Sky History 2 TV Guide — Sunday, 19 July 2026

Browse the full Sky History 2 TV guide for Sunday, 19 July 2026. 24 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Ancient Aliens

S6 · E14 · The Tesla Experiment

Inventor Nikola Tesla's claims of contact with extraterrestrials

Investigations into inventor Nikola Tesla's claims of communication with extraterrestrials on other planets and whether the scientist could have been a human 'receiver'

01:00 1h

The Sound and the Fury

S1 · E1 · 1939-1941

Key events of the Second World War

Key events of the Second World War, beginning with Germany invading Poland, and touching on Japan's expansion in Asia. Plus, how Africa's colonies became key battlegrounds for power and resources

02:00 1h

World War II: Witness to War

S1 · E2 · Battle of Britain

How young pilots gave their all for the Allied cause

Archival footage and eye-witness accounts illustrate how, as the war progressed from the ground into the sky, young brave pilots gave their all for the Allied cause

03:00 1h

Combat Ships

S2 · E3 · Doomed Vessels

How bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends

How bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, such as Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th-century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze

04:00 1h

Crimes That Shook Britain

S6 · E3 · Dale Cregan

The tragic case of police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone

Dermot Murnaghan examines the tragic case of police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, who were murdered in 2012 by Dale Cregan

05:00 1h

Mysteries from Above

S1 · E10 · The Planet Unlocked

How the pyramids of Giza could be a giant map of the stars

How the pyramids of Giza could be a giant map of the stars. Plus, an Indonesian volcano burning a shade of blue, the forgotten pleasures of America's recent past and how first responders brought hope to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina

Morning

06:00 1h

Ancient Aliens

S6 · E15 · Alien Encounters

How ancient aliens may have helped to guide and define mankind

Theorists investigate how ancient aliens may have helped to guide and define mankind in the remote past

07:00 1h

Ancient Aliens

S6 · E16 · The God Particle

Investigating what the God Particle reveals about the origins of the world

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

08:00 1h

Digging for Britain

S9 · E4

Archaeologists investigate a mysterious mound thought to be an Iron Age hillfort

Just outside Leicester, Alice joins a team of archaeologists who are investigating a mysterious mound thought to be an Iron Age hillfort, but what they unearth tells a rich story of bandits, religious crusades and connections across the medieval world. In Cambridge, the dig diary cameras are present to witness archaeologists unearthing an extraordinary array of exquisite artefacts from an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery

09:00 1h

Digging for Britain

S9 · E5 · West

Archaeologists are blown away by the discovery of an entirely new Roman town

Archaeologists in Somerset are blown away by the discovery of an entirely new Roman town in the intended pathway of some new electricity cables. Multiple, impressive layers of road building from the Roman era are revealed, in particular a spectacular section from the fourth century when Emperor Constantine presided over a boom in Britain's economy. Elsewhere in Pembrokeshire, Alice Roberts revisits Whitesands Bay where a team are excavating a mysterious collection of child burials

10:00 1h

Digging for Britain

S9 · E6 · The North - 2

Alice Roberts and the team examine a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall

The north of England is so rich in archaeological finds that Alice Roberts travels back there once again to reveal more of its fascinating history. She and the team examine a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, evidence of early writing by the Picts in Scotland, and a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age coffin buried under a golf course

11:00 1h

Kevin Costner's The West

S1 · E5 · The Robin Hood of El Dorado

Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta and his gang of outlaws

How, in Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta formed a gang of outlaws that spread terror across the newly formed state. His legend as a hero to the downtrodden endured despite being hunted down by the California Rangers

Daytime

12:00 1h

Kevin Costner's The West

S1 · E6 · Bleeding Kansas

The issue of slavery in Kansas and the wider US

How Kansas became a battleground in the US national debate over slavery. Settlers on both sides of the issue poured into the territory to determine its future as a free or slave state in its eventual admission to the Union

13:00 1h

Britain's Lost Battlefields with Rob Bell

S1 · E3 · The Battle of Watling Street

Boudicca's uprising against the Roman occupation of Britain

Rob Bell investigates the events that led to the Battle of Watling Street, Boudicca's uprising against the Roman occupation of Britain in 60-61 AD

14:00 1h

Ancient Aliens

S6 · E15 · Alien Encounters

How ancient aliens may have helped to guide and define mankind

Theorists investigate how ancient aliens may have helped to guide and define mankind in the remote past

15:00 1h

Ancient Aliens

S6 · E16 · The God Particle

Investigating what the God Particle reveals about the origins of the world

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

16:00 1h

Digging for Britain

S9 · E2 · South

Alice Roberts views the earliest money made in Britain

Alice Roberts heads to the south of England to see the rich pickings on offer, including the earliest money made in Britain and a massive haul of Roman treasure that brings to life the fall of the empire in Britain

17:00 1h

Digging for Britain

S9 · E3

Alice Roberts visits archaeological digs in the north of Britain

Alice Roberts visits the north of Britain to look at the most fascinating archaeology uncovered in the region over the course of 2021. In North Yorkshire, a team of community volunteers are digging down beneath Richmond Castle. On the northern tip of the Orkney Islands, the dig diary cameras are present to witness archaeologists racing to unearth rare discoveries from an endangered Neolithic tomb before it erodes into the sea. And 10 miles east of Edinburgh, volunteers are hunting for evidence of Scotland's oldest railway

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Battle 360

S1 · E8 · D-Day in the Pacific

American forces struggle to reclaim the Marianas Islands

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

19:00 1h

Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

S2 · E3 · Cheshire

Scientists visit the most excavated monastic site in Europe

Tori Herridge and a team of scientists visit the most excavated monastic site in Europe, tucked away in the corner of an industrial park in Runcorn, Cheshire. An investigation into the bones of the people buried here reveals a story of medieval knights, brutal murder, and generations of people afflicted by an ancient disease

20:00 1h

Crimes That Shook Britain

S1 · E4 · The Russell Murders

The events that led to the murders of Lin and Megan Russell in 1996

In 1996, two girls and their mother enjoying a walk in the Kent countryside were the victims of a frenzied hammer attack by Michael Stone, who left them for dead. Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan died from their injuries, but nine-year-old Josie survived and made a remarkable recovery. This film examines the events surrounding the murders and features interviews with Shaun Russell - Lin's widower and the girls' father - Josie's close friend Lucy Gregson, her former primary school teacher Lynda Roberts and police family liaison officer Pauline Smith

21:00 1h

Crimes That Shook Britain

S1 · E5 · Beverley Allitt

A nurse who killed four children

The story of nurse Beverley Allitt, who was thought to be a caring and astute worker, until it was revealed she killed four children and tried to murder 11 others

22:00 1h

Crimes That Shook Britain

S1 · E6 · Sarah Payne

The murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne in 2000

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

23:00 1h

Ancient Aliens

S6 · E15 · Alien Encounters

How ancient aliens may have helped to guide and define mankind

Theorists investigate how ancient aliens may have helped to guide and define mankind in the remote past

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Tonight's Highlights

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