Sky History 2 HD Thursday

According to the earliest Tibetan traditions, hidden in the Himalayas is Shambhala, a kingdom of the gods. This programme assesses whether such a mystical realm might truly exist

A look at the accounts of modern-day alien abductees. Plus, the possibility that bizarre Paracas skulls discovered by Julio Tello could be of extraterrestrial origin

Alice Roberts tells the story of Tudor England by studying the history of Norwich, learning the harsh reality of religious intolerance and experiencing humiliating Tudor justice

Cyanide-tainted Tylenol capsules link the victims of a series of unexplained deaths in the 1980s. To this day, what happened is a mystery

Events of 1933 and 1934 when President Hindenburg signed a decree in 1933 that suspended freedom of speech and the first concentration camps for political opponents were set up

The theory that aliens might have told Joan of Arc how to beat the English army, and whether an American serviceman received a message when he touched a spaceship

How dozens of megalithic sites across the globe were designed to emanate the exact same frequency allowing humans to connect with extraterrestrial forces

A look at the creation of the super marine Spitfire, an amazing feat of engineering that became one of the most famous fighter aircrafts in the Battle of Britain

A Messerschmidt 'Gigant', the biggest aircraft to fly in the Second World War. Its wreckage was discovered by Italian divers in January 2012

Craig Charles and co-host Sarah Cruddas investigate a UFO spotted at Stephenville, Texas, in January 2008, apparently travelling at supersonic speed

How the trade in stolen antiquities and art has become a major source of income for gangs and terrorists. This episode focuses on thefts from the land of the pharaohs

The origins of the curses surrounding the Karun Treasure, Edvard Munch's The Sick Child paintings and other subjects, from a hidden tomb in Turkey to a death bed in Norway

Sightings of unexplained 'aerial phenomena' and reports of so-called 'first contact' moments, which are supported by credible eyewitness accounts or clear video footage

Just outside Leicester, Alice Roberts joins a team of archaeologists who are investigating a mysterious mound thought to be an Iron Age hillfort

Alice Roberts explores Cardiff's Edwardian past, discovering how the coal industry transformed the Rhondda Valley and brought immigrants from across the world to Wales

The Battle of Cannae, a major battle of the Second Punic War, taking place in August 216 BC near the town of Cannae in Apulia in south-east Italy

Examining whether a manuscript discovered in the Vatican library in 1994 could be the work of Nostradamus's son, and investigating the likelihood of its chilling prophecy

The life of the Macedonian general regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in history, addressing claims that he was more of a cruel tyrant than a respected leader

The theory that aliens might have told Joan of Arc how to beat the English army, and whether an American serviceman received a message when he touched a spaceship

How dozens of megalithic sites across the globe were designed to emanate the exact same frequency allowing humans to connect with extraterrestrial forces

Just outside Leicester, Alice Roberts joins a team of archaeologists who are investigating a mysterious mound thought to be an Iron Age hillfort

Garth Barnard investigates how thousands of soldiers during the Second World War died in catastrophic air accidents and tragic training crashes

The documentary concludes with a look at a 1943 crash in Gibraltar, which killed Polish Prime Minister in exile Wladyslaw Sikorski

The story of a remote Brazilian island that locals claim was visited nightly for two months in 1977 by flying objects, leaving people with bizarre puncture marks and blood loss