Sky History 2 HD Today

The advancement of artificial intelligence and whether it could lead to human extinction or if humans could merge with AI to become a cyborg

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

A Russian soldier's daring escape from a Nazi death camp, a bold plan from a Japanese prison and pilots winning their enemies' respect

After the end of the Battle of Britain came the bombing of German cities. In the war in the Pacific, the US and Japan successfully bombed naval and land targets

The advancement of artificial intelligence and whether it could lead to human extinction or if humans could merge with AI to become a cyborg

Experts investigate the similarities in burial tombs from distant cultures, and question whether aliens could have influenced their complicated designs

Investigations into whether prophets such as Elijah and Joseph Smith communicated with a heavenly source, or came into contact with extraterrestrials

The hundreds of gigantic lines, some in the shape of animals, geometric patterns and even an alien-like being, that extend through a Peruvian desert, known as the Nazca Lines

The story of Travis Walton, who claims that in 1975 he was abducted and taken aboard a space ship inhabited by extraterrestrial beings

An analysis of ancient monuments, questioning what compelled man to move colossal stones long distances to build remarkably similar structures all around the world

Wartime mysteries, including the case of an American pilot shot down during the Korean War and declared dead. The programme investigates whether he was really taken prisoner

A Russian soldier's daring escape from a Nazi death camp, a bold plan from a Japanese prison and pilots winning their enemies' respect

A focus on the German submarines that caused havoc in the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn't cage and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds

The influence that popular culture and entertainment have on daily life. As people gravitate to larger-than-life stories, outlandish myths can begin to spread

Scientists and historians join forces to investigate whether colossal volcanoes toppled an ancient dynasty, and reveal the true face of an ancient mummy

The advancement of artificial intelligence and whether it could lead to human extinction or if humans could merge with AI to become a cyborg

The Hudson Valley area of upstate New York, where more than 7,000 UFO sightings have been reported

Rick Edwards and Beau Ouimette head to north Wales to investigate waterways that may contain signs of the medieval Welsh Rebellion of the late 13th century

The team seeks artefacts from the country's first superhighway - the Bridgewater Canal - that linked the coal mines of Worsley with Manchester and powered the Industrial Revolution

A Kazakh farmer discovers ancient burial sites that may determine whether or not the legend of the Amazon women warriors is myth or reality

The pickers hit the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, on their hunt for big deals. Their first stop finds them in the middle of the strip viewing a collector's memorabilia

The notion that Earth life originated from Martian life that travelled via a space rock and a look at the challenges likely to be faced if attempts are made to colonise Mars