Sky History 2 Tuesday

Ancient astronaut theorists who suggest that aliens have been guiding mankind in secret to bring about huge leaps in technological advancement

As science turns towards augmenting humanity with technology, theorists suggest that society is merely following the path of its alien creators

A remote island linked to one of the world's most famous aviation mysteries, thousands of shipwrecks in the Bermuda Triangle and a history lost and found in the South Pacific

A tiny metal cube with a connection to Adolf Hitler is studied, along with the 300-year-old 'Berlin Gold Hat', a late Bronze Age artefact made of thin gold leaf

The presenter unpicks the Great British psyche and understand whether the Brits are helped or hindered by their experiences in war, beginning with the Napoleonic wars

Experts investigate reports of bird-like figures that practised advanced medical science in ancient times, considering whether or not they could have been extra-terrestrial

Experts visit a cemetery in Texas said to contain the body of an alien who crash-landed on Earth in 1897

Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards take on the River Wear, seeking artefacts spanning Durham's rich past from the 1200s reign of Edward I, shedding light on the history of the city

In Northern Ireland, the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds light on one of the most traumatic periods of modern Irish history, the Great Famine of 1845

The spread of South American piranhas to US lakes and rivers, and the likely impact they will have on the indigenous flora and fauna

A humanlike beast with reptilian skin, reportedly terrorising West Virginia for over 50 years. It hovers over its victims in a strange craft, emitting noxious gases

A tiny metal cube with a connection to Adolf Hitler is studied, along with the 300-year-old 'Berlin Gold Hat', a late Bronze Age artefact made of thin gold leaf

An examination of a video showing a strange formation of flickering lights. Plus, a mysterious humanoid creature caught on camera in an abandoned attic

How Britain's influence began to shrink, as the Soviet Union and the United States grew into the most significant actors in the Second World War and beyond

This episode focuses on the Japanese Super Code, revealing the US efforts to crack Japan’s unbreakable Second World War code following the horror of the attack on Pearl Harbor

The year 1944 saw the Allies planning the invasion of France. For pilot Bert Stiles that meant joining the decimated 8th Air Force to clear the Normandy skies

By the fourth century AD, Rome is in decline and the Colosseum lays empty. To restore Rome, one man, a devout worshipper of the old gods, turns to the arena

Experts give their ideas about what life on Earth might be like for other species after the extinction of the human race

Experts investigate reports of bird-like figures that practised advanced medical science in ancient times, considering whether or not they could have been extra-terrestrial

Experts visit a cemetery in Texas said to contain the body of an alien who crash-landed on Earth in 1897

In Northern Ireland, the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds light on one of the most traumatic periods of modern Irish history, the Great Famine of 1845

Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards visit the River Trent near Newark Castle, site of one of the greatest strongholds of the English Civil War

A look at what might happen if humans were to vanish from Earth, assessing the possibility of escaped animals, invasive vines and deadly viruses taking control of the planet

How Britain's influence began to shrink, as the Soviet Union and the United States grew into the most significant actors in the Second World War and beyond

Ancient astronaut theorists look at the Aborigine legend of Dreamtime, and ask if these stories hold the proof that aliens created life on Earth