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BBC Dinos 24/7

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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.

TV Guide
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Walking with Dinosaurs
04:09 - 04:43
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Dinosaurs, Cruel Sea
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.
Walking with Dinosaurs
04:43 - 05:17
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Giant of the Skies
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 reach its breeding site. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
Walking with Dinosaurs
05:17 - 05:51
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Spirits of the Ice Forest
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 half of the year, and in frozen darkness for the rest.
Walking with Dinosaurs
05:51 - 06:25
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Death of a Dynasty
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.
Walking with Dinosaurs
06:25 - 06:59
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Land of Giants
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.
Walking with Dinosaurs
06:59 - 07:33
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
The Giant Claw
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.
Walking with Dinosaurs
07:33 - 08:07
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
The Ballad of Big Al
Scientists study the perfectly preserved remains of an adolescent allosaurus they call Big Al.
Walking with Dinosaurs
08:07 - 08:41
Walking with Dinosaurs
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
Big Al Uncovered
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.
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
08:41 - 09:06
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Series, History
Coelophysis / Diplodocus
Featured species are the coelophysis and the diplodocus.
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
09:06 - 09:31
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Series, History
Ophthalmosaurus / Ornithocheirus
Featured species are the opthalmosaurus and the ornithocheirus.
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
09:31 - 09:56
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Series, History
Leaellynasaura / Tyrannosaurus
Featured species are the leaellynasaura and the tyrannosaurus.
Deadly Dinosaurs
09:56 - 10:29
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Land of Giants
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.
Deadly Dinosaurs
10:29 - 11:02
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Deadly Defenders
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 whether an Iguanodon really has what it takes to beat a T-rex, and thanks to some mega-engineering he'll unleash an Ankylosaurus tail-swinging robot that goes on the rampage and then some!
Deadly Dinosaurs
11:02 - 11:34
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
King of the Killers
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.
Deadly Dinosaurs
11:34 - 12:07
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Freak or Unique
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.
Deadly Dinosaurs
12:07 - 12:40
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Kings of the Sky
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.
Deadly Dinosaurs
12:40 - 13:13
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Aquatic Terrors
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 Opthalmosaurus.
Deadly Dinosaurs
13:13 - 13:46
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Super Senses
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 finally he gets his hands on a real life Caiman to show how their pressure pits are just like that of the Spinosaurus. Strap yourself in for a sensory overload!
Deadly Dinosaurs
13:46 - 14:19
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Secret Skills
Steve goes on an undercover mission to unearth the sneakiest dinosaurs that were far deadlier than they first appeared.
Deadly Dinosaurs
14:19 - 14:51
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Deadlier than the Dinosaurs
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, Steve ends with a bang as he recreates the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact in an experiment.
Deadly Dinosaurs
14:51 - 15:24
Deadly Dinosaurs
Series, Children, Animals, History, Documentary
Backshall's Ultimate Dinosaur
Steve Backshall looks back at the most awesome experiments over the series and chooses his highlights.
Archaeology: A Secret History
15:24 - 16:26
Archaeology: A Secret History
Series, Documentary, History
In the Beginning
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 got archaeologists into dangerous water.
Archaeology: A Secret History
16:26 - 17:28
Archaeology: A Secret History
Series, Documentary, History
The Search for Civilisation
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.
Archaeology: A Secret History
17:28 - 18:29
Archaeology: A Secret History
Series, Documentary, History
The Power of the Past
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.
Prehistoric Autopsy
18:29 - 19:38
Prehistoric Autopsy
Series, Documentary
Neanderthal
Anatomist Professor Alice Roberts and biologist Dr George McGavin go on an extraordinary evolutionary journey to meet our ancient ancestors. They start with our closest prehistoric relative - a Neanderthal. To make the reconstructions as accurate as possible Alice and George have travelled the globe, gathering evidence from the world's leading scientists.
Prehistoric Autopsy
19:38 - 20:47
Prehistoric Autopsy
Series, Documentary
Homo Erectus
The team go back 1.5 million years to meet one of the earliest humans, Homo erectus. They walked the earth far longer than any other human species and were the first ancestors to look a lot like we do today. The team reveal the latest research that suggests Homo erectus were good hunters, were skilled at making stone tools and could probably control fire.
Prehistoric Autopsy
20:47 - 21:56
Prehistoric Autopsy
Series, Documentary
Lucy
The team looks at probably the most famous of all our early ancestors. She is called Lucy from the species Australopithecus afarensis and she lived 3.2 million years ago. Lucy's species had traded life in the trees for life on the ground, but this ability to routinely walk upright came at a price and it is one we are still paying today.
Ancient Worlds
21:56 - 23:05
Ancient Worlds
Series, Documentary, History
Come Together
Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation in the first episode of a series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia some 6,000 years ago, to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Starting in Uruk, the `mother of all cities', in southern Iraq, Richard travels to Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece, tracing the birth and development of technology and culture.
Ancient Worlds
23:05 - 00:13
Ancient Worlds
Series, Documentary, History
The Age of Iron
Richard looks at the winners and losers of the great Bronze Age collapse, and the new powers that emerged in the harder-edged Age of Iron.
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