Sky Documentaries HD Tuesday

The journey through American cinema continues into the 1980s with hits that became cult classics, from ET to The Breakfast Club

The life and career of the American actress, who rose to fame in Ridley Scott's Alien and was nominated for an Acacdemy Award when she reprised her role in Aliens in 1986

The life and work of American film and theatre director Mike Nichols, whose films include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Catch-22, and The Graduate, for which he won an Oscar

A look at the beginning of space exploration and the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to land on the moon

How the American Civil War became a crusade to end slavery, beginning with the political fighting that threatened President Lincoln's administration

As Stieg Larsson's files are unpicked, a complex picture of Olof Palme emerges, and the archive leads to three people who may have been involved in the killing

Documentary about the search to find a rare whale that calls out at a frequency unrecognised by other whales. This creature is believed to live in complete solitude

How the fates of two Colombians - Andrés Escobar, the inspirational captain of Nacional, and Pablo Escobar, the notorious leader of the Medellin cartel - were permanently linked

The life and work of American film and theatre director Mike Nichols, whose films include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Catch-22, and The Graduate, for which he won an Oscar

Using satellite evidence, investigators uncover the hidden causes behind wildfires, eruptions, floods and collapses that changed lives for ever

Documentary made to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landings, presenting the story of the iconic space mission through archival footage and still photographs

The former Bradford Bulls and St Helens star discusses the individuals that have inspired him in his life and sporting career

The story of the British single-seat fighter plane the Supermarine Spitfire, designed by RJ Mitchell and famous for its role in the Battle of Britain

Documentary celebrating Bobby Moore's footballing career and exploring his personal struggles. Featuring contributions from family, friends and celebrity fans

Documentary telling the story behind Kristin Harila's record-breaking climb of the world's 14 highest mountains and the controversy that followed

The story of how war criminal Klaus Barbie and drug lord Roberto Suarez overthrew the Bolivian government, marking the start of the drug-trafficking industry

Levine feels betrayed when Roberto Suarez's men are released, while Klaus Altmann, neo-Nazi mercenaries and the military help Suarez enact the deadliest coup in Bolivian history

Drug dealers are now running Bolivia and violent repression of civilians forces the US government to take action, while Altmann's true identity is revealed

The life and career of the American actress, who rose to fame in Ridley Scott's Alien and was nominated for an Acacdemy Award when she reprised her role in Aliens in 1986

The journey through American cinema continues into the 1980s with hits that became cult classics, from ET to The Breakfast Club