Sky History 2
Ireland
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.
Schedule
00:00 - 00:30
Unsealed: Alien Files
Summer of Saucers
Documentary, Paranormal
A series of UFO sightings in 1947 propels the phenomenon to the world stage. The US Air Force concludes that UFOs may not be from Earth.
00:30 - 01:00
Unsealed: Alien Files
Police Sightings
Documentary, Paranormal
In the court of public opinion, the most credible UFO witnesses come from law enforcement.
01:00 - 01:30
Alien Disclosure Files
The Black Knight
Documentary
Images from 1998 hint at a satellite orbiting Earth, possibly the Black Knight detected by Tesla in 1899; Oumuamua's artificial path puzzles scientists in 2017.
01:30 - 02:00
Alien Disclosure Files
The Doorway
Documentary
Mars, humanity's space frontier, once resembled Earth, and its barren landscape and newly found doorways raise existential questions.
02:00 - 03:00
Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
Rendlesham
Documentary, Science
Craig and Sarah pore over every scrap of available evidence relating to the Rendlesham incident, including the audio recording made by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt when he and a patrol of men investigated lights in the forest that fateful night.
03:00 - 03:30
Close Encounters
Schools Out and Christmas Lights
Documentary, Paranormal
Students in Australia witness a saucer-shaped object touch down, and a man's car and cell phone stop working when a cigar-shaped object passes overhead.
03:30 - 04:00
Close Encounters
Hunting Season
Documentary, Paranormal
Two brothers witness something extraordinary that defies explanation while hunting in Idaho. Plus, a strange metal craft passes over Antananarivo, Madagascar.
04:00 - 05:00
Medieval Dead
Galloglass: Warlords of Ireland
History, Documentary
These Norse-Gaelic clans settled in medieval Ireland and battled Norman invaders. Artefacts and bones from the era shed light on the Galloglass.
05:00 - 06:00
Myths & Monsters
Change & Revolution
Documentary
Myths and legends affect the consolidation of the rules of society, as well as the punishments that result from the violation of the rules.
06:00 - