Sky History 2 HD Tuesday

Experts investigate ancient tales and accounts of robots, contemplating that if such machines did exist in bygone days, what might have happened to them

Experts investigate whether the stories of a time when gods and otherworldly beings inhabited the planet are more than mere mythology

Legend hunter and mountaineer Adam Palmer leads a bid to finally solve the mystery of Slumach's lost gold mine, amid the rugged terrain of the Pacific Northwest

Andy McGrath returns to Cornwall, where he meets a real-life mermaid, stalks a local churchyard for owl men and faeries, and stops off at a haunted smugglers' inn

Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards visit Hadrian's Wall, where they scour the River Eden and River Carlisle for lost evidence of the Romans' brutal occupation of Britain

Experts investigate ancient tales and accounts of robots, contemplating that if such machines did exist in bygone days, what might have happened to them

Experts investigate whether the stories of a time when gods and otherworldly beings inhabited the planet are more than mere mythology

An indigenous woman's testimony claims to know where Slumach found his gold. After returning from the expedition empty-handed, a vision has Kru rattled

Andy McGrath explores Devon's pre-history in an ancient cavern and takes a crime-through-time tour of Dartmoor's prison museum

Dr Fern Riddell and Dr Karen Bellinger examine Chichen Itza, a large pre-Columbian city built in the year 525 AC by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period

The fate of the Ile de France. The pride of France, after saving many lives in the Second World War and then emerging from the conflict, was destroyed in a disaster film

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

A look at why the Celts moved from prosperous cities into smaller fortified settlements and how this triggered their decline in Central Europe

A structure shaped like a shark that suggests evidence of a Bahamian lost civilisation. Plus, analysis of an image of a hurricane reveals thousands of animals trapped in its eye

An alien race claimed to have been encountered by a military man stationed at Nellis Air Force base in the Nevada desert

How Inca, Mesopotamian, Persian, Greek, Chinese, Egyptian, Roman and Indus civilisations all still exert deep influences on modern life. This episode focuses on communication

A look at UFO sightings, terrifying abductions and other bizarre occurrences, casting new light on historic cases

Live life with the rich and powerful by taking a look at rulers, tycoons and visionaries who all have one thing in common - a gravitation towards the decadent

Live life with the rich and powerful by taking a look at rulers, tycoons and visionaries who all share one thing in common - a gravitation towards the decadent

Experts investigate ancient tales and accounts of robots, contemplating that if such machines did exist in bygone days, what might have happened to them

Experts investigate whether the stories of a time when gods and otherworldly beings inhabited the planet are more than mere mythology

Professor Alice Roberts revisits the death of Mary I. The daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she experienced phantom pregnancies in her desperation for a child

Dan Jones explores the history of the Welsh capital's landmark, Cardiff Castle, and discovers more about its various incarnations over the centuries

The fate of the Ile de France. The pride of France, after saving many lives in the Second World War and then emerging from the conflict, was destroyed in a disaster film

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

Experts investigate whether Nasa rocket scientist Wernher von Braun might have found inspiration in technology found at the alleged UFO crash in Roswell