History 2
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Hero Ships (3)
LST-325. 'Landing Ship Tanks' weren't deemed noble enough to even have names. The story of these ships is one of an unsung hero, revealing the considerable battle action of one ship.
Haunted History (6)
Lost Souls Of Pennhurst. The team head to Pennhurst Asylum, where the chilling cries of those who suffered serve as a terrible reminder of a dark period in US history.
Decoding the Past (16)
The Real Sorcerer's Stone. It turns base metal into gold and is the key ingredient in an elixir of eternal life. Sought since the 8th century BC, does the Sorcerer's Stone really exist?
Decoding the Past (12)
Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist funerary text written to serve as a guide through the afterlife from death to rebirth, is examined.
Mystery Pickers (3)
Outlaws And Aliens. The guys meet a man who claims to have a bloodstained pistol once owned by outlaw Jesse James, and a farmer who thinks he has found proof of alien life.
Sliced (11)
Vending Machines. The first vending machine was built in Greece nearly 2,000 years ago and sold holy water. Today, there's a vending machine for almost everything. John cuts behind the face to reveal how these once simple machines are simple no longer.
Sliced (12)
Garbage Truck. The compacting garbage truck – invented in 1938 – opened the door to widespread waste management. John's got one of these ultra-modern compactors and he's going to put this massive machine to the test. Can it eat a limo? How much can it hold?
History's Greatest Aircraft (6)
The Mosquito: the Wooden Wonder. We trace the astonishing story of designers turning away from metal and back to wood to create a twin-engine bomber that could outrun almost any aircraft in the sky, yet deliver a bomb load greater than an Avro Lancaster.
James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain (6)
Grenfell Tower. In the 1950s, the tower block was born. But by the 1970s, these cities in the sky became slums. In 2017, missed warnings, vague regulations and corners cut in favour of financial return resulted in the deadliest tower block fire in British history.
Hero Ships (3)
LST-325. 'Landing Ship Tanks' weren't deemed noble enough to even have names. The story of these ships is one of an unsung hero, revealing the considerable battle action of one ship.
Haunted History (6)
Lost Souls Of Pennhurst. The team head to Pennhurst Asylum, where the chilling cries of those who suffered serve as a terrible reminder of a dark period in US history.
Decoding the Past (16)
The Real Sorcerer's Stone. It turns base metal into gold and is the key ingredient in an elixir of eternal life. Sought since the 8th century BC, does the Sorcerer's Stone really exist?
Decoding the Past (12)
Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist funerary text written to serve as a guide through the afterlife from death to rebirth, is examined.
Mystery Pickers (3)
Outlaws And Aliens. The guys meet a man who claims to have a bloodstained pistol once owned by outlaw Jesse James, and a farmer who thinks he has found proof of alien life.
Sliced (11)
Vending Machines. The first vending machine was built in Greece nearly 2,000 years ago and sold holy water. Today, there's a vending machine for almost everything. John cuts behind the face to reveal how these once simple machines are simple no longer.
Sliced (12)
Garbage Truck. The compacting garbage truck – invented in 1938 – opened the door to widespread waste management. John's got one of these ultra-modern compactors and he's going to put this massive machine to the test. Can it eat a limo? How much can it hold?
History's Greatest Aircraft (6)
The Mosquito: the Wooden Wonder. We trace the astonishing story of designers turning away from metal and back to wood to create a twin-engine bomber that could outrun almost any aircraft in the sky, yet deliver a bomb load greater than an Avro Lancaster.
James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain (6)
Grenfell Tower. In the 1950s, the tower block was born. But by the 1970s, these cities in the sky became slums. In 2017, missed warnings, vague regulations and corners cut in favour of financial return resulted in the deadliest tower block fire in British history.
Hero Ships (3)
LST-325. 'Landing Ship Tanks' weren't deemed noble enough to even have names. The story of these ships is one of an unsung hero, revealing the considerable battle action of one ship.
Nostradamus Effect (2)
Armageddon Battle Plan. In 1947, ancient scrolls were discovered in desert caves near the Dead Sea. One of these, The War Scroll, spells out in chilling detail a future apocalyptic war that will end the world. Are modern events fulfilling this prophecy?
Decoding the Past (16)
The Real Sorcerer's Stone. It turns base metal into gold and is the key ingredient in an elixir of eternal life. Sought since the 8th century BC, does the Sorcerer's Stone really exist?
Decoding the Past (12)
Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist funerary text written to serve as a guide through the afterlife from death to rebirth, is examined.
Mystery Pickers (3)
Outlaws And Aliens. The guys meet a man who claims to have a bloodstained pistol once owned by outlaw Jesse James, and a farmer who thinks he has found proof of alien life.
Sliced (11)
Vending Machines. The first vending machine was built in Greece nearly 2,000 years ago and sold holy water. Today, there's a vending machine for almost everything. John cuts behind the face to reveal how these once simple machines are simple no longer.
Sliced (12)
Garbage Truck. The compacting garbage truck – invented in 1938 – opened the door to widespread waste management. John's got one of these ultra-modern compactors and he's going to put this massive machine to the test. Can it eat a limo? How much can it hold?
