Smithsonian Channel to Premiere MYSTIC BRITAIN
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 27, 2019 Smithsonian Channel is set to reveal the secrets of Britain's most mysterious sites via a road trip mixing mysticism with very British humor. In this 10-part series, television and radio presenter Clive Anderson (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota explore the island's ancie... 
Smithsonian Channel To Honor Veterans Month With Special Two-Night Event
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 08, 2019 Smithsonian Channel continues its annual initiative honoring Veterans Month with two all-new specials to air this November. MEMPHIS BELLE IN COLOR tells the story of the famed Memphis Belle – a B-17 bomber plane that became a symbol of the Allies' desperate fight against the German Luftwaffe during ... 
Smithsonian Channel Presents RISE OF THE SUPERCARRIER
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 16, 2019 Set sail on HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest and most advanced warship ever built in Great Britain, in Smithsonian Channel's RISE OF THE SUPERCARRIER. Filmed over three years, with exclusive and unprecedented access, the new three-part series takes viewers on an intimate and extraordinary journey wi... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces SPY WARS WITH DAMIAN LEWIS
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 12, 2020 Smithsonian Channel is set to investigate some of the most shocking and explosive cases of espionage over the last 50 years. SPY WARS WITH DAMIAN LEWIS features the incredible true stories of spy wars fought in the shadows, from the turbulent years of the Cold War to the Iran Hostage Crisis and the ... 
Smithsonian Channel to Premiere HUNT FOR EAGLE 56
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 25, 2019 Smithsonian Channel will reveal the exclusive story of the discovery of the “Holy Grail” of missing World War II warships, the USS Eagle 56. The new three-part series, HUNT FOR EAGLE 56, will follow the Nomad Exploration Team – a group of New England wreck divers who made the discovery – as they une... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces New Special BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 09, 2019 The Battle of the Little Big Horn. Custer's Last Stand. The Battle of the Greasy Grass. An infamous conflict known by many names is one that has been edited, embellished and sensationalized for over a century. On June 25, 1876, Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull and thousands of American Indians wer... 
Smithsonian Channel Presents New Series QUEEN OF THE PYTHONS
by Tori Hartshorn - July 08, 2019 Smithsonian Channel follows the notorious and deadly African rock python in QUEEN OF THE PYTHONS. The one-hour special examines the 13-foot female snake's daily life in a sub-tropical valley in South Africa. A hunter of a wide variety of prey, from tiny birds to full-sized deer, the constrictor is a... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces BLACK IN SPACE: BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 21, 2020 The race to get to space is long over, but buried in time is the revelatory story of the world's first black astronauts. For many Americans, the 20th-century Space Race was a Cold War competition over rocketry and technological feats, but the world's two superpowers were also engaged in another high... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces Women's History Month Programming
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 24, 2020 Smithsonian Channel is set to kick off Women's History Month with two exciting new projects – first, the second annual WOMEN IN HISTORY social video initiative on March 1, and the following day, the premiere of VIKING WOMEN: THE REAL VALKYRIES. Each aims to shine a light on incredible, pioneering wo... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces Fall Monarchy Programming
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 04, 2019 Smithsonian Channel ventures into the heart of the monarchy with two new programs this fall. The three-part series PRIVATE LIVES OF THE WINDSORS reveals scandalous stories of the royal family's previous generation via new access to private letters, diaries and photographs. One-hour documentary PRINC... 
Smithsonian Channel to Premiere THE LIFE OF EARTH
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 01, 2019 Since the dawn of humanity, we've wondered – how did our world come to be? Today, thanks to hundreds of satellites orbiting the planet, science is uncovering the full, epic story – including clues to our own role in its future. Travel through eons of fire and meteor storms – from the arrival of ocea... 
Smithsonian Channel Examines the Evolution of Weaponry in WORLD OF WEAPONS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 06, 2020 Smithsonian Channel will explore the evolution of weapons throughout history and how they changed the course of mankind in the new documentary series WORLD OF WEAPONS. Weapons comprise an ever-evolving arsenal that has transformed combat - helping build empires, destroy them and deter aggression. Th... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces ISLE OF CHIMPS and GORILLAS OF GABON
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 10, 2019 Smithsonian Channel is spotlighting the incredible conservation work being done to save great apes in two new films to debut as part of the network's signature Wild Wednesday lineup. From an island sanctuary giving orphaned and rescued chimpanzees a second chance to a journey through a distant land ... 
Smithsonian Channel Presents HUMBOLDT: EPIC EXPLORER
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 19, 2020 More than 200 years ago, a German scientist Alexander von Humboldt spent five years traveling across the South American continent, making revolutionary discoveries about the workings of the natural world. Now, in Smithsonian Channel's HUMBOLDT: EPIC EXPLORER, historian and bestselling author, Andrea... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces Two Films About the Power of Volcanoes
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 14, 2019 Scattered across the globe lie nearly 1,500 known volcanoes – some active all year round, others that can erupt with surprising and often deadly force. Two recent incidents – Fuego in Guatemala and Kilauea in Hawaii – claimed hundreds of lives and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage whe... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces Expansion of IN COLOR Programming
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 17, 2019 This November, Smithsonian Channel will transform decades of black and white, bringing figures like Winston Churchill, Queen Victoria and Frank Sinatra – and events like the Hindenburg disaster – into the full-color world they lived. The network today announced the season three premiere of the criti... 
Smithsonian Channel Announces WORLD OF WEAPONS
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 06, 2020 Smithsonian Channel will explore the evolution of weapons throughout history and how they changed the course of mankind in the new documentary series WORLD OF WEAPONS. Weapons comprise an ever-evolving arsenal that has transformed combat – helping build empires, destroy them and deter aggression. Th... 
Smithsonian Channel Presents AMERICA'S HIDDEN STORIES: MYSTERY AT JAMESTOWN
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 20, 2019 Jamestown, the first successful English settlement in the Americas, is best known for the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas, but now archaeologists are on the hunt for a pioneering and controversial forgotten founding father. On July 30, 1619, Sir George Yeardley presided over the first democratic... |
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