National Geographic: On Assignment Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• African Ascent

  Three expert climbers seek out the remote volcanic spires of northern Cameroon, and their free climbing skills are pushed to the limit as they place their lives in each other's hands

• Amazon Bronze

  An artist captures the rain forest's beauty.

• America's Lost Mustangs

  Carlos LoPopolo tracks down an isolated herd of mustangs to try to find similar bloodlines to an original Spanish breed of wild horses which is now close to extinction. LoPopolo enlists the help of a horse whisperer to see if the herd are among the last of this dying breed

• Among the Baboons

  In Kenya, anthropologist Shirley Strum documents baboon behavior.

• Animal Attraction

  Animal courtship and mating.

• Animal Minds

  Incredible cognitive abilities of animals.

• Antarctic Wildlife Adventure
• Ants From Hell

  The strength, resilience, and lifestyle of the fire ant.

• Arctic Flyer

  Documentary following an amateur pilot who, despite sub-zero temperatures, undertakes a 3,500-mile flight to the North Pole in an open cockpit plane, determined to prove the spirit of adventure still lives

• Armored Knights
• Avalanche!

  Archival footage, photographs and interviews describe the devastating effects of avalanches.

• Avenue of the Volcanoes

  Rare wildlife abounds from Ecuador's Andes Mountains.

• Bear Attack

  Dispelling the myths about the conflict between bear and man.

• Beeman

  Tropical honeybees.

• Beyond the Lava

  Photographer Carsten Peter risks his life to venture alongside active volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

• Black Market Birds

  The illegal trade in exotic birds.

• Black Widow

  Habits of the black widow spider.

• Blue Whales
• Blues Highway

  A look at the history of blues music.

• Borneo: Beyond the Grave

  History and culture of Indonesia's headhunters the Ngaju Daak.

• Cairo Unveiled

  Belly dancer Lucy performs in Cairo.

• Cameramen Who Dared

  Cameramen who scale cliffs, swim with sharks and fend off wildlife while on the job.

• Cheetah Chase
• Chimp Rescue

  A primate scientist works to protect former research chimps.

• Clan of the Crocodile

  New Guinea's crocodile people.

• Combat Cameramen

  Archival footage and interviews examine the work of wartime cinematographers.

• Croc Country : Nest Raiders

  A visit to the Koorana Crocodile Farm in Queenland, Australia as the nesting season is about to get into full swing with 60 females pregnant. The collection of eggs is vital to the success of the business : will there be a good yield?

• Crocodile Man
• Crocodile Wild
• Crocodiles of Orinoco

  The plight of the South American Orinoco crocodiles, documenting a unique conservation project in Venezuela to save the species from extinction. Animal lover Nick Baker heads out on a dangerous night-time hunt to find out how adult crocs are surviving in the wild, and tries to persuade a three-year-old to return to the open river

• Crossing the Empty Quarter
• Cutthroats of Yellowstone

  Yellowstone River from season to season.

• Deep Flight

  Inventor Graham Hawkes explores the deep sea.

• Destination Space

  Preparations for a Russian-U.S. space mission.

• Dinosaur Fever
• Diving With Seals

  Seals, under water and on land.

• Dublin's Outlaw Horses

  Urban cowboys of Ireland.

• The Eagle and the Snake

  The sea eagle and the sea snake.

• An Elephant's Story

  Wildlife documentary profiling animals in the wild

• Fantastic Voyage
• Fearsome Frogs
• Feast of the Giant Sharks

  An array of stunning sea creatures among the coastal reefs of Belize, including the world's largest fish, the whale shark

• Few Acorns More
• Fire!

  Smoke jumpers.

• Fire
• Fire and Thunder

  A project aims to protect and preserve American prairies.

• Fire Bombers

  Gary Nagal and Ted Bell fly vintage DC-6s at speeds over 125 mph.

• Flight Across the World

  The people who put planes in the air and bring them down safely.

• Flying Devils

  Profiling the striated caracara, or Johnny rook, a fearless and rare bird of prey native to the Falkland Islands

• The Fox and the Shark

  Shark-attack victim Rodney Fox champions sharks.

