If you pay attention to the news, you'll know that there has been an influx in drug-related violence in Tijuana in recent years. A quick Wikipedia search will tell you that the number of reported murders in the city last year was double what it was two years ago. The drug cartels are clearly a huge problem, and a well-made documentary like Tijuana Drug Lords is perfectly timed. Complete with testimony from the gangsters themselves, they explore the history of the Arellano-Felix brothers and their takeover of the Tijuana Cartel, their immense cocaine running enterprise, and their subsequent clash with Mexican and US law enforcement. It's a really fascinating story, like National Geographic's version of the movie Traffic. How can you go wrong with that?


What happens when the ever-present human hands controlling the airplanes, the power stations, and even the zoos, are suddenly whisked away? A post-apocalyptic Earth devoid of humanity is a concept which has consistently captivated creative minds as far back as the story of Noah's Ark. In the last few decades, filmmakers and authors, often inspired by looming threats of atomic destruction or ravaging plagues and viruses, have produced highly popular and iconic works like I Am Legend, the Mad Max series, Omega Man, The Stand, and The Twilight Zone.

The key to the success of these types of works is their convincing and logical portrayal of the probable outcome. Similarly, the aptly named Aftermath: Population Zero show examines the likely impacts of a sudden and simultaneous disappearance of all 6.6 billion human beings. (Happily, no specific depressing cause is mentioned or dwelt on!) By way of stunning computer-generated scenarios and compelling scientific research, the two-hour program traces the events of the first few minutes and hours of a human-less Earth through to a glimpse of the silent planet centuries into the future. Can't wait to see what's in store for the Earth after we're gone? Skip along the aftermath timeline from your little corner of humanity.


"Direct from the Moon" brings us high definition imagery from Japan's Kaguya satellite. Launched in 2007 and loaded with high-definition cameras, spectrometers, a magnetometer, a plasma imager, AND a holographic transporter (just kidding), Kaguya, along with Nat Geo, provides the most up-to-date information as well as insights into the history of our solar system. By now, many HD images of our home planet are commonplace and have lost their glamour, but with this show, we'll get a close-up, detailed view of something that has mostly lived in our imaginations: the surface of the moon! Who knows, maybe some day soon, that will be our home...(see: "Living on the Moon"), so don't you want to see the future?