Thursday, October 23rd TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
Cosmic Vistas Dark Energy
Studies are currently under way looking for evidence of dark energy in the movement of galaxies.
Paid programming.
Searching for Secrets Paris
Walk the cobblestone streets and take in the city's urban design to uncover the key to it's revolutionary past; discover why tourists should skip the Eiffel Tower and climb the ugliest skyscraper in Europe instead.
Cosmic Vistas Eclipses
Lunar and solar eclipses.
Cosmic Vistas What Stars Are Made of
An exploration of the astrophysics of stars creating matter.
Million Dollar American Princesses: Meghan Markle
Actress Meghan Markle's upcoming marriage to Prince Harry is compared to the stories of other American actresses and heiresses who crossed the Atlantic to marry into nobility, such as Grace Kelly and Rita Hayworth.
Legends of the Pharaohs Secrets of the Sphinx
Egyptologists try to determine who built the Sphinx and why by exploring the power struggles between Khufu's sons after the pharaoh's death.
Alaska Aircrash Investigations Plane Down in the Tundra
A mystery emerges after a single-engine floatplane crashes.
Million Dollar American Princesses: Meghan Markle
Actress Meghan Markle's upcoming marriage to Prince Harry is compared to the stories of other American actresses and heiresses who crossed the Atlantic to marry into nobility, such as Grace Kelly and Rita Hayworth.
Legends of the Pharaohs Secrets of the Sphinx
Egyptologists try to determine who built the Sphinx and why by exploring the power struggles between Khufu's sons after the pharaoh's death.
The Pacific War in Color No Surrender
By the spring of 1945, the United States begins to take back the Philippines; on Borneo, the Australians invade Labuan; when the United States invades Okinawa, Japan makes a strong stand and launches the biggest kamikaze attacks of the war.
Engineering Repurposed Prison to Hotel & Lightship to Sound Studio
From forgotten vessel transformed into the boat that rocks, to an old prison redesigned as a new high-end hotel, investigating two structures that transformed run-down relics into upmarket hotspots.
Legends of the Pharaohs Curse of the Pyramids
Exploring how Pharaoh Snefru shifted the pyramid age into high gear by ordering three massive monuments.
Abandoned Engineering Lost Bridges
The history of a stretch of concrete known as Hitler's Bridge; the highest bridge in the world collapses.
Mysteries From Above Desert Mysteries
Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Unearthed Secrets of Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa is the largest Roman palace ever constructed and demonstrates the opulent peak of Rome's ancient engineering; experts investigate secrets that could reveal the truth behind one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors.
Abandoned Engineering Lost Bridges
The history of a stretch of concrete known as Hitler's Bridge; the highest bridge in the world collapses.
Mysteries From Above Desert Mysteries
Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Unearthed Secrets of Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa is the largest Roman palace ever constructed and demonstrates the opulent peak of Rome's ancient engineering; experts investigate secrets that could reveal the truth behind one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors.
Scientists enter the rainforests of Barro Colorado Island, Panama to study its wildlife and the worst drought in ages.
Abandoned Engineering Lost Bridges
The history of a stretch of concrete known as Hitler's Bridge; the highest bridge in the world collapses.
Mysteries From Above Desert Mysteries
Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Unearthed Secrets of Hadrian's Villa
Hadrian's Villa is the largest Roman palace ever constructed and demonstrates the opulent peak of Rome's ancient engineering; experts investigate secrets that could reveal the truth behind one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors.
Searching for Secrets Singapore
Get the inside scoop on a Michelin-star meal that's less than three dollars; learn the history of hawker food; get a personal tour from Toilet Man to learn how beautiful gardens and obsessively clean toilets made the city rich.
Mysteries From Above Ancient Civilizations
Nubian pyramids reveal the rise of female power in Ancient Kush; a shocking satellite image uncovers secrets of an ancient ancestral Puebloan site in New Mexico.
Cosmic Vistas The Anthropic Principle
An exploration of the science behind the Anthropic Principle.
Canada 1812: Forged in Fire Isaac Brock
Isaac Brock's daring made him a hero, but may also be his flaw.