Time and Tide

NINJA TRUTH

July 2025 •English

Ninja are now seen in popular media around the world. But as their profile rises, their reality gets muddied amid legends and fantasies. The truth about authentic ninja lies unknown, shrouded in mystery. This program carefully examines the fighting skills and tools used by actual ninja, and conducts experiments to determine the "Ninja Truth".

Japanology Plus

July 2025 •Japanese

Host Peter Barakan delves into various aspects of Japanese culture; exploring practices, history, and modern innovations in such areas as ramen, rice, sushi, geisha, bonsai, and so much more. Local experts discuss their passions at fascinating length, and American Japanophile Matt Alt experiences the food, practices, and cultures in each episode in depth. Viewers will finish each half hour episode with a new understanding of an area of Japanese life through demonstrative videos and explanations, all delivered respectfully and true to the Japanese way of life.

Ukiyoe EDO-LIFE

July 2025 •English

Centuries ago, Tokyo was known as Edo. More than a million people enjoyed life in this small but abundant city. They live on in ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Each episode is a deep dive into a single print, and an exploration of the soul of Old Tokyo. We examine works by artists like Hokusai and Hiroshige not just for their aesthetic and historical value, but for the stories they tell of everyday life. That is how the people of Edo themselves enjoyed this mass-produced medium.

Magical Japanese

July 2025 •English

Explore the richness and depth of the Japanese language and discover how words and expressions reflect history, culture and the natural world.

Decisions of the Heroes

July 2025 •Japanese

Historical figures and their decisions that changed the course of history. Based on expert research, the program explains dilemmas the that heroes faced and options they could have chosen.

Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period

July 2025 •Japanese

In the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short sword, one of the three mystical weapons that can end Oda's rule. During her quest, she is joined by two other ninjas who wield the other two weapons of legend, the sacred sword and spear.

信長のスマホ

July 2025 •Japanese

Neko Konogoro: Country Unification Arc

July 2025 •Japanese

Follows Nekotarou, a cat from Kagoshima who aims to unify the country.

Murder in the Alps

July 2025 •English

The true crime tale of the killing of a British family in the French Alps. Ten years on and still unsolved, was it a crime of passion, family feud or political hit? Will the truth ever come out?

Cash

July 2025 •Norwegian

TVN - 40 años - Tu historia es mi historia

July 2025 •Spanish

#TextMeWhenYouGetHome

July 2025 •English

Each individual episode follows a case of an innocent woman who's been harmed, killed, or abducted by someone on what should have been just another average day.

The Desert Sea

July 2025 •English

The Desert Sea is an Ultra High Definition 2 part series that centers on North America's diverse Sonoran Desert. The first hour explores why the Sonoran is the wettest and most diverse desert in the Americas due to its unique proximity to the Gulf of California and the great Pacific Ocean - a coastal desert next to an extraordinary rich marine environment of sea lions, dolphins and even blue whales. The second hour focuses on the abundant and diverse creatures that have adapted to desert life in this unique environment: from big cats, giant hares and killer insects, to extraordinary reptiles and even a bird that can run at high speeds.

Entre Lobos

July 2025 •Portuguese

Mezzi Speciali - Forgiati su misura

July 2025 •Italian

Questo strano mondo con Marco Berry

July 2025 •Italian

Kalahari: Land of Secret Alliances

July 2025 •English

Wander the vast, inhospitable lowlands of Africa’s Kalahari Basin, where an extraordinarily diverse array of animals, from massive elephants to tiny weaver birds, work together to find resources, protect their young, and survive the harsh conditions.

Surviving Earth

July 2025 •English

Meet the bizarre, amazing and breathtaking creatures and landscapes of a vibrant lost world; and discover how life not only survived during the cataclysmic events of this prehistoric era, but thrived.

Phrogging: Hider in My House

July 2025 •English

Explores the phenomenon of phrogging – people secretly living inside someone else’s home and features two first-hand accounts of survivors sharing the most skin-crawling, twisted and truly terrifying stories imaginable. Along with interviews and key archive materials, cinematic recreations bring the clues and confrontations to life.

Teen Mom: The Next Chapter

July 2025 •English

The casts of Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2 are each currently in different stages of motherhood - some have kids in diapers, while others are now parenting teenagers! But they all share the unique experience of momming so young. For the first time, the moms and all their stories will be brought together in one supersized series that focuses on the unique bond this "Mom Group" shares as they face the reality of parenthood and adulting while entering this next phase of life together.