程以及它们是如何在战场上发挥作用的。

　　学习如何在日益拥挤的星球上生存也许是我们人类的终极挑战，但有一个地方，拥有的世界人口六分之一印度，人们却特别适应生活在这么拥挤的土地上。这个系列高清纪录片将带我们进入印度最密集的地区加尔各答和孟买，了解这里人们的生活现状及生存压力。
　　BBC 2012年播出，用3集记录印度的底层人如何在人多地少的环境中工作。印度现在有人口 12亿，占世界的六分之一，每个家庭都有很多孩子，对于穷人来讲，这可是一个很大的负担，看看印度人是如何在他们的国土上为了生活奋斗的。
　　Learning how to survive on an increasingly crowded planet is probably our ultimate challenge. But there is one place, home to over a sixth of the world's population, which is already making a good shot at adapting: welcome to India. This observational series casts aside the usual preconceptions about the sub-continent, and lets a few of India's 1.2 billion show how their world really works.
　　With astonishing access into the densest districts of Kolkata and Mumbai, it celebrates the impressive resourcefulness, resilience and absolute pragmatism of those living and working there, and reveals the psyche needed to get ahead in the biggest of crowds.
　　Part 1.
　　This episode follows two main characters as they employ all their ingenuity to carve out a home. With more people moving to cities in India than anywhere else on earth, securing that place you can call home is vital for nurturing your family's future.
　　Part 2.
　　Johora started out as a rag-picker, but through building a bottle recycling business on a railway embankment, she has big ambitions for her family of seven kids. And it is not just small waste. Kanye uses a blowtorch to cut up ships discarded by the rest of the world, helping satisfy India's thirst for steel. And Ashik buys up beef fat from the abattoir, and proudly renders it down to make tallow. It looks disgusting, even before he is plagued by a maggot infestation. But this thrifty use of 'waste' may well be destined for your soap or cosmetics.
　　Part 3.
　　With India destined to become the most populous nation on earth by 2026, you have got to be highly tactical in your search for a better life. It is not just about you and your dreams today - it is about the family over generations to come. Prakash and Mangesh are brothers in their early twenties from an illegal settlement surrounded by the buzz of downtown Mumbai. Prakash is deckhand on a yacht while striving to realise his dream and launch a Bollywood career. But his family make it clear his sole purpose is to earn enough to fund in their joint future: his brother Mangesh's course in software engineering. Swapan, a merchant in a hectic fish market, works so hard for his family's future that his wife knows he is ruining his health. And Sujit, who crafts disposable clay tea cups in Kolkata, hardly dares dream of seeing his family hundreds of miles away.

　　Following last year's successful documentary exploring the world of Thailand's ladyboys, this new thought-provoking series offers further insight into a sector of Thai society that makes up one per cent of the country's population. This revealing documentary explores the world of transsexuals in Thailand, and follows two Americans who travel to Bangkok for sex change surgery, and a British ex-pat looking for love.

　　《老梁观世界》于2012年1月1日正式开播，这是一档全新的新闻评论 老梁观世界类节目。主持人老梁（梁宏达）将以犀利的目光解读最热辣的新闻话题。看他如何挖掘真相；看他如何还原真实。非一般的视野，非一般的亮相。老梁观世界，带你探索中国，看懂世界。