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
00:17 - 01:16
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.
01:16 - 02:15
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.
02:15 - 03:16
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...
03:16 - 04:19
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...
04:19 - 05:21
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...
05:21 - 06:06
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.
06:06 - 06:55
Lost Worlds: Vanished Lives
Putting Flesh on Bone
Series, Documentary
Part 2/4. Could pterodactyls fly? And why did trilobites have such good eyes? David Attenborough investigates the secret lives of animals from the past, as told in the fossil record.
06:55 - 07:40
Lost Worlds: Vanished Lives
Dinosaur
Series, Documentary
Part 3/4. David Attenborough uncovers dinosaur bones in the Sahara desert and visits the biggest, most spectacular dinosaur displays in the world.
07:40 - 08:31
Lost Worlds: Vanished Lives
The Rare Glimpses
Series, Documentary
Part 4/4. David Attenborough uncovers bizarre creatures of the earliest seas, tiny horses the size of spaniels and an animal that's half bird and half reptile - the rarest of them all.
08:31 - 09:07
Walking with Dinosaurs
New Blood
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
The life of the first reptilian carnivores on Earth, told through computer animation.
09:07 - 09:42
Walking with Dinosaurs
Time of the Titans
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
This programme travels 152 million years into the past to a planet dominated by mighty, long-necked sauropods - the largest animals ever to walk the earth. There were no birds, flowers or grass, and the land was carpeted by fern prairies and coniferous forests.
09:42 - 10:18
Walking with Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs, Cruel Sea
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
A look at the world as it was 149 million years ago - in the late Jurassic Period. The old continents have broken up and much of the land is under water. Huge shallow seas have supported a revolution in marine life.
10:18 - 10:55
Walking with Dinosaurs
Giant of the Skies
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
A mind-expanding trip back through time to look at how the skies of 127 million years ago were dominated by huge flying reptiles, some as large as aeroplanes. The programme also follows the extraordinary journey of the pterosaur, which flew for thousands of miles in order to...
10:55 - 11:29
Walking with Dinosaurs
Spirits of the Ice Forest
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
This programme looks at the Cretaceous period, 106 million years ago. Volcanic activity forces the continents apart, and dinosaurs diversify into a range of species to cope with environmental extremes. The landmass that will become Australia and Antarctica is in sunlight for...
11:29 - 12:03
Walking with Dinosaurs
Death of a Dynasty
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Looking at the closing chapters of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago, when the world is poisoned by massive volcanic activity. Among the fields of burning ash, the dinosaurs struggle for survival, oblivious to the Earth's impending collision with a giant comet.
12:03 - 13:05
Lost Cities of The Ancients
The Vanished Capital of the Pharaoh
Series, Educational, Science, History, Documentary
A journey to discover the legendary lost city of Piramesse, a magnificent ancient capital built 3,000 years ago by the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great. When it was finally rediscovered by early archaeologists, it opened up a bizarre puzzle because it was in the wrong place.
13:05 - 14:08
Lost Cities of The Ancients
The Cursed Valley of the Pyramids
Series, Educational, Science, History, Documentary, Performing arts
In the Lambayeque valley in northern Peru lies a strange lost world, the forgotten ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids, including some of the biggest on the planet, colossal structures made out of mud bricks.
14:08 - 15:09
Lost Cities of The Ancients
The Dark Lords of Hattusha
Series, Educational, Science, History, Documentary
This is the story of the formidable Hittites and their long-lost capital, Hattusha, which has recently been rediscovered. Buried in this lost city is one of the greatest libraries of the ancient world, and all the secrets of this mysterious civilisation were written in two codes...
15:09 - 16:07
Tutankhamun: Life, Death and Legacy
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
Dan meets the mummies of Tutankhamun's parents at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and discovers that they were actually brother and sister. CT scans reveal how this incestuous relationship could have been responsible for Tutankhamun's poor health. Raksha heads underground to a...
16:07 - 17:06
Science of Walking With Beasts
Triumph of the Beast
Series, Science
This episode explains how the 120-million-year reign of the dinosaurs ended when mammals became the fastest and fiercest creatures on the planet.
17:06 - 18:06
Science of Walking With Beasts
The Beast Within Us
Series, Science
A look at the science that has proved Darwin's idea that intelligent, sophisticated humans have an ancestral connection with the ape.
18:06 - 18:43
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.
18:43 - 19:17
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.
19:17 - 19:52
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...
19:52 - 20:29
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...
20:29 - 21:03
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.
21:03 - 21:38
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...
21:38 - 22:03
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Coelophysis / Diplodocus
Series, History
Featured species are the coelophysis and the diplodocus.
22:03 - 22:28
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Ophthalmosaurus / Ornithocheirus
Series, History
Featured species are the ophthalmosaurus and the ornithocheirus.
22:28 - 22:53
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Leaellynasaura / Tyrannosaurus
Series, History
Featured species are the Leaellynasaura and the Tyrannosaurus.
22:53 - 23:27
Walking with Dinosaurs
Land of Giants
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
In a time when monstrous creatures ruled the earth, South America was the land of the giants. Nigel Marven walks among these gigantic creatures, on a quest to witness the largest predator bringing down the largest prey.
23:27 - 00:04
Walking with Dinosaurs
The Ballad of Big Al
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
Scientists study the perfectly preserved remains of an adolescent allosaurus they call Big Al.