• Freeze Frame: An Arctic Adventure

  A film crew prepares to document an Arctic winter.

• Giants of Jasper
• Giants of the Deep
• Gila Monsters

  Documentary exploring the life of the gila monster

• Gobi Adventure

  A glimpse into the ancient way of life in the Gobi Desert, one of the harshest, most beautiful landscapes on Earth

• Golden Lions of the Rain Forest
• Gorillas on the Edge
• Grizzly Season of the Salmon

  Grizzly bears feast on spawning salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

• High Peak Rescue

  Search and rescue missions performed by Tim Auger and his crew, during the summer months in Banff National Park.

• Ice Climb

  Ice-climbers challenge Colorado's Bridalveil.

• The Ice Mummies

  Reports of culture, tradition and wildlife from across the world

• In the Footsteps of Crusoe

  Scientists study fur seals on a deserted island.

• In the Footsteps of Robinson Crusoe
• Into the Volcano

  Photographer Carsten Peter risks his life to venture inside active volcanoes on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu

• Iran: Behind the Veil

  Investigating the life of Iranian women

• Journey Through the Underworld

  The Xibalba labyrinth, an extensive cave system.

• Killer Whales of the Fjord

  Killer whales off the Norwegian coast.

• The Last Frog

  Amphibian species in decline.

• Last of the Dancing Bears

  Abuse of performing bears in Greece and Turkey.

• Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria

  The Andrea Doria collides with the Stockholm.

• Lava Descent

  In-depth exploration of the natural world

• Lewis and Clark: The Big Challenge

  Behind the scenes with the Imax crew as they recount the incredible story of Lewis and Clark : the men who braved hostile conditions in search of the Northwest passage

• Life and Legend of Jane Goodall

  Jane Goodall's studies of African chimpanzees change how primates are viewed.

• Life on the Line

  Aerialist Philippe Petite.

• Lights! Camera! Bugs!

  Hollywood bug wrangler Steve Kutchner.

• Looters!

  Vandals steal valuable items from graves.

• Meerkat Madness

  Documentary offering an intimate portrait of life within a meerkat community

• Motala : An Elephant's Story

  The story of an elephant hospital in Thailand and the efforts of a team of 30 doctors and veterinarians to save a three-ton patient named Motala whose left forefoot was shattered by a landmine

• Mother Bear Man

  Ben Kilham raises three bears.

• Mountain Rams

  Grizzlies; wolves; bighorn sheep.

• Mountains of Maya

  Mayan culture and the natural world.

• Mummies of Gold

  The secret of ancient Egyptian tombs

• Mummies of Gold

  Dr. Zahi Hawass excavates the graves at Baharia oasis.

• Mummies of Gold
• Mystery of the Crop Circles

  Some say extraterrestrials make crop circles.

• Mystery of the Inca Mummy
• Mystery of the Maya

  In 1839 John Lloyd Stephens discovers the long-abandoned Mayan city of Copan.

• Mystery of the Neanderthals

  The mystery of the Neanderthals.

• Mystery Tomb of Abusir

  The most important archaeological finds in ancient Egypt since King Tut's tomb.

• The New Matadors

  Spain's female bullfighters.

• Nights With Leopards

  Kim Wolhuter charts a year in the life of leopards struggling to survive in a South African game reserve

• Nulla Pambu: The Good Snake

  The 'good snake' of India: the cobra.

• Okavango Diary

  Filmmakers Tim and June Liversedge encounter wildlife as they travel through the Okavango swamp.

• Oklahoma Twister

  A close-up look at the destructive power of the tornados as they tear through the American state of Oklahoma

• Otter Chaos

  Exploring the habits and habitat of the water-dwelling otter

• Out of the Stone Age

  A tribe in New Guinea has a Stone Age culture.

• Paradise Lost
• Parrot Passions
• A Passion for Africa

  Derrick and Beverly Joubert film African wildlife.

