Sky History 2 TV Guide — Monday, 20 July 2026

Investigating what the God Particle reveals about the origins of the world, and whether clues to its significance could have been left by ancient aliens

The events of 1944, when the USS Enterprise led the Carrier Task Force in a charge through the Pacific, hammering the enemy bases at Kwajalein and Truk Lagoon

Russian Intervention in Georgia: In 2008, nearly 850 people are killed in the Russo-Georgian War. How did it erupt and what is the current relationship between the two nations?

The ships that made mighty empires, from the lone wolves that patrolled the high seas for imperial Britain to the USS Laffey's heroic Second World War battle against kamikazes at Okinawa

A look at the crimes of Angus Sinclair, who murdered two teenage girls in Edinburgh in 1977. Dermot Murnaghan presents

Documentary revealing mysterious curiosities that were once hidden from human eyes, only to be exposed by a calamitous incident. This episode focuses on the Mary Celestia wreck, discovers imperial relics from Iraq and examines a medieval man's remains and lost artefacts reshaping Native American history

The top 10 locations around the world that just might be hiding alien bases, including a cavern beneath the ice of Antarctica, a lake in China that is a hotspot for UFOs, and a pyramid under the slopes of Mount Denali

A look at whether aliens could conceivably have been involved in the development of lethal weapons, from gunpowder to missiles

Deadly toxins are unleashed, lacing the world's lakes and rivers with acid. Plus, without human intervention, Niagra Falls faces a surprising fate

Veterans and historians tell the story of the Thai-Burma railway and the countless prisoners of war and slave labourers who died building it

On July 1, 2000, eight-year-old Sarah Payne went missing while playing in a field near her grandparents' home in West Sussex, and her disappearance prompted a nationwide search. On July 17, her body was found near Pulborough, and soon after convicted paedophile Roy Whiting was charged with her abduction and murder. In this documentary, Sara Payne relives the day her daughter went missing and recounts the horror and agonising days that unfolded in its wake. She also speaks about her fight to change the system in the UK so parents could find out if a child sex offender was living in their area

The top 10 locations around the world that just might be hiding alien bases, including a cavern beneath the ice of Antarctica, a lake in China that is a hotspot for UFOs, and a pyramid under the slopes of Mount Denali

A look at whether aliens could conceivably have been involved in the development of lethal weapons, from gunpowder to missiles

Alice Roberts spends a year visiting archaeological digs around the country, finding out about discoveries that shed new light on British history. In Buckinghamshire, Simon Mays and Jill Eyers use a recent rediscovery of artefacts from a 1912 excavation to investigate what appears to have been a mass infanticide during the Roman era. Alice also meets the team examining one of the largest discoveries of Roman coins ever made in Britain, and hears about a mystery in Dorset

Alice Roberts visits Happisburgh in Norfolk, where the discovery of rare artefacts provides evidence of the earliest human occupation in Britain, challenging the conventional belief that mankind would not have been able to survive in northern Europe one million years ago. She also joins a team at Forteviot in Scotland, where the uncovering of a Bronze Age grave holds a big surprise

Alice Roberts travels to Bamburgh, Northumberland, to learn about the generations of Anglo Saxons who lived and worked there, gaining an insight into the illnesses they suffered and the societies in which they lived. She visits the Sutton Hoo site, as well as a pioneering project in Sittingbourne, Kent, which was set up following the unearthing of an Anglo Saxon cemetery, and looks at the Staffordshire hoard discovered by a metal detector in 2009

Alice Roberts finds out about discoveries that shed light on the Tudor Age, visiting excavations at Shakespeare's first theatre in London's Shoreditch and at his last home in Stratford-upon-Avon, where clues reveal his economical use of money. In Wales, she meets a team of archaeologists learning about the realities of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, while the history of a forgotten royal palace is uncovered on the banks of the Thames

In 1592, Elizabeth I visited Sudeley Castle in the Cotswolds for a three-day party commemorating the nation's victory over the Spanish Armada. Here, Raksha Dave, Alex Langlands and assorted volunteers and archaeologists hunt for a lost garden planted as part of the celebrations, while there is also a visit to Kenilworth Castle to investigate an Elizabethan garden still in full bloom today. Plus, a look at how the garden's Tudor owner, Robert Dudley transformed his estate to win favour with his Queen