Sky History 2 HD Tuesday
Sky
163
Virgin
186
6:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
The notion that that everyday objects can possess hidden energy
The notion that that everyday objects can possess hidden energy. Talismans are seen as providing protection, good fortune and some are even thought to embody a higher power
7:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
Experts investigate stories of a gateway to another universe
Experts investigate stories of a French church that supposedly contains a gateway to another universe and an alien library believed to be hidden underneath the Great Sphinx of Giza
8:00 AM
Combat Ships
How speed gives ships and small vessels an advantage in naval battles
How speed has been used to give ships and small vessels an advantage in naval battles, including the revolutionary steam turbines
9:00 AM
Secrets in the Sand
Life-size sculptures of camels discovered in Saudi Arabia
This edition connects the Great Pyramid to an archeological find near the Suez Canal, then unveils the secrets of colossal rock sculptures of camels discovered in Saudi Arabia
10:00 AM
Guns That Changed the Game
The quest to create more innovative and lethal weapons
Guns increasingly shaped the way battles were fought and borders were drawn. With time, the quest to create more innovative weapons became ever more contested
11:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
A possible curse exist on Tutankhamun's tomb
The possibility a curse could exist on Tutankhamun's tomb, in the form of alien technology designed to protect an incredible secret about the past
12:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
Legends about the 'gods' in Japan
The documentary explores Japanese legends about the Kami, indigenous 'gods' to whom extraordinary large memorials have been created across the country
1:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
The notion that that everyday objects can possess hidden energy
The notion that that everyday objects can possess hidden energy. Talismans are seen as providing protection, good fortune and some are even thought to embody a higher power
2:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
The mysterious phenomena of the Nazca Lines
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
3:00 PM
Lost Worlds
Re-creating the kingdom of Ramses II
Re-creating Ramses II's kingdom of statues, towering obelisks and temples, using computer graphics and archaeological research
4:00 PM
Colosseum
Commodus, the son of Marcus Aurelius, risks his life in the arena
All Roman rulers put great value on spectacles and games, but only one, the son of Marcus Aurelius, steps out of the Imperial Box and onto the sands of the arena
5:00 PM
Secrets in the Sand
Life-size sculptures of camels discovered in Saudi Arabia
This edition connects the Great Pyramid to an archeological find near the Suez Canal, then unveils the secrets of colossal rock sculptures of camels discovered in Saudi Arabia
6:00 PM
Rust Valley Restorers
Part one of two. Competing shops get ready to face off at the annual Hit-to-Pass race
Part one of two. Rust Valley's competing shops get ready to face off at the annual Hit-to-Pass race. The cost of Avery's Deuce-and-a-Half music truck spirals out of control
7:00 PM
Combat Ships
The naval battle of Guadalcanal, fought in November 1942
A comprehensive look at the naval battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 and the heroic efforts of US sailors who held off powerful Imperial Navy
8:00 PM
Guns That Changed the Game
The development of machine guns
While the single shot rifle remained a mainstay until the First World War, machine guns had been in development since the final days of the American Civil War
9:00 PM
WW2 Mystery: Foo Fighters
Part two of two. Documentary about mysterious glowing orbs
Part two of two. Documentary about mysterious glowing orbs spotted during the Second World War that ducked and dodged military flight formations at high speed
10:00 PM
Ancient Aliens - Secret Science
Discoveries that fail to fit into the accepted scientific paradigm
Archaeologists and anthropologists make discoveries that receive little notice because they fail to fit into the accepted scientific paradigm
11:00 PM
Ancient Aliens
Strange discs discovered in a cave in China
Strange discs discovered in a cave in China that appeared to tell the story of an ancient extraterrestrial crash on Earth
12:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
Examining whether extraterrestrials influenced the Sumerian civilisation
Theorists search ancient texts for proof that extraterrestrials influenced the miraculous advances made by the Sumerian civilisation 5,000 years ago
1:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
A man who claims to have been taken aboard an alien space ship
The story of Travis Walton, who claims that in 1975 he was abducted and taken aboard a space ship inhabited by extraterrestrial beings
2:00 AM
Rust Valley Restorers
Part one of two. Competing shops get ready to face off at the annual Hit-to-Pass race
Part one of two. Rust Valley's competing shops get ready to face off at the annual Hit-to-Pass race. The cost of Avery's Deuce-and-a-Half music truck spirals out of control
3:00 AM
Human Weapon
The origins of the martial art of karate
The martial arts experts travel to the island of Okinawa, Japan, to learn more about the origins of karate, one of the deadliest forms of hand-to-hand combat
4:00 AM
Colosseum
Commodus, the son of Marcus Aurelius, risks his life in the arena
All Roman rulers put great value on spectacles and games, but only one, the son of Marcus Aurelius, steps out of the Imperial Box and onto the sands of the arena
5:00 AM
Lost Worlds
Re-creating the kingdom of Ramses II
Re-creating Ramses II's kingdom of statues, towering obelisks and temples, using computer graphics and archaeological research
6:00 AM
Ancient Aliens
New evidence of a extraterrestrial intervention on Earth in the distant past
Specialists in the field of the extraterrestrial study evidence across 75 million years to validate the theory that there has been extraterrestrial intervention on Earth