Sky History 2 HD Sunday

A look at a theory that suggests aliens may have colonised an ice-free Antarctica, before a global event plunged it into the Ice Age

Ancient Astronaut theorists examine the creation myth of the 'Cosmic Egg', and look at why the concept is so pervasive throughout the world

A battle contested between the Japanese and Americans at the small island of Tarawa. Plus, a battle fought in New Britain and the invasion of Sicily

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

As Lt Charles Scheffel leads his unit across France, Marine Nolen Marbrey is wounded in the bloody battle of Peleliu in the Pacific

Tony Robinson visits the Cairngorms National Park to discover how Queen Victoria and Prince Albert helped shape Scottish traditions and built their fantasy castle at Balmoral

Alice Roberts heads to the south of England to see the earliest money made in Britain and a massive haul of Roman treasure that brings to life the fall of the empire in Britain

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

The possibility of the existence of portals through space, which would allow people to travel vast distances in the blink of an eye

The possibility of alien civilisations visiting Earth's solar system, including tales of derelict spaceships

Examining the hidden signs of alien abduction, from loss of time and bizarre hazy memories to terrifying accounts of alien surgery

Experts discuss the possibility of advanced alien technology that could allow UFOs to fly at blinding speed or hover effortlessly a few feet above the ground

True stories of the conflict, recalling how after surviving the Battle of the Bulge, infantryman Rockie Blunt pushed towards the Rhine towards the end of the war

Infantryman Rockie Blunt witnesses one of the greatest tragedies of the war - the concentration camps, just before the Nazis finally surrender

On a walk across medieval monarch's King John's stamping grounds of Sherwood Forest and the Peak District, Tony Robinson discovers he was a man plagued by crises

Archaeologists in Somerset are blown away by the discovery of an entirely new Roman town in the intended pathway of some new electricity cables

A look at how Marine Corps dogs would put their training to use in the absence of their masters, and experts estimate how the passage of time will threaten humanity's relics

Ross heads to New York, where he discovers the connection between USA and Britain in the rise of the Mafia. Plus, the exploits of the infamous Kray twins

The work of Pericles, who paved the way for Western civilisation when he raided defence funds to build Athens. Experts recreate the first major city

A look at a theory that suggests aliens may have colonised an ice-free Antarctica, before a global event plunged it into the Ice Age

Ancient Astronaut theorists examine the creation myth of the 'Cosmic Egg', and look at why the concept is so pervasive throughout the world