Sky History 2 Sunday

Ancient alien theorists explore the origins of mythical gods, and examine whether the tales of superhuman beings could be based on sightings of extraterrestrials

Investigating claims that China, with its history of technological advancement and isolationism, could have been the home of alien beings

Investigating cosmism - a belief that human civilization originated in the cosmos. This train of thought is widely held throughout Russia

Bobby Bognar explores what makes Italian food America's most popular type of ethnic cuisine

Using the latest tools of marine archaeology and sub-radar sensing technology, researchers explore enigmatic hidden superstructures deep under the ocean surface

In Montana's Glacier National Park, some claim that there is a hidden underground Nazi base that may even have been the final hideout for Hitler himself

From inexplicable disappearances to mysterious experiments, events in Mount Shasta National Park may be explained by an ancient Karuk Indian legend

The actor explores six tragic disasters, focusing on the Zeebrugge ferry disaster of March 1987 in which the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized, killing 193 passengers and crew

Emperor Domitian tasks master builder Haterius with constructing a labyrinth underneath the Colosseum floor

Investigating the origins of Medusa, who, according to mythology, could turn anyone who looked at her into stone, and examining her connection to human corpses in the real world

Avery struggles to finish the Manta in time for it to be painted, and Connor ties the knot in Rust Valley's biggest event of the year

New painter Neil takes a perfectionist approach to re-painting Connor's '66 Chevelle Malibu. Mike worries that his car collection won't sell for much

Decoding ancient Mayan texts, a physicist predicts a cataclysm will destroy the world. Plus, a Nasa scientist makes an incredible alien discovery

Three extraordinary stories about the supersensory power of animals, including a psychic octopus that correctly predicted multiple winners in the 2010 World Cup

Professional salvage diver Tony Sampson and his team to brave the shifting currents and bone-chilling legends of Nova Scotia in search of wreckage of the SS Atlantic

UFO witnesses have reported a variety of objects in Earth's skies for centuries, but whether they offer clues about more intelligent life in the Galaxy remains unclear

In Cyprus, a UN peacekeeper fights off deadly foe with the help of a mysterious power. Meanwhile, a strange presence is encountered at an Alaskan air force base

Magician and Houdini expert Bill Kalush secures access to Harry Houdini's diary previously kept from the public, and dissects it to learn more about his life

Chile has the highest number of UFO sightings of anywhere on Earth. Here, incredible footage of a strange craft has people asking again about the reasons why

A man who claims to have heard a loud hissing sound before seeing a saucer-shaped object rise out of his neighbour's lagoon

The police officer who alleges he heard a loud roar and saw a flame rising into the air, before witnessing an oval-shaped object take flight

Investigations into the possibility that insects have descended from, and could have links to, extraterrestrials which landed on Earth thousands of years ago

Actor Laurence Fishburne explores the discovery of a body on a beach in Adelaide, south Australia, in December 1948. The man was unidentified asnd cause of death was also unclear

How Inca, Mesopotamian, Persian, Greek, Chinese, Egyptian, Roman and Indus civilisations all still exert deep influences on the fields of science and technology

Some 2,600 years ago, The Ark of the Covenant, the sacred relic of the ancient world, suddenly disappeared from history. Where did it go and why?

The cases of people who have reported being abducted by aliens. They even include one-time Republic of Kalmykia president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov