Sky History 2 Wednesday

Deep beneath the sands of Egypt lie 24 enormous, empty sarcophagi. This programme contemplates what purpose these giant tombs have might served

For over 40 years, award-winning journalist Linda Moulton Howe has covered mysterious phenomena. Her work could lead others to a profound new reality

The fate of homes in a world without people, where suburbs turn into mass infernos, and a famous castle topples, owing to a hidden flaw

Machines from the Second World War, focusing on the Spitfire aircraft, which symbolised British hope and resistance and the Tiger tank, which embodied German power

The murder of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie, who was tortured and killed in 2000 by her guardians in north London

Deep beneath the sands of Egypt lie 24 enormous, empty sarcophagi. This programme contemplates what purpose these giant tombs have might served

For over 40 years, award-winning journalist Linda Moulton Howe has covered mysterious phenomena. Her work could lead others to a profound new reality

Theorists explore world mythology as they investigate whether extraterrestrials could be responsible for mankind's existence

Experts investigate whether alien life forms are thriving in Earth's seas, following Russian cosmonauts' discovery of living plankton in space

An investigation into crop circles, considering whether they are a hoax or evidence of alien interaction

Experts investigate whether the US military has a secret space programme, as well as evidence suggesting alien races have been in conflict for millennia

Experts question whether the facts of Earth's alien past could be buried in areas that - thanks to warfare or instability - are presently off-limits to exploration

Visits to some of the most cavernous places on Earth, including Greenland's bizarre black holes, an ancient forbidden well in the Yemeni desert and a voluminous void in Antarctica

Unexplained sightings in a desolate land known as the Pine Barrens, which otherwise merely boasts pygmy pines, high winds and frequent foresters

Experts reconstruct the struggle faced by American forces, led by the USS Enterprise, to reclaim the Marianas Islands from enemy forces

Jaw-dropping travel tales of the past, from exploding cars and blimp disasters to doomed personal helicopters

How Claudius became emperor in 47AD without the respect of the people - many of whom considered him the village idiot - and chose to prove himself by conquering Britain

Deep beneath the sands of Egypt lie 24 enormous, empty sarcophagi. This programme contemplates what purpose these giant tombs have might served

For over 40 years, award-winning journalist Linda Moulton Howe has covered mysterious phenomena. Her work could lead others to a profound new reality

Unexplained sightings in a desolate land known as the Pine Barrens, which otherwise merely boasts pygmy pines, high winds and frequent foresters

Theorists explore world mythology as they investigate whether extraterrestrials could be responsible for mankind's existence

Experts investigate whether alien life forms are thriving in Earth's seas, following Russian cosmonauts' discovery of living plankton in space

An investigation into crop circles, considering whether they are a hoax or evidence of alien interaction

The murder of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie, who was tortured and killed in 2000 by her guardians in north London

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