Sky History 2 HD Tuesday

Stories of survival against all odds, such as a man who survives the apocalypse or a woman involved in three individual maritime disasters

A trip to Harvard University's Warren Anatomical Museum, where one of the displays is the shattered skull of a 19th-century American railway worker

Seemingly impossible events, such as a family surviving a bolt of lightning ripping through their car during a Kansas storm and a bizarre creature spotted on a driveway camera

An insight into the German forces' occupation of Europe and how the United Kingdom found itself isolated

Documentary examining how the attack on Pearl Harbour saw the Japanese armies celebrate their victory, only to have their confidence shaken by the Battle of the Coral Sea

Ancient astronaut theorists explore the idea that meteorites could be pieces of extraterrestrial technology

Giorgio Tsoukalos explores a Polynesian land of bizarre figures and forbidden places in search of what could be the ultimate evidence of mankind's extraterrestrial origins

The team uses high-tech sidescan sonar and deep sea magnetometers to search for evidence after learning of an encounter with an underwater phenomenon

Helen Skelton and Alex Langlands investigate the Pendle Witch trials of 1612, visiting Lancaster Castle, where the suspects were held

Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards search the River Tees, searching for lost Tudor relics from a gruesome 16th-century siege at Barnard Castle and secrets of this ancient borderland

Stories of survival against all odds, such as a man who survives the apocalypse or a woman involved in three individual maritime disasters

A trip to Harvard University's Warren Anatomical Museum, where one of the displays is the shattered skull of a 19th-century American railway worker

Seemingly impossible events, such as a family surviving a bolt of lightning ripping through their car during a Kansas storm and a bizarre creature spotted on a driveway camera

An insight into the German forces' occupation of Europe and how the United Kingdom found itself isolated

Documentary examining how the attack on Pearl Harbour saw the Japanese armies celebrate their victory, only to have their confidence shaken by the Battle of the Coral Sea

While the Illuminati secret order was disbanded in 1785, many believe this elite group still hold the power and pull strings from behind closed doors

Wars and conflicts are often fought under the guise of religion. Rudolph Herzog analyses how faith has been functionalised for worldly interests throughout history

Ancient astronaut theorists explore the idea that meteorites could be pieces of extraterrestrial technology

Giorgio Tsoukalos explores a Polynesian land of bizarre figures and forbidden places in search of what could be the ultimate evidence of mankind's extraterrestrial origins

The team uses high-tech sidescan sonar and deep sea magnetometers to search for evidence after learning of an encounter with an underwater phenomenon

Helen Skelton and Alex Langlands investigate the Pendle Witch trials of 1612, visiting Lancaster Castle, where the suspects were held

Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards search the River Tees, searching for lost Tudor relics from a gruesome 16th-century siege at Barnard Castle and secrets of this ancient borderland

After facing a hostile reception at an auction in New Jersey, Allen Haff and Ton Jones discover a 1960s skeet-throwing machine and an antique carriage

The guys find a rifle with a matching cutlass bayonet, as well as a bowling-pin setter, at an auction in California and hope to strike a deal that will result in a profit

A comprehensive look at the naval battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 and the heroic efforts of US sailors who held off powerful Imperial Navy