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.
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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...
12:07 - 12:44
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...
12:44 - 13:21
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.
LIVE 13:21 - 13:54
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.
13:54 - 14:27
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,...
14:27 - 15:02
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.
15:02 - 15:37
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.
15:37 - 16:11
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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.
16:11 - 16:49
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...
16:49 - 17:25
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...
17:25 - 18:00
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.
18:00 - 18:37
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...
18:37 - 19:46
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.
19:46 - 20:55
The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs
Series, Science
Here, Bill Oddie asks whether the Velociraptor was really the monstrous predator of popular legend.
20:55 - 21:57
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...
21:57 - 22:58
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.
22:58 - 00:00
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.