History's Greatest Aircraft (6)
The Mosquito: the Wooden Wonder. We trace the astonishing story of designers turning away from metal and back to wood to create a twin-engine bomber that could outrun almost any aircraft in the sky, yet deliver a bomb load greater than an Avro Lancaster.
James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain (6)
Grenfell Tower. In the 1950s, the tower block was born. But by the 1970s, these cities in the sky became slums. In 2017, missed warnings, vague regulations and corners cut in favour of financial return resulted in the deadliest tower block fire in British history.
Hero Ships (3)
LST-325. 'Landing Ship Tanks' weren't deemed noble enough to even have names. The story of these ships is one of an unsung hero, revealing the considerable battle action of one ship.
Nostradamus Effect (2)
Armageddon Battle Plan. In 1947, ancient scrolls were discovered in desert caves near the Dead Sea. One of these, The War Scroll, spells out in chilling detail a future apocalyptic war that will end the world. Are modern events fulfilling this prophecy?
Decoding the Past (16)
The Real Sorcerer's Stone. It turns base metal into gold and is the key ingredient in an elixir of eternal life. Sought since the 8th century BC, does the Sorcerer's Stone really exist?
Decoding the Past (12)
Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist funerary text written to serve as a guide through the afterlife from death to rebirth, is examined.
Mystery Pickers (3)
Outlaws And Aliens. The guys meet a man who claims to have a bloodstained pistol once owned by outlaw Jesse James, and a farmer who thinks he has found proof of alien life.
Gold Hunters: Legend Of The Superstition Mountains (2)
Mark of the X. Hunting for the Lost Dutchman is usually a one-man journey, but Wayne Tuttle is partnering with a team of experts to follow a newly-revealed clue that could finally solve the 500-year-old mystery of America's most famous buried treasure.
Lost Worlds II (1)
Pirates of the Caribbean. From the icy docks of Bristol to the tropical paradise of the Caribbean, follow the incredible journey of fearsome buccaneers and their hunt for treasure and booty.
Mystery Pickers (7)
The Knife & Times Of Jim Bowie. Dale meets a man who wants to prove he found the original knife of folk hero Jim Bowie, but they get an even bigger surprise. Plus, an alleged Viking artefact found in Maine, and what looks like a weaponised bracelet found on a man's land in Texas.
Shadow Force (6)
Dark Zone. The team joins forces with a small conservancy unit in Kenya, near the border with Ethiopia. Tribal wars are getting deadlier as weapons flood the region and the expanding desert dries up the last of the resources.
Chasing Mummies (6)
Robbed. Zahi makes it clear to the world community that every important Egyptian artefact must be returned to Egypt, and so a missing piece of an offering table is headed back to Karnak Temple from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Abandoned Engineering (4)
Ghost Ships. Dive into the past to find out how the largest mass scuttling of ships in history was linked with medical research and the space programme. We ask why the US government spent millions on a fleet of war ships in WWI, then deliberately destroyed them.
Sliced (5)
Power Tools. In this episode, power tools are on the chopping block: chainsaws, nail guns and power lifters. John will put them to the test to find out which tools are up to the challenge and which ones don't make the cut.
Sliced (6)
Bathroom Disaster. To discover the dirty secrets hidden inside your bathroom, John's cutting into toilets, hairdryers and a shower. He'll debunk the myths and shed light on the shocking dangers so you don't have to learn the hard way.
Haunted History (1)
The Manson Murders. An exploration of Charles Manson and his cult followers' 1969 Tinseltown killing spree, during which they killed more than half a dozen innocent people.
Gold Hunters: Legend Of The Superstition Mountains (2)
Mark of the X. Hunting for the Lost Dutchman is usually a one-man journey, but Wayne Tuttle is partnering with a team of experts to follow a newly-revealed clue that could finally solve the 500-year-old mystery of America's most famous buried treasure.
Lost Worlds II (1)
Pirates of the Caribbean. From the icy docks of Bristol to the tropical paradise of the Caribbean, follow the incredible journey of fearsome buccaneers and their hunt for treasure and booty.
Mystery Pickers (7)
The Knife & Times Of Jim Bowie. Dale meets a man who wants to prove he found the original knife of folk hero Jim Bowie, but they get an even bigger surprise. Plus, an alleged Viking artefact found in Maine, and what looks like a weaponised bracelet found on a man's land in Texas.
Shadow Force (6)
Dark Zone. The team joins forces with a small conservancy unit in Kenya, near the border with Ethiopia. Tribal wars are getting deadlier as weapons flood the region and the expanding desert dries up the last of the resources.
Chasing Mummies (6)
Robbed. Zahi makes it clear to the world community that every important Egyptian artefact must be returned to Egypt, and so a missing piece of an offering table is headed back to Karnak Temple from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Abandoned Engineering (4)
Ghost Ships. Dive into the past to find out how the largest mass scuttling of ships in history was linked with medical research and the space programme. We ask why the US government spent millions on a fleet of war ships in WWI, then deliberately destroyed them.
Sliced (5)
Power Tools. In this episode, power tools are on the chopping block: chainsaws, nail guns and power lifters. John will put them to the test to find out which tools are up to the challenge and which ones don't make the cut.