Sky History 2 TV Guide

The documentary explores Japanese legends about the Kami, indigenous 'gods' to whom extraordinary large memorials have been created across the country

Giorgio Tsoukalos takes an in-depth look at more extra-terrestrial mysteries, joining forces with theorists to consider whether unexplained advances in human evolution can be attributed to alien architects

Hugh Dennis and the team solve a medieval mystery in Coventry, as they search for a monastic grange known as Biggin Hall, which provided produce for the nearby monks at St Mary's Priory. As the team dig deeper, they not only uncover all kinds of exciting artefacts that tell them more about the lives of the monks, but completely redraw the map of what we thought we knew about the grange itself in Coventry

Alice Roberts joins archaeologists to explore Central England's past. She explores a dig beneath the runways of RAF Alconbury, which has uncovered a rural Roman site filled with mysteriously placed objects. In Winchester she visits a new housing development where an Anglo-Saxon cemetery has been discovered and a gold pendant has been found in a grave. She also tours a medieval nunnery near Windsor where archaeologists are attempting to learn about the women who lived within the convent

Cameras capture curious dwellings in the Peruvian Andes, witness a sacred monolith in Wyoming's Black Hills and spot an immovable waterfall in Mexico

Scott and Sheldon attend an auction featuring antique cars, retro gas pumps, and pop-culture collectibles, with the seller's sentimental attachment impacting prices. They also encounter a collection of poison bottles, the value of which is debated.

Of all the Hindu gods, none is more important than Shiva, the great destroyer. This programme contemplates whether the deity could have been the leader of an extraterrestrial race

In China, hundreds of strange discs discovered in a cave appeared to tell the story of an ancient extraterrestrial crash on Earth. Shortly after they were found, the disks were confiscated by the Chinese government and dismissed as a hoax

A fresh look at the Third Reich from a global and current perspective, telling how the Nazis conquered Germany and then half of Europe within a few years of losing the First World War. The survivors and the winners from the war wanted to blame the Germans. No one knew whether the Germans had really broken with the Nazis

Cannons and early artillery are first used in the 14th century primarily to break sieges and breach enemy defences, but everything changed after the Industrial Revolution as artillery becomes mobile and more accurate

The Manhattan Project was a program of research and development undertaken during the Second World War to produce the first nuclear weapons. Thiis is the story of America's top secret team of codebreakers who cracked the Soviet Union's supposedly unbreakable code to unmask spies at the very highest levels of government and thus the uncovering of the Manhattan Project

Of all the Hindu gods, none is more important than Shiva, the great destroyer. This programme contemplates whether the deity could have been the leader of an extraterrestrial race

In China, hundreds of strange discs discovered in a cave appeared to tell the story of an ancient extraterrestrial crash on Earth. Shortly after they were found, the disks were confiscated by the Chinese government and dismissed as a hoax

The crucial role ships have played in international conflict over the past 500 years, beginning with the battleship's declining influence during the 20th century

The story of the submarine and their role in naval warfare, from early beginnings in the American War of Independence to the modern day

A chronological appraisal of the dramatic D-Day story, focusing on the vessels that made the landings on the beaches of Normandy possible

The crucial role ships have played in international conflict over the past 500 years. This programme looks at early metal warships, and examines HMS Rattler's screw propeller in 1845 would lead to the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought in the 20th century

A look at the silent threat of submarines, from tests in the River Thames, to the German's deadly U-boat attacks in the Second World War