Sky History 2 HD Wednesday

The presenter delves into the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, navigating North Carolina's dense wilderness and swampy waterways

Archaeologists in Russia find several mass graves, a Second World War plane sits on a Canadian mountain and cosmic rays in Antarctica have experts stumped

Documentary series exploring anomalies appearing on satellite images to try and get a better understanding of unexplained phenomena

The events of 1943, which began with the Casablanca Conference. The Soviets secured victory in Stalingrad and one of the best-selling songs in history was released

Halfway through its fourth full year, the fortunes of war were running increasingly in favour of the Allies. The bombing of Hamburg and the Allied Tehran Conference take place

Protests against top-secret military installation Area 51. In 2019, millions of people responded to an internet post advocating it be stormed

How, over the past 20 years, thousands of potentially habitable exoplanets have been found. It has been suggested they may be home to intelligent extraterrestrial life

In rural Pennsylvania, several dozen witnesses claim to have seen a fiery object fall from the sky and land in a nearby forest

A dog-walker who spotted a large cylindrical object hovering in the sky, and schoolchildren in Florida who claim to have witnessed multiple UFOs

Raksha Dave and Alex Langlands search for the remains of a First World War stable at Catterick Garrison, where thousands of horses would have been housed

Rick Edwards and Beau Ouimette look for evidence of Roman life in Scotland, heading to Ardoch Fort in Perthshire, on the east bank of the River Knaik

The presenter delves into the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, navigating North Carolina's dense wilderness and swampy waterways

Archaeologists in Russia find several mass graves, a Second World War plane sits on a Canadian mountain and cosmic rays in Antarctica have experts stumped

Documentary series exploring anomalies appearing on satellite images to try and get a better understanding of unexplained phenomena

The events of 1943, which began with the Casablanca Conference. The Soviets secured victory in Stalingrad and one of the best-selling songs in history was released

Halfway through its fourth full year, the fortunes of war were running increasingly in favour of the Allies. The bombing of Hamburg and the Allied Tehran Conference take place

The story behind the breath-taking temple complex Angkor Wat, which is located in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world

Ignatius refuses to pledge his allegiance to the emperor and is forced to travel from Antioch to Rome, where awaits his final punishment at The Colosseum. Anthony Barclay stars

Protests against top-secret military installation Area 51. In 2019, millions of people responded to an internet post advocating it be stormed

How, over the past 20 years, thousands of potentially habitable exoplanets have been found. It has been suggested they may be home to intelligent extraterrestrial life

In rural Pennsylvania, several dozen witnesses claim to have seen a fiery object fall from the sky and land in a nearby forest

A dog-walker who spotted a large cylindrical object hovering in the sky, and schoolchildren in Florida who claim to have witnessed multiple UFOs

Raksha Dave and Alex Langlands search for the remains of a First World War stable at Catterick Garrison, where thousands of horses would have been housed

Rick Edwards and Beau Ouimette look for evidence of Roman life in Scotland, heading to Ardoch Fort in Perthshire, on the east bank of the River Knaik

Auction Hunters Ton and Allen get into a bidding war with two highly competitive women over a heavy Gatling gun and an old suit of armour

In Philadelphia, Allen Haff and Ton Jones tackle former NFL player Vince Papale over a vintage football-passing machine and a colonial musket

Documentary series exploring the role of trains in the major conflicts of the past 150 years. This instalment considers the First World War of 1914 to 1918