Sky History 2 HD Friday

The man who paints cliffs bright green. Plus, visits to Zimbabwe's abandoned places, India's largest vegetable market and a truly unique village in China

The discovery of dozens of skulls and bones on a cave floor in the jungles of southern Mexico. Plus, strange grass-covered domes are investigated in the Philippines

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

A mission to take out four German howitzers about to assault Utah Beach during the Normandy landings, carried out by US paratroopers from Easy Company, the 101st Airborne Division

Detailing how an elite group of British paratroopers managed to launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment

Since the start of the Space Race, humanity has been driven to leave Earth and explore the cosmos. Could there be more to the mission than the public is told?

Experts search ancient accounts of magic for evidence suggesting that the wizards and witches of yesteryear were given otherworldly knowledge by aliens

Alice Roberts tells the story of the Regency period by studying the history of Cheltenham, Britain's most Regency town, investigating the rigid social hierarchy of the age

Alice Roberts visits archaeological digs around the country, beginning with a Roman-themed edition focusing on the skeletons of 97 babies found beside the Thames

The man who paints cliffs bright green. Plus, visits to Zimbabwe's abandoned places, India's largest vegetable market and a truly unique village in China

The discovery of dozens of skulls and bones on a cave floor in the jungles of southern Mexico. Plus, strange grass-covered domes are investigated in the Philippines

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

A mission to take out four German howitzers about to assault Utah Beach during the Normandy landings, carried out by US paratroopers from Easy Company, the 101st Airborne Division

Detailing how an elite group of British paratroopers managed to launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment

A look through some of Nostradamus's predictions, asking whether a Frenchman living in the 16th century could predict so many modern-day disasters, from 9/11 and tsunamis to Ebola

Since the start of the Space Race, humanity has been driven to leave Earth and explore the cosmos. Could there be more to the mission than the public is told?

Experts search ancient accounts of magic for evidence suggesting that the wizards and witches of yesteryear were given otherworldly knowledge by aliens

Alice Roberts tells the story of the Regency period by studying the history of Cheltenham, Britain's most Regency town, investigating the rigid social hierarchy of the age

Alice Roberts visits archaeological digs around the country, beginning with a Roman-themed edition focusing on the skeletons of 97 babies found beside the Thames

Ian Roussel challenges his unique fabrication with projects to create custom one-of-a-kind vehicles for his clients. Here, he helps a friend get a dream project together

How British ships led the way allowing international trade in the 18th century, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution, which occurred in Britain first