Sky History 2 HD Wednesday
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6:00 AM
Mystery Places
An Alaskan town where everyone lives under one roof
Visits to South Korea's seaweed farms and an Alaskan town where everyone lives under one roof. Plus, a flooded passage that leads to the French island of Noirmoutier

7:00 AM
Secrets in the Sand
Jade stones round among crumbling rock faces
Extraordinary curiosities once concealed within the planet's desert sands. In China's Ordos Desert, archaeologists find jade stones among crumbling rock faces

8:00 AM
What on Earth?
Sightings in a supposedly haunted Argentinian swamp
A satellite captures an eerie image of a perfectly round island rotating within a perfectly round lake in the middle of a supposedly haunted Argentinian swamp

9:00 AM
How to Lose a War
The demise of the Axix Powers
How Germany, Italy and Japan's ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to the demise of the so-called Axis Powers

10:00 AM
Iconic Combat Machines
Icons of the Royal Navy, the Belfast and the Harrier
How icons of the Royal Navy in different eras - the Belfast and the Harrier - have earned their place in history for different reasons

11:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
UFO hotspots
Studies show 70 per cent of UFO sightings occur in 'hotspots'. This programme examines what such places might possess to attract such 'visitors'

12:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
Unexplained crop circle formations
More than 10,000 crop circle formations have been documented and many display properties that defy explanation. Could they be of otherworldly origin?

1:00 PM
Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
UFO encounters 'covered up' by the Pentagon
Craig and space journalist Sarah Cruddas consider incidents over the US that it has been suggested are being covered up by the Pentagon

2:00 PM
Britain's Most Historic Towns
Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in Bristol
Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in Bristol, taking a horse-drawn carriage ride, sampling backstreet gin, and discovering the story of the world's first chocolate factory

3:00 PM
Digging for Britain
Mankind's Stone Age ancestors
Alice Roberts learns more about mankind's Stone Age ancestors, and travels to Jersey to meet a team hoping to shed new light on the Neanderthals

4:00 PM
Mystery Places
An Alaskan town where everyone lives under one roof
Visits to South Korea's seaweed farms and an Alaskan town where everyone lives under one roof. Plus, a flooded passage that leads to the French island of Noirmoutier

5:00 PM
Secrets in the Sand
Jade stones round among crumbling rock faces
Extraordinary curiosities once concealed within the planet's desert sands. In China's Ordos Desert, archaeologists find jade stones among crumbling rock faces

6:00 PM
What on Earth?
Sightings in a supposedly haunted Argentinian swamp
A satellite captures an eerie image of a perfectly round island rotating within a perfectly round lake in the middle of a supposedly haunted Argentinian swamp

7:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
How smartphones and social media have aided the availability of evidence
How, in the age of smartphones and social media, more evidence of otherworldly activity has come to light than ever before

8:00 PM
Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
A perplexing UFO encounter in west Ireland
Perplexing UFO encounters of recent times, focusing on a case in 2018 off the west coast of Ireland, in which pilots saw bizarre lights through their cockpit windows

9:00 PM
Encounter: UFO
How, apparently, UFO sightings are at an all-time high
Unexpalined sightings of flying craft are apparently at an all-time high. If these UFOs stick around long enough to be seen, what might happen next?

10:00 PM
Encounter: UFO
Alien visitations to Earth
Assuming claims of alien visitations are accurate, this programme considers what such outsiders want and how long have they been paying trips to Earth

11:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
Reported encounters with enormous, human-like beings
Reported encounters with enormous, human-like beings, exploring how some archaeologists claim to have found skeletons of extraordinary size

12:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
The legacy of astronomer J Allen Hynek
The work of astronomer J Allen Hynek, best known as the notorious government UFO debunker who became one of the founding fathers of ufology

1:00 AM
Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
UFO encounters 'covered up' by the Pentagon
Craig and space journalist Sarah Cruddas consider incidents over the US that it has been suggested are being covered up by the Pentagon

2:00 AM
Britain's Most Historic Towns
Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in Bristol
Alice Roberts explores the Georgian era in Bristol, taking a horse-drawn carriage ride, sampling backstreet gin, and discovering the story of the world's first chocolate factory

3:00 AM
Digging for Britain
Mankind's Stone Age ancestors
Alice Roberts learns more about mankind's Stone Age ancestors, and travels to Jersey to meet a team hoping to shed new light on the Neanderthals

4:00 AM
Full Custom Garage
Part two of two. Work on the Packard lead sled and the Space Junkie concludes
Part two of two. Ian Roussel pulls out all the stops to finish two of his most challenging show cars, the Packard lead sled and the Space Junkie

5:00 AM
Empire Builders
Part one of two. An exploration of the history of ancient Greece
Part one of two. An exploration of the history of ancient Greece, investigating the sites that defined their achievements and legacies
