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
00:04 - 00:41
Walking with Dinosaurs
Big Al Uncovered
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
This scientific detective story traces the evidence for Big Al the allosaur's existence, using clues from climate change studies, forensics, and fossil records to bring him back to life.
00:41 - 01:15
Walking with Dinosaurs
The Giant Claw
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Nigel Marven journeys back to the sand dunes of Mesozoic Mongolia to track the owner of the largest claws of all time, the Therizinosaurus. His adventure yields a series of surprising clues, a nest, footprints, dung, and more.
01:15 - 02:16
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...
02:16 - 03:41
The Lost World
The Lost World
Series, Adventure, Fantasy, Miniseries
Professor Challenger leads a party of explorers from the smog of Edwardian London to South America in search of a mythical plateau rumoured to be inhabited by dinosaurs.
03:41 - 05:04
The Lost World
Return to the Lost World
Series, Adventure, Fantasy, Miniseries
The explorers find themselves trapped on the plateau high above the Amazon jungle, surrounded by prehistoric horrors.
05:04 - 05:49
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.
05:49 - 06:38
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.
06:38 - 07:23
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.
07:23 - 08:12
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.
08:12 - 09:12
The Making Of: Walking With Dinosaurs
Special, Documentary, Animals
Animatronics, computer animation and science re-create the dinosaurs' world.
09:12 - 09:49
Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs
Water Dwellers
Series, Documentary, Nature, History, Science, Animals, Miniseries
Part 1/3. As life starts evolving in the oceans, our bizarre earliest ancestors battle against 3m long sea scorpions and giant carnivorous fish. Their ability to survive will determine the shape of life on Earth and whether humans will exist at all. As our amphibian ancestors...
09:49 - 10:25
Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs
Reptile's Beginnings
Series, Documentary, Nature, History, Science, Animals, Miniseries
Part 2/3. Millions of years before the dinosaurs, a world full of giant sabretooth reptiles and huge armoured herbivores was obliterated when global temperatures soared and vast deserts blanketed the land. As the environment recovered, populations of one species of tough reptile...
10:25 - 10:59
Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs
Clash of Titans
Series, Documentary, Nature, History, Science, Animals, Miniseries
Part 3/3. The struggle for survival moves onto land in the shape of early reptiles such as Petrolacosaurus. In the Carboniferous swamps, insects and arthropods have taken over and grown into giants, from the giant spider Mesothelae to millipede-like monsters. As the swamps dry...
10:59 - 11:59
Horizon
Dinosaurs in Your Garden
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
Are sparrows and blackbirds the direct descendants of a vicious group of dinosaurs including the velociraptor?
11:59 - 12:34
Deadly Dinosaurs
Land of Giants
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve is going large, as he focuses on the biggest animals to have ever walked the earth. In his dino-den, he starts by meeting the Argentinosaurus, an animal so large that even its poo was deadly. But if you thought that that was the biggest dinosaur ever, then think again.
12:34 - 13:07
Deadly Dinosaurs
Deadly Defenders
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
The Jurassic was home to the most vicious and violent predators the world has ever seen. To survive, herbivores had to fight back! Steve Backshall goes on a mission to track down the deadliest of all dinosaur defenders. He'll meet the armoured tank that is Nodosaurus, he'll test...
13:07 - 13:43
Deadly Dinosaurs
King of the Killers
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Steve tries to chomp through a car like a T. rex, wield an axe like an Allosaurus and hitch a ride in Britain's biggest tank to showcase the might of a Spinosaurus.
13:43 - 14:18
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.
14:18 - 14:51
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.
14:51 - 15:25
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.
15:25 - 16:00
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...
16:00 - 16:34
Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs
Water Dwellers
Series, Documentary, Nature, History, Science, Animals, Miniseries
Part 1/3. As life starts evolving in the oceans, our bizarre earliest ancestors battle against 3m long sea scorpions and giant carnivorous fish. Their ability to survive will determine the shape of life on Earth and whether humans will exist at all. As our amphibian ancestors...
16:34 - 17:09
Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs
Reptile's Beginnings
Series, Documentary, Nature, History, Science, Animals, Miniseries
Part 2/3. Millions of years before the dinosaurs, a world full of giant sabretooth reptiles and huge armoured herbivores was obliterated when global temperatures soared and vast deserts blanketed the land. As the environment recovered, populations of one species of tough reptile...
17:09 - 17:46
Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs
Clash of Titans
Series, Documentary, Nature, History, Science, Animals, Miniseries
Part 3/3. The struggle for survival moves onto land in the shape of early reptiles such as Petrolacosaurus. In the Carboniferous swamps, insects and arthropods have taken over and grown into giants, from the giant spider Mesothelae to millipede-like monsters. As the swamps dry...
17:46 - 18:22
Walking with Dinosaurs
New Blood
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
The life of the first reptilian carnivores on Earth, told through computer animation.
18:22 - 18:57
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.
18:57 - 19:33
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.
19:33 - 20:10
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...
20:10 - 20:44
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...
20:44 - 21:18
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.
21:18 - 21:55
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.
21:55 - 22:30
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.
22:30 - 23:04
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...
23:04 - 23:42
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...
23:42 - 00:18
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.