• Pazyryk Burial

  Archaeologists find an elaborate tomb in the Russian permafrost.

• Phantoms of the Night

  A hi-tech look at the nocturnal world of bats, following the work of biologists armed with ultrasonic, infra-red and thermal imaging technology as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the winged mammal's night-time activities

• The Photographers

  The adventures of National Geographic photographers.

• The Pigeon Murders
• Pirates of Whydah
• Play: The Nature of the Game

  The instinct of play in animals and humans.

• Race for the Palio

  In Siena, Italy, a traditional celebration culminates in a bareback horse race.

• Racing the Distance
• Rat Wars

  Relations between rats and humans in India.

• Red Piranha

  Red piranha as predators and prey of water birds.

• Red Wolves at the Crossroads

  Documentary following a pack of red wolves as they are reintroduced to the wilds of North Carolina, revealing behaviour never witnessed before in these animals

• Renegade Lions

  Celebrated cinematographer Paul van Schalkwyk explores Namibia's Etosha National Park to examine the lives of three notorious lions, famed for their strength and brutality

• Rescue Dogs

  Canines assist in search-and-rescue missions.

• Return of the Mountain Lion

  Mountain lions return to western California.

• Rocky Mountain Beaver Pond

  Beavers transform a pond habitat.

• Savage Salties
• Scorpions and Centipedes: Armored Knights of the Night
• Sea Bears of the Diamond Coast

  The incredible life of the Cape fur seal.

• Searching for Extra-Terrestrials

  The search for extraterrestrial life.

• Secrets of the Tsangpo

  Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet's Himalayas is shrouded in mystery.

• Silence of the Sea Lions

  The vanishing stellar sea lions of Alaska.

• Skis Against the Bomb

  The Norwegian resistance movement battles Nazi Germany's atomic plans.

• Snake Bite!

  Snake bite survivors.

• Snake Invasion

  The brown tree snake of Guam endangers fruit bats and crows.

• Spell of the Tiger

  Tigers of India.

• Spunky Monkey

  Bonnet Macaques are revered in India.

• Stikine River Fever

  Follow a team of kayakers on the grand canyon of the Stikine.

• Stratosfear

  Hang-glider pilot Judy Leden and balloonist Per Lindstrand attempt a world's record.

• Sumo: Dance of the Gargantuans

  Sumo wrestling.

• Sunset: Boulevard of Dreams

  Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard; Schwab's; Ciro's.

• Tango!

  The dramatic, sensual Argentine tango; narrator Robert Duvall.

• Tarantula!

  Close-up look at the largest spiders on earth, tarantulas, asking whether people should fear them as much as they do

• Terminal Velocity

  Falconer Ken Franklin leaps out of a plane alongside his pet peregrine to learn how the bird manages to attain its amazing flying speeds

• Through Teses Eyes
• Thunder on the Mountain
• Tigers Eye
• Top Dogs

  Insight into the behind-the-scenes goings-on at America's Westminster Dog Show. Last in series

• Tracking the Great White Shark
• U-Boats: Terror on Our Shores

  German U-boats sink ships in U.S. waters during World War II.

• Velvet Killers

  Tsangpo Gorges of Tibet are one of the last unexplored regions of the Himalayas.

• Visions of the Deep

  Undersea footage of Howard Hall.

• Voices of Doo-Wop

  Doo-wop artists of the 1950s.

• Volcano Island

  The active Soufriere Hill Volcano on Montserrat Island.

• Wild Horses of the Namib

  Wild horses roam the Namib Desert.

• Wild Vet

  Last in the series of documentaries about the natural world

• Wolves : Legends of the Night

  Chronicling the desperate measures taken by a dedicated team of biologists to save the maned wolves which face extinction in Brazil's grassland

• Wolves of the Air

  The Harris hawk of the Sonoran Desert.

• Yanomami Homecoming

  A suburban woman visits her Yanomami rain-forest birthplace.

• Yellowstone's Hidden World

  A close-up look at Yellowstone National Park's signature species - wolves, bison, coyotes and grizzly bears