BBC Dinos 24/7
United States
BBC Dinos 24/7 is a cable channel available in the United States that focuses entirely on prehistoric life. Its programming consists of documentary series and specials about dinosaurs, paleontology, and the geological eras in which these animals lived. Content draws heavily from the BBC’s natural history library, including programs originally produced for BBC Earth and other factual strands. Episodes typically examine dinosaur behavior, fossil discoveries, and the science behind extinction events. The channel does not carry news, sports, or entertainment programming; its schedule is built around long-form factual content aimed at viewers interested in natural history and earth sciences.
Viewers can access BBC Dinos 24/7 through most major cable and satellite providers in the United States. The channel also offers a live stream through select online TV services that carry the full linear feed. TV guide listings for the channel are published by local providers and typically repeat episodes across different time slots to accommodate various viewing schedules. No on-demand library or companion app is currently associated with the channel.
Schedule
05:24 - 06:23
Ancient Powers
Kill or Be Killed
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
In a world where enemies watch for weakness, the ancient powers must use all their strength and cunning to defend their people, conquer new lands, and rise to the challenge of the battlefield.
06:23 - 07:21
Ancient Powers
Law and Order
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
In an unruly world, the ancient powers must lead their people, create ways to govern and keep rebellion at bay. To achieve this, they may invent caste systems, organise gladiatorial games or turn to gods.
07:21 - 08:21
Ancient Powers
End Game
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
Though the ancient powers have endured for centuries, their destruction is close at hand. However, some will leave lasting legacies that will continue to shape the world long after their downfall.
08:21 - 09:22
How to Build a Dinosaur
Special, Documentary, Educational
Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, and we have hardly ever found a complete skeleton. So how do we turn a pile of broken bones into a dinosaur exhibit? Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures, and even - in...
09:22 - 10:31
Prehistoric Autopsy
Lucy
Series, Documentary
The team looks at probably the most famous of all our early ancestors. She is called Lucy from the species Australopithecus afarensis, and she lived 3.2 million years ago. Lucy's species had traded life in the trees for life on the ground, but this ability to routinely walk...
10:31 - 11:32
Archaeology: A Secret History
The Power of the Past
Series, Documentary, History
Richard Miles shows how 20th-century attention turned from civilisation and kings to the search for the common man against a background of science and competing political ideologies.
11:32 - 12:42
Prehistoric Autopsy
Homo Erectus
Series, Documentary
The team go back 1.5 million years to meet one of the earliest humans, Homo erectus. They walked the earth far longer than any other human species and were the first ancestors to look a lot like we do today. The team reveal the latest research that suggests Homo erectus were...
12:42 - 13:41
Horizon
The Dinosaur That Fooled the World
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
In 2000, scientists made a groundbreaking discovery, explaining how birds evolved from dinosaurs. However, a deeper investigation put a question mark over everything.
13:41 - 14:40
Horizon
Extreme Dinosaurs
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
Exploring the newfound remains of a dinosaur species considered the biggest carnivore in history, all while questioning whether they engaged in a fight against the Argentinosaurus.
14:40 - 15:39
Horizon
The Mystery of the Jurassic
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
Exploring a dinosaur graveyard in Patagonia to gain a better understanding of dinosaur evolution, particularly the Middle Jurassic period when they became gigantic.
15:39 - 16:49
Prehistoric Autopsy
Neanderthal
Series, Documentary
Anatomist Professor Alice Roberts and biologist Dr George McGavin go on an extraordinary evolutionary journey to meet our ancient ancestors. They start with our closest prehistoric relative - a Neanderthal. To make the reconstructions as accurate as possible Alice and George...
16:49 - 17:58
Natural World
Nature's Biggest Beasts
Series, Anthology, Nature, Documentary, Animals
The world's biggest beasts have always captured the imagination, but whilst being big can have its advantages, it also comes with sizeable challenges. Take the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, whose huge appetite means it must take on prey ten times its weight, or the...
17:58 - 18:48
Lost Worlds: Vanished Lives
Magic in the Rocks
Series, Documentary
Part 1/4. David Attenborough shows us how ancient creatures have come to be preserved as fossils and how those fossils can shed light on characteristics of these creatures' lives, and even their death.
18:48 - 19:51
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Special, Documentary, Nature
David Attenborough tells the story of the discovery and reconstruction in Argentina of the world's largest known dinosaur, a brand-new species of titanosaur. Measuring 37m long - close to four London buses put end to end - and weighing 70 metric tons, it now holds the record as...
19:51 - 20:52
Archaeology: A Secret History
The Search for Civilisation
Series, Documentary, History
Archaeologist Richard Miles shows how discoveries in the 18th and 19th centuries overturned ideas of when and where civilisation began, as empires competed to 'own' the past.
20:52 - 21:54
Archaeology: A Secret History
In the Beginning
Series, Documentary, History
Archaeologist Richard Miles presents a series charting the history of the breakthroughs and watersheds in our long quest to understand our ancient past. He begins by going back 2,000 years to explore how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth - a quest that soon...
21:54 - 22:56
Archaeology: A Secret History
The Power of the Past
Series, Documentary, History
Richard Miles shows how 20th-century attention turned from civilisation and kings to the search for the common man against a background of science and competing political ideologies.
22:56 - 00:05
Prehistoric Autopsy
Homo Erectus
Series, Documentary
The team go back 1.5 million years to meet one of the earliest humans, Homo erectus. They walked the earth far longer than any other human species and were the first ancestors to look a lot like we do today. The team reveal the latest research that suggests Homo erectus were...