Sky History 2 Thursday

A look at whether scientific knowledge can help protect people from natural disasters or that they are as vulnerable as their ancestors were to fires, earthquakes and hurricanes

Experts examine weird sightings and unsolved disappearances at Bennington, Bermuda and Bridgewater triangles

Footage of a woolly mammoth in Siberia, a recording of a long moaning howl that suggests Bigfoot lives in Ohio and a talking robot that may be out to destroy humanity

Part one of two. The 100 days it took for the Allies to liberate Normandy, to break through the German line and to pave the way towards victory

Part two of two. An examination of the 100 days it took for the Allies to liberate Normandy, to break through the German line and to pave the way towards victory

Investigations into the possibility that extraterrestrials with a superior knowledge of science and engineering landed on Earth thousands of years ago

Theorists speculate about the existence of black holes on Earth, which may explain strange disappearances and other inexplicable phenomena

An alien race claimed to have been encountered by a military man stationed at Nellis Air Force base in the Nevada desert

Two-part documentary exploring the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, beginning in the turmoil of 12th-century Ireland, where provincial kings compete for supremacy

The team goes on the hunt for the Morda Workhouse in Oswestry, Shropshire, and searches for evidence of what life was really like for the poor who ended up there

A look at whether scientific knowledge can help protect people from natural disasters or that they are as vulnerable as their ancestors were to fires, earthquakes and hurricanes

Experts examine weird sightings and unsolved disappearances at Bennington, Bermuda and Bridgewater triangles

Footage of a woolly mammoth in Siberia, a recording of a long moaning howl that suggests Bigfoot lives in Ohio and a talking robot that may be out to destroy humanity

Part one of two. The 100 days it took for the Allies to liberate Normandy, to break through the German line and to pave the way towards victory

Part two of two. An examination of the 100 days it took for the Allies to liberate Normandy, to break through the German line and to pave the way towards victory

The team examines evidence that the Minotaur's terrifying labyrinth could have been inspired by a real place that still exists today

Exploring the story of Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon world's most famous warrior, questioning whether the mythological hero could have been based on a real person

Investigations into the possibility that extraterrestrials with a superior knowledge of science and engineering landed on Earth thousands of years ago

Theorists speculate about the existence of black holes on Earth, which may explain strange disappearances and other inexplicable phenomena

An alien race claimed to have been encountered by a military man stationed at Nellis Air Force base in the Nevada desert

Two-part documentary exploring the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, beginning in the turmoil of 12th-century Ireland, where provincial kings compete for supremacy

The team goes on the hunt for the Morda Workhouse in Oswestry, Shropshire, and searches for evidence of what life was really like for the poor who ended up there

Allen Haff and Ton Jones bid against inexperienced competitors for a vintage fishing seat at a container auction in San Diego

Allen Haff and Ton Jones bid against a wealthy opponent in San Diego, and succeed in securing a 1950s baseball machine and a 1980s hydraulic rescue tool

The ships involved in the biggest naval deployments in recent history - Persian Gulf, Iran-Iraq War and Desert Storm