Sky History 2 HD Saturday

Ten discoveries and breakthroughs that challenge traditional beliefs about human history. They include mysterious metal spheres that are not of this world

The top 10 mysterious monoliths, from a 500-ton stone believed to represent an ancient UFO to giant statues said to have been created with advanced technology

Caroline Roberts, a surviving victim of serial killers Rose and Fred West, revisits the horrific murders committed by the couple during the 1970s

The lives of Protestant missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, who sought to spread their Christian faith and bring their way of life to the Cayuse people

How the abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker triggered a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas

Experts visit a cemetery in Texas said to contain the body of an alien who crash-landed on Earth in 1897

Experts examine an ancient Hindi scripture about a giant flying creature landing on Earth, and consider if this could be a description of an alien spacecraft

Jason Fox and Bruce Crompton examine the rifles that changed modern warfare, including the German STG 44, history's first assault rifle, which revolutionised infantry tactics

Jason Fox and Bruce Crompton handle a Viking sword, an artefact forged for raiders who terrorised the coasts of Europe

Ten discoveries and breakthroughs that challenge traditional beliefs about human history. They include mysterious metal spheres that are not of this world

The top 10 mysterious monoliths, from a 500-ton stone believed to represent an ancient UFO to giant statues said to have been created with advanced technology

Audacious jail and prison breaks, with insight from Hayes, whose legendary escape from a Turkish prison was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Express

Billy focuses his attentions on the notorious Texas 7, a group of prisoners who escaped from the John B Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas, in December 2000

The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974

Fish remains found near an angry Sumatran volcano might suggest a new human migration route and a collapsed kingdom in Turkey is discovered

Ancient Egyptian queens who have shaped history, featuring an assessment of their enduring legacies. This programme looks at the life of Queen Tiye

The star of Ghostbusters, Blues Brothers and Trading Places opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history

The star of Ghostbusters, Blues Brothers and Trading Places opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history

Ten discoveries and breakthroughs that challenge traditional beliefs about human history. They include mysterious metal spheres that are not of this world

The top 10 mysterious monoliths, from a 500-ton stone believed to represent an ancient UFO to giant statues said to have been created with advanced technology

The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974

Despite the Germans effort to protect France, the Allies' invasion ended in triumphant liberation. Here, some of the brave soldiers involved reveal their first-hand stories

An insight into the German forces' occupation of Europe and how the United Kingdom found itself isolated

Former detectives, victims' relatives and survivors reflect on the Real IRA car bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland, in 1998

The top 10 UFO crashes, from an acorn-shaped object found in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, to a mysterious craft that washed ashore in Japan

The top 10 UFO crashes, from an acorn-shaped object found in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, to a mysterious craft that washed ashore in Japan