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
00:14 - 00:47
Deadly Dinosaurs
Freak or Unique
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve gets freaky on a mission to find the weirdest dinosaur ever. He kick-starts with a Gigantoraptor, an 8-metre tall giant that laid the biggest eggs in history.
00:47 - 01:20
Deadly Dinosaurs
Kings of the Sky
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve discovers just what it takes to be a terror from the skies. He straps himself into one of Britain's fastest wind tunnels where he goes head-to-head against Microraptor.
01:20 - 01:56
Deadly Dinosaurs
Aquatic Terrors
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve travels to new depths as he discovers just what it takes to be an aquatic terror. His quest sees him rocket through water in spectacular style, just like an Ophthalmosaurus.
01:56 - 02:31
Deadly Dinosaurs
Super Senses
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve's on a mission to find dinosaurs that have something a little special: fearsome killers, with incredible abilities! Get ready for a sensory sensation! His quest sees him race in the dark like a Troodon, track prey from miles away taking tips from the Daspletosaurus, and...
02:31 - 03:04
Deadly Dinosaurs
Secret Skills
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve goes on an undercover mission to unearth the sneakiest dinosaurs that were far deadlier than they first appeared.
03:04 - 03:37
Deadly Dinosaurs
Deadlier than the Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve Backshall is on the hunt for the most deadly animals to have ever walked the earth: dinosaurs. Steve goes on a mission to uncover what was deadlier than the dinosaurs, from massive monsoons and super-sized sandstorms to ballistic bacteria and gory gas. In an epic finale,...
03:37 - 04:13
Deadly Dinosaurs
Backshall's Ultimate Dinosaur
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve Backshall looks back at the most awesome experiments over the series and chooses his highlights.
04:13 - 04:47
Walking with Beasts
New Dawn
Series, Documentary, Science
Special effects-filled documentary beginning 49 million years ago. The world is heavily forested and birds rule the planet, preying on small mammals. Whales have not yet evolved, and their ancestors walk on the land.
04:47 - 05:22
Walking with Beasts
Whale Killer
Series, Documentary, Science
A pregnant basilosaurus, an 18-metre, carnivorous whale which lives in the Tethys Sea, is forced to kill the young of a smaller whale to ensure the survival of her unborn calf.
05:22 - 05:59
Walking with Beasts
Land of Giants
Series, Documentary, Science
Going back 25 million years to the time of the indricothere, which was the largest mammal ever to live on dry land, being seven metres high and weighing 15 tons! The only threat to an adult would have been the hyaenodon which was the size of a rhino and had jaws that could crush...
05:59 - 06:36
Walking with Beasts
Next of Kin
Series, Documentary, Science
The beginnings of mankind can be traced back 3.2 million years to Ethiopia and the advent of Australopithecus, a type of ape which, like humans, was bipedal. These early members of the human family faced many dangers, including the sabre-toothed cat, malaria, and the 14-tonne...
06:36 - 07:11
Walking with Beasts
Sabre Tooth
Series, Documentary, Science, Docudrama, Animals, Nature
Revealing the exotic, oversized creatures that inhabited South America one million years ago, such as the deadly smilodon, the largest of all sabre tooth cats.
07:11 - 07:48
Walking with Beasts
Mammoth Journey
Series, Documentary, Science, Docudrama, Animals, Nature
Looking at the depths of the Ice Age, following a group of mammoths who have been forced to travel south with the advent of winter. On a dangerous journey across the Alps, many become trapped in bogs or fall victim to predators. However, their most formidable enemies are waiting...
07:48 - 08:57
The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs
Killer Dinosaurs
Series, Science
Bird expert Bill Oddie helps construct amazing, life-sized, biomechanical replicas as he presents an imaginary battle between a tyrannosaurus rex and a triceratops.
08:57 - 10:06
The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs
Series, Science
Here, Bill Oddie asks whether the Velociraptor was really the monstrous predator of popular legend.
10:06 - 11:08
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...
11:08 - 12:09
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.
12:09 - 13:11
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.
13:11 - 14:13
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...
14:13 - 15:12
Horizon
Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
Exploring Mongolia's Gobi Desert to determine whether dinosaurs exist in the present as birds. It is one of the harshest places on Earth with the biggest dinosaur graveyard.
15:12 - 16:12
Iceman: Mummy From the Stone Age
Special, Documentary, History, Science
The discovery of a 5,000-year-old male mummy in the Austrian Alps has enabled scientists to re-create a vanished world.
16:12 - 17:12
Horizon
The Day the Earth Melted
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
The earth split in India 66 million years ago in a disaster that may have caused the end of the dinosaurs.
17:12 - 18:21
The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs
Killer Dinosaurs
Series, Science
Bird expert Bill Oddie helps construct amazing, life-sized, biomechanical replicas as he presents an imaginary battle between a tyrannosaurus rex and a triceratops.
18:21 - 19:20
Horizon
The Last Mammoth
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
According to new evidence, the Woolly Mammoth went on roaming until about the time the Pyramids were built.
19:20 - 20:20
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Risky Rocks
Series, History, Science
Dr Iain Stewart looks at how earthquakes and faults have shaped human history by bringing both life and death.
20:20 - 21:20
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Architecture
Series, History, Science
Dr Iain Stewart looks at how rocks have influenced the architecture of the Mediterranean, from the pyramids of Egypt to the squares of Ancient Greece.
21:20 - 22:20
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Art
Series, History, Science
Tracing the history of cave paintings.
22:20 - 23:21
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Beliefs
Series, History, Science
Dr Iain Stewart examines how the rocks beneath our feet played a crucial role in determining the beliefs of ancient civilisations.
23:21 - 00:21
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Water
Series, History, Science
Dr Iain Stewart looks at how ancient civilisations learned to exploit the water around them, from the flooding of our Stone Age ancestors' hunting grounds to the fall of the Roman Empire.