×
Loading in progress
  • Genre Documentary
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Total runtime 16 hours
  • Status Ended
  • Network National Geographic (US)
  • External links TheTVDB page
    IMDB page
  • Last update 27 juillet 2020 - 01:15
    on 11 databases

Ancient X-Files

86 members 2 seasons16 episodes

Une équipe d’experts se penchent sur des moments oubliés de l’histoire, et tentent de percer à jour les mystères des siècles passés. Grâce à des reconstitutions fascinantes et des interviews détaillées National Geographic Channel lève le voile sur ces grands secrets de l’Histoire.

BetaSeries' opinion
Science grand format Season 11 premieres September 10: why the documentary event belongs on your BetaSeries watchlist

Season 11 of Science grand format premieres in 12 days, on September 10, 2026, and the timing could not be better for viewers who like their prime-time television to feel both spectacular and genuinely informative. The long-running French documentary collection returns with a new run dedicated to major discoveries, scientific mysteries and historical investigations, opening with an ambitious space odyssey before turning to one of the most mythologized episodes in European history: Julius Caesar’s victory over the Gauls and Vercingetorix. If you follow factual series on BetaSeries, this is exactly the kind of premiere you will want to track early, because Season 11 already looks designed for viewers who enjoy documentaries that combine accessible storytelling with cutting-edge research.

For lapsed viewers, here is all you really need to remember before the new season begins. Science grand format is not a traditional serialized show with characters, cliffhangers or a single ongoing plot. Across its previous ten seasons and hundreds of episodes, the series has built its identity around standalone documentary events: French productions and international co-productions that explore archaeology, space, nature, ancient civilizations, technology and the big scientific questions shaping how we understand the world. It sits comfortably alongside programs such as Découverte, Le Monde de Jamy, Zeste de Science, The Complete Cosmos, Exploring Space or Ancient X-Files, but with a prime-time scale and a taste for immersive investigations.

That format is a real advantage heading into Season 11. You do not need to rewatch 349 episodes to be ready for the premiere. Instead, you can jump straight into the new season and let each episode function as its own expedition. What carries over from past seasons is the series’ core promise: experts, researchers, archaeologists, historians and scientists guide viewers through discoveries in progress, often challenging received ideas. The pleasure of Science grand format is not simply learning a fact; it is watching knowledge being tested, reconstructed and sometimes overturned.

Read the full article

Season

Episodes

Photos

Similar shows (10)

History's Secrets
History's Secrets
Batailles de légende
Batailles de légende
La belle histoire de France
La belle histoire de France
L'ombre d'un doute
L'ombre d'un doute
Science grand format
Science grand format
Top Secrets
Top Secrets
Questions d'Histoire
Questions d'Histoire
Enquêtes extraordinaires
Enquêtes extraordinaires
Histoire Appliquée
Histoire Appliquée
Sur nos traces
Sur nos traces