Tv guide for channel History 2 HD
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00:00
Spycraft
S1 E4 Clandestine Collection How methods for covertly capturing sensitive data have grown infinitely more advanced as the devices used to do so have become exponentially smaller.
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01:00
The Witches of Salem
S1 E1 Satan Comes to Salem The hysteria that unfolded during the Salem witch trials, leading to the execution of 20 women in an affluent New England community. Mark Strong narrates a real-life horror story, with young teenage girls tragically accused and convicted by the shadowy adults lurking in the background. The series draws on extensive historical documents and court records to bring this drama to life.
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02:00
Secrets in the Ice
S3 E8 Abandoned Alpine Fortress A Kazakh farmer discovers ancient burial sites that may determine whether or not the legend of the Amazon women warriors is myth or reality. In the Italian Alps, a group of hikers explores long forgotten military infrastructure that points to the region's complicated and violent history. A shrine in the Indian Himalayas has long been said to be protected by supernatural powers, but strange markings on the temple reveal it was subject to an almost equally as powerful force. Palaeontologists discover a fossilised species unknown to science embedded in a rock hundreds of millions of years old.
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03:00
Ancient Aliens
S3 E13 Aliens and the Secret Code Experts scrutinise prehistoric ruins, asking whether humans could have built such advanced structures alone, and examine the possibility of alien intervention.
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04:00
Ancient Aliens
S12 E6 Secrets of the Maya When Spanish Conquistadors obliterated the historical record of the Maya in the 16th century, did they wipe out evidence that ancient people traveled to the Americas from all over the world - and in flying craft provided by extraterrestrial visitors? Here, experts investigate such apparently far-fetched suggestions.
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05:00
Inside the Tower of London
S1 E2 The Tudor Tower The latest recruit to join the team of 37 beefeaters begins his career with some testing exams. Chris must learn the extensive history of the Tower by heart, a word-for-word knowledge which he will be tested on by the governor before being let loose alone on the 100,000 visitors who come to the Tower every week. Plus, chief curator Tracy Borman turns her attention to the time of Henry VIII, when the Tower gained its notorious reputation for imprisonment and execution, revealing the history of Anne Boleyn within the walls.
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06:00
Weeks of War
S1 E5 The events of 1943, which began with the Casablanca Conference. Events unfolded in the week of the Soviet victory in Stalingrad, and one of the best-selling songs in history was released.
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07:00
Weird or What? With William Shatner
S3 E3 Aliens Walk Among Us Three stories that suggest aliens are among society, including an Arizona woman who claims to have been fathered by an alien in a top-secret government experiment.
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08:00
Close Encounters
S1 E13 Crop Circles and Boomerang Farmer Edwin Fuhr recalls harvesting crops when he saw a metal object hovering in his field. Almost immediately, four identical objects appeared.
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08:30
Close Encounters
S1 E1 Big Woods, Bright Lights Cousins Billy and John Smith recall driving in separate cars when they encountered a massive mothership three times the size of a football stadium.
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09:00
Ancient Aliens
S3 E2 Aliens and Monsters Experts examine an ancient Hindi scripture about a giant flying creature landing on Earth, and consider if this could be a description of an alien spacecraft.
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10:00
Ancient Aliens
S3 E3 Aliens and Sacred Places Experts examine evidence that aliens may have visited Mecca's Grand Mosque and Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
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11:00
Britain's Secret Islands
S1 E2 A visit to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, home of the 5,000-year-old standing stones of Callanish, traditional Scottish blackhouses and cut peat.
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12:00
Shipwrecks: When History Resurfaces
S2 E2 The Last Hours of Saint-Pierre Kevin Sempé recalls the events of 1992, when a deadly cloud of steam and ash churned through plantations and villages, flattening the grand city of St Pierre, in Martinique. It then thundered into the bay where it sank 18 ships and hundreds of smaller craft. Within a minute or two, nearly 32,000 people died.
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13:00
How to Lose a War
S1 E3 Conquering Heroes How Germany, Italy and Japan's ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to the demise of the so-called Axis Powers.
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14:00
Ancient Aliens
S6 E9 The Shamans Investigating whether spiritual leaders known as shamans, who have healed and protected people throughout history really have contact with extraterrestrial realms.
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15:00
Ancient Aliens
S12 E7 The Druid Connection Experts examine strange stone structures on New England and New York's landscapes, contemplating whether they offer clues of alien visitors to Earth.
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16:00
D-Day: The Light of Dawn
E1 The first of a two-part documentary made entirely with remastered and colourised archive footage, tracing Operation Overlord from its genesis to the Battle of Normandy. The film depicts the epic story of one of the greatest military operations ever conceived by man, from the summer of 1941 - when Churchill and Roosevelt first discussed the issue - to the touch down on June 6 1944. It sets out Hitler's strategy for preventing and countering the landings.
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17:00
History's Greatest Aircraft
S1 E5 He-111: Germany's Frontline Bomber A look at the Heinkel He 111, one of the most numerous and esily recognised German aircrafts of the Second World War. Plus, how it became a guinea pig for future bombers.
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18:00
Close Encounters
S1 E5 School's Out and Christmas Lights Back in 1966, at the Westall School in Melbourne, Australia, students claimed they saw a saucer-shaped object in an adjacent field while playing outside. Experts contemplate possible aliens involvement.
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18:30
Close Encounters
S1 E6 Blind Date and Flying House Teenager 16-year-old Ron Johnson, who claimed to have witnessed a mushroom-shaped object emitting a near-blinding light while feeding the family sheep in a field.
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19:00
Treasures Decoded
S5 E4 Egypt's Lost Princess In 2011, archaeologists found a previously undiscovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Inside were a mummy, rubble and a coffin that appeared to be younger than the tomb. Further investigation revealed the tale of a lost princess from Egypt's golden age.
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20:00
Strangest Things
S2 E9 The Hat of Teeth, the Killer Shockbox and the Amazonian Quiver An intriguing artefact in a museum in Southwark, south London. This strange brown felt object stands about eight inches high and is covered in 88 human teeth. It is believed to be nearly 200 years old and comes from the collection of an eccentric Victorian.
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21:00
Weird or What? With William Shatner
S3 E7 Premonitions Incredible stories about the predictive power of the subconscious, including a man who warns of a plane crash before it happens following a series of vivid nightmares.
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22:00
River Hunters
S2 E5 The Colchester Siege Beau Ouimette, Rick Edwards and Gary Bankhead travel to Colchester, Essex, to find evidence from the second English Civil War in what became the longest siege in British history. Finds include a short-barreled Carbine gun which was commonly used by the Cavalry in the 1600s and a horse stirrup believed to be from the 1648 siege due to it's age and position on the river bank.
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23:00
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
S1 E6 Superhumans Stories concerning so-called superhumans, such as a blind man who uses bat-like powers of echolocation to navigate his surroundings, a Samurai with reflexes faster than a speeding bullet and a man who is apparently immune to electrocution.