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Discovering China TV guide

Discovering China today, and every day back to February 2026.

The full schedule in Asia/Shanghai time, what is on now and next, and the same data in your app with one call. Search any past day on the Archive plan.

CountryChina
Wed 14 Oct24 programmes
Listings fromFeb 2026
CategoryDocumentary
On now on Discovering China09:59 CST
On now
Fun Guide to China: Hainan 2
09:40 to 10:16 CST
17 minutes left
10:00Discovering China
10:16Cultural Inheritors Ep.3
11:00Discovering China
11:07Cultural Inheritors Ep.4
ScheduleDiscovering China schedule

All times Asia/Shanghai. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/schedule?date=2026-10-14&tz=Asia/Shanghai

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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/schedule?date=2026-10-14&tz=Asia/Shanghai"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/history?from=2026-02-07T00:00:00Z&to=2026-02-08T00:00:00Z"
Free keyEvery time in UTCIds that never change
// GET /v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/schedule?date=2026-10-14, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_cbjqfhhj",
            "channel": "ch_h7wxhjs3",
            "start": "2026-10-13T16:00:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-13T17:00:00Z",
            "title": "Discovering China",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": null,
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 24,
        "date": "2026-10-14",
        "tz": "Asia/Shanghai"
    }
}
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Search back in timeAny day on Discovering China, back to 7 February 2026

What was on, on any date we hold: for research, catch-up, clip finding or proving a broadcast. Any window up to 31 days with /v1/channels/{id}/history on the Archive plan.

Listings held for Discovering China
The first three programmes of any past day show here. The whole day, and the API, are on Archive.See Archive
TimeSaturday 7 February 2026Category
11:32The Han-Xiongnu Wars Ep.6
12:00China's Approach to Tackling Climate Change Ep.3
12:31China's Approach to Tackling Climate Change Ep.4
22 more programmes that day, on Archive
Endpoints for this channelEverything the API knows about Discovering China

8 calls cover a channel from its details to its past. Each one opens in the documentation with Try it.

GETFree keyFind a channelFind a TV channel by its name, an alias or a call sign, in any country, and get the id every other endpoint takes./v1/channels/search?q=discovering chinaGETFree keyGet a channelOne TV channel in full: its names, owner, country, languages, categories, logo, website, launch year and the guide feeds behind it./v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3GETFree keyA channel's scheduleA TV channel's day slot by slot: start and stop in UTC, title, description, category, and the series and episode where we matched it./v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/scheduleGETFree keyOn a channel nowWhat is on a TV channel right now and what comes next, with how far through the current programme it is./v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/nowGETFree keyNext on a channelThe next programmes on a TV channel, as many as you ask for, each with its times in UTC and its episode where matched./v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/nextGETFree keyWatch a channel freeThe official free ways to watch a TV channel: the broadcaster's own player, or the FAST service (Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Plex, Roku) that carries it, with the watch page and the country./v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/free-viewGETPaid plansA channel's past schedulesPast schedules for a TV channel from the archive, slot by slot over any window of up to 31 days, with the same fields as today./v1/channels/ch_h7wxhjs3/historyGETPaid plansXMLTV exportA country or a set of channels as a standard XMLTV file, up to 14 days ahead, for media centres and IPTV players./v1/xmltv?channels=ch_h7wxhjs3
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