Sky History 2 HD Thursday

Strange medical cases throughout history reveal shocking conditions. Examples include a family with blue skin, a person who can't touch water and a deadly epidemic

An intriguing artefact in a museum in Southwark, south London. This strange brown felt object stands about eight inches high and is covered in 88 human teeth

The series examines six more mysterious satellite images, including a possible smokescreen over North Korea, and two forgotten pyramids in Egypt

Military historian Stephen Bull tests the three most significant weapons of the sea and explores whether the subsonic torpedo could rule the waves in the future

Experts explore how the ambush has revolutionised warfare with the benefit of undetected weapons, from the caltrop to the insidious land mine

Experts check out structures built to mirror the constellations, contemplating whether they may have been built as a message to send to extraterrestrials

Ever since the first atomic bomb went off in 1945, UFOs have been spotted at nuclear facilities across the world. Experts wonder if this presence could be a threat to mankind

The team examines a declassified US Department of Defence report which analyses an alleged encounter between a fighter pilot and a UFO in May 1980

Raksha Dave and Alex Langlands join a team from Reading University at a site in Silchester, near Reading, as they examine one of the best-preserved Roman sites in Britain

Beau Ouimette, Rick Edwards and Gary Bankhead travel to Colchester, Essex, to find evidence from the second English Civil War

Strange medical cases throughout history reveal shocking conditions. Examples include a family with blue skin, a person who can't touch water and a deadly epidemic

An intriguing artefact in a museum in Southwark, south London. This strange brown felt object stands about eight inches high and is covered in 88 human teeth

The series examines six more mysterious satellite images, including a possible smokescreen over North Korea, and two forgotten pyramids in Egypt

Military historian Stephen Bull tests the three most significant weapons of the sea and explores whether the subsonic torpedo could rule the waves in the future

Experts explore how the ambush has revolutionised warfare with the benefit of undetected weapons, from the caltrop to the insidious land mine

The real-life influences that were the inspiration for JRR Tolien's popular literary phenomenon The Lord of the Rings, a fantasy world of hobbits, orcs and wizards

A look at the legend of Thor, asking historians whether they believe in the Norse protector god following new discoveries

Experts check out structures built to mirror the constellations, contemplating whether they may have been built as a message to send to extraterrestrials

Ever since the first atomic bomb went off in 1945, UFOs have been spotted at nuclear facilities across the world. Experts wonder if this presence could be a threat to mankind

The team examines a declassified US Department of Defence report which analyses an alleged encounter between a fighter pilot and a UFO in May 1980

Raksha Dave and Alex Langlands join a team from Reading University at a site in Silchester, near Reading, as they examine one of the best-preserved Roman sites in Britain

Beau Ouimette, Rick Edwards and Gary Bankhead travel to Colchester, Essex, to find evidence from the second English Civil War

Allen Haff and Ton Jones discover that owning a pawn shop is harder to manage than they thought, and have to contend with mounting bills and a limited income stream

Allen Haff and Ton Jones struggle when their new shop makes a loss, and hope their find of a comic book at an auction will help to solve the problem

From the trench to the home-front hospital, a medical historian retraces the train journey made by wounded soldiers during the Second World War