National Geographic Explorer

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National Geographic Explorer is an American documentary television series that originally premiered on Nickelodeon on April 7, 1985, after having been produced as a less costly and intensive alternative to PBS's National Geographic Specials by Pittsburgh station WQED.read more

National Geographic Explorer is an American documentary television series that originally premiered on Nickelodeon on April 7, 1985, after having been produced as a less costly and intensive alternative to PBS's National Geographic Specials by Pittsburgh station WQED. The first episode was produced by WQED and featured long-time Explorer camerman Mark Knobil, who is the few staff members with the franchise during all 24 seasons. The program is the longest-running documentary television series on cable television. Presented every Sunday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, the original series was three hours in length, containing five to ten short films. Although the National Geographic Society had been producing specials for television for 20 years prior to Explorer, the premiere of the series required an increase in production from 4 hours of programming a year to 156 hours. Tim Cowling and Tim Kelly were the executive producers for the series during this transition.

Original Release

04/07/1985 on TBS

US Release

04/07/1985

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(see additional cast & crew)
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Directors

Peter Yost, Anna Fitch, Pamela Caragol, Philip Day, Tony Gerber, Mark Mannucci, Ron Bowman, Max Salomon, Bonni Cohen, Noel Dockstader, Geoffrey Luck, Jon Else, David Meyer, David Shadrack Smith, Gareth Harvey, J.J. Kelley, Ray Telles, John Rubin, Jeanine Isabel Butler, Paul Vander-Molen, Bruno Cusa, Dennis Kibby, Evy Barry, Jean-Paul Janssen, Elli Dutcher, William Livingston, Charles Patey, Gregory Reading, Justin Milne, Douglas Stanley, James Donald, Juan Reina, Barney Broomfield, Jeff Morales, Jonathan Halperin, Paul Raimondi, Kirk Wolfinger, Ian Denyer, Steven Hoggard, Chris Sondreal, Lisa Quijano Wolfinger, Dana Kemp, William Canning, Tristram Miall, Jonathan Gruber, Nick Broomfield, Patrick Prentice, Marc Hoeferlin, Jonathan Grupper, Thomas Lucas, David Guy Elisco, Jackie Mow, James Lipscomb, Andrew Pike, Hank Nelson, Gavan Daws, Chris Lethbridge, Bob Landis, Wynette Yao, Todd Wendel, Michael Davie, D.J. Roller, Ayse Toprak, Adrian Brenard, Simon V. Kurian, Kevin A. Peer, Marc Shaffer, William Martens, Dave Linstrom, Tucker Bowen, Tria Thalman

Writers

Max Salomon, Peter Yost, Charles Poe, Steven R. Talley, Anna Fitch, Patrick Prentice, Pamela Caragol, David Hamlin, Robert Zakin, Mark Mannucci, Philip Day, Ron Bowman, Jaime Bernanke, Jeanine Isabel Butler, Quinn Kanaly, Jonathan Halperin, Gareth Harvey, Clare Nolan, Noel Izon, Noel Dockstader, Toby Beach, Holly Taylor, Tony Gerber, Jody Schiliro, Geoffrey Luck, Nancy Donnelly, Ray Telles, John Haptas, Alan Tomlinson, Jonathan Grupper, Thomas Lucas, David Guy Elisco, Kris Kral, Mike Welsh, Dennis Kibby, John Rember, Gary Kinder, Peter Bricca, Elli Dutcher, Jeanne Rawlings, Jim Schaal, Justin Milne, Michael Dolan, Gary Parker, Andrew Paterson, Richard Garriott, Anna Auster, David Shadrack Smith, Andy Mitchell, Tom Jennings, Alex Verville, Kevin McCarey, Eric Strauss, Simon Boyce, Nancy LeBrun, Ed Fields, Aidan Pickering, Scott Bronstein, Bonni Cohen, Ian Denyer, Steven Hoggard, Chris Sondreal, David Konschnik, Kevin Whelan, Dana Kemp, Martin Koughan, Tony Long, Tristram Miall, Jonathan Gruber, Rodney Fox, James Barrat, Sue Houghton, Robert J. Loader, Eleanor Grant, Michael Winship, Jonathan Wickham, Paul Spillenger, Jackie Mow, Paul Gasek, James Lipscomb, Michael Watchulonis, Lisa Ling, Hank Nelson, Gavan Daws, Bob Landis, Todd Wendel, David Keaton, Ann Hayward, Andrew Pike, Kate Culpepper, Kim Woodard, Jennifer Beman, Michael Welsh, Marc Shaffer, Gail Flannigan, William Martens, Ann Carroll, Charley Miller, Tucker Bowen, Tria Thalman, Carrie Regan

Cast

Producers

Editors

Kris Kral, Anna Auster, Salvatore Vecchio, Andrea Barrick, Tracy Baumgardner, Mick Kaczorowski, Christopher Tuss, Christine Jameson Henry, Emmanuel Mairesse, Jared DuBrino, Lars Woodruffe, Barbara Ballow, Don Bernier, Penny Trams, Toby Hayman, James M. Felter, Stephanie Munroe, A.C. Warden, Francesco George, Jennifer Beman, Gary Meyers, Pax Wassermann, Colin Hargraves, John Haptas, Ann Goetz, Mickey Green, Cindy Kuhn, Cindy D'Agostino, Leila Garcia, Jeremy Siefer, Pippa McBride, Nick Yardley, Mathieu Borysevicz, Carolline Allnut, Dale Johnson, Beat Roth, Pip Guy, Leslie Atkins, Barbara Burst, Julie A. Naff, Bonnie Cutler-Shear, Daryl Ondatje, Andrew Ellis, Darryl Ondatje, Trevor Ellis, Wendy Wank, Jeremy Carr, David Ewing, Lyman Smith, Lizzie Donahue, Sam Morrison, Kristen Huntley, Connie Rinehart, K.M. Kral, Melanie Soich, Patrice Shannon, Ralph Fasano, Sam Greene, Kathy Sheets, Gerald Goldman, Darren Costello, Sam Green, Ariel Semmel, Ash Jenkins, Catherine Shields, Richard Hindley, Tom Patterson, Erik C. Andersen, Gail Huddleson, Christina Schwerin, Adam Eisenberg, Ruckus Skye, Arthur F. Binkowski, Tony Bacon, Toby Roberts, Ted Remerowski, Tim Lewiston, Tal Ben-David, Aaron McAdams, Jay Danner-McDonald, Daniel Sheire, Max Salomon

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