Sky History 2
Irlande
Sky History 2 is a television channel available to viewers in Ireland, focusing on historical and documentary content. Its programming typically explores a wide range of historical periods, from ancient civilizations to modern conflicts, as well as topics in archaeology, engineering, and cultural heritage. The channel often presents archival footage, expert commentary, and dramatized reconstructions to examine past events and figures. Documentaries on military history, technological innovation, and social change are common, alongside series that investigate mysteries or lesser-known stories from history. Sky History 2 serves as a companion to its main channel, offering additional depth and variety in factual programming. It is accessible through satellite and digital platforms in the region.
Programme
00:00 - 01:00
Ancient Aliens
The Replicants
Documentary, History
Across the globe, over 1.5 billion people believe in reincarnation. Is this simply the natural continuation of life, or could this process be directed towards a greater end?
01:00 - 02:00
Ancient Aliens
A Spaceship Made of Stone
Documentary, History
In Japan stands one of its oldest shrines, the Ishi-no-Hoden megalith. Legend says it depicts a sky ship made of stone that the ancients saw descend from the heavens.
02:00 - 03:00
Ancient Aliens: The Ultimate Evidence
The Monoliths
Documentary, History
Giorgio Tsoukalos gives his insight on huge stone structures and strange, giant figures known as Monoliths.
03:00 - 04:00
Hunting History With Steven Rinella
The Final Hunt for D.B. Cooper
Documentary, History
Steve ventures into the heart of the Cascade Mountain range. Steve explores D.B. Cooper through a new lens, asking how he could have survived and escaped his perilous jump into a dark and stormy November night.
04:00 - 05:00
Hunting History With Steven Rinella
The Alaska Triangle
Documentary, History
Steve investigates the 1972 disappearance of the Begich/Boggs flight, a case that sparked the largest search in Alaska's history.
05:00 - 06:00
Hunting History With Steven Rinella
First Humans of North America
Documentary, History
Near Steve's cabin on Prince of Wales Island lies evidence of one of humanity's greatest milestones - our arrival in the Americas. Drawing on his deep expertise in this rugged environment, Steve investigates when the first Americans arrived.
06:00 - 07:00
Hunting History With Steven Rinella
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Documentary, History
Steve delves into the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, navigating North Carolina's dense wilderness and swampy waterways. He investigates the colonists' possible fate, uncovering the challenges they faced in their search for a safe haven.
07:00 - 08:00
Ancient Aliens
The Top Ten Secret Projects
Documentary, History
Counting down ten compelling - and covert - projects that study the UFO phenomenon; from clandestine government organisations to agents that silence UFO witnesses and secret programmes to reverse engineer alien technology.
08:00 - 09:00
Ancient Aliens
The Top Ten Mysterious Mountains
Documentary, History
Counting down ten mysterious mountains that are notorious for otherworldly phenomena. From a summit in Sri Lanka that is said to be a portal to other worlds and a volcano in Washington that was at the centre of a UFO sighting.
09:00 - 10:00
Crimes That Shook Britain
The Marchioness Disaster
Documentary, History
In 1989, 51 lives were lost when the pleasure boat Marchioness collided with dredger Bowbelle and sank.
10:00 - 11:00
Kevin Costner's The West
The Robin Hood of El Dorado
Documentary
In California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the state; a posse of California Rangers, led by Harry Love, takes Murrieta down - but his legend as a hero to the downtrodden lives on to this day.
11:00 - 12:00
Kevin Costner's The West
Bleeding Kansas
Documentary
When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its future as a free or slave state in its eventual admission to the Union.
12:00 - 13:00
Ancient Aliens
Aliens and the Founding Fathers
Documentary, History
Could the Founding Fathers have hidden secrets about ancient aliens in their documents, buildings and symbols? Experts investigate.
13:00 - 14:00
Ancient Aliens
Aliens, Gods and Heroes
Documentary, History
Ancient alien theorists explore the origins of mythical gods. Could these tales of superhuman beings be based on sightings of extraterrestrials?
14:00 - 14:30
Battle Treasures With Foxy And Bruce
Battlefield Relics
Documentary, History
A battlefield cornet, medieval dagger, and WWII medic tins reveal how ordinary items became extraordinary relics of survival, sacrifice, and human experience in war.
14:30 - 15:00
Battle Treasures With Foxy And Bruce
Amazing Escapes
Documentary, History
Hidden compasses, the SAS silk map from the Bravo Two Zero mission, and resistance radios reveal the ingenious tools of wartime escape. Jason and Bruce uncover stories of survival.
15:00 - 16:00
Ancient Aliens
The Top Ten Secret Projects
Documentary, History
Counting down ten compelling - and covert - projects that study the UFO phenomenon; from clandestine government organisations to agents that silence UFO witnesses and secret programmes to reverse engineer alien technology.
16:00 - 17:00
Ancient Aliens
The Top Ten Mysterious Mountains
Documentary, History
Counting down ten mysterious mountains that are notorious for otherworldly phenomena. From a summit in Sri Lanka that is said to be a portal to other worlds and a volcano in Washington that was at the centre of a UFO sighting.
17:00 - 18:00
Greatest Prison Escapes With Billy Hayes
Festive Fugitives
Documentary, Crime
Six inmates smash a rusted toilet through a bathroom wall in six minutes in order to escape on a Christmas night in Tennessee.
18:00 - 19:00
Greatest Prison Escapes With Billy Hayes
Partners And Crime
Documentary, Crime
A female con artist manipulates another woman into breaking their significant others out of a Correctional Facility with a hijacked helicopter.
19:00 - 20:00
World War Weird
Episode 5
Documentary, History
While Nazi scientists were conducting brutal experiments in an attempt to create an Aryan master race, a team of zoologists was overseeing their own bizarre science trials.
20:00 - 21:00
Discovered By Disaster
Treasures and Resilient Civilizations
Documentary, Science
The team dig into artefacts from a multicultural Jamaican port sunk by an earthquake. They get insights into everyday Mesoamerican life next to a Salvadoran volcano, peek at a Minoan landmark, and inspect a treasure trove of English relics.
21:00 - 22:00
Queens of Ancient Egypt
The Other Cleopatra
History, Documentary
The reign of Cleopatra II was even more turbulent than that of her famous, later namesake, Cleopatra VII, and this great queen saved her dynasty from being destroyed by hatred and strife.
22:00 - 23:00
The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd
Strangest Places
Documentary, History
Explore an island ruled by deadly predators, a Florida town obsessed with the wildest circus performers, or a mysterious paranormal hotspot that's a magnet for UFOs, strange sightings, and baffling disappearances.
23:00 - 00:00
The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd
Wildest Weapons
Documentary, History
Weapons rank among humanity's most powerful-and wildest-inventions; some unleash mass destruction, while others are downright bizarre; from launching corpses with trebuchets, to turning animals into killing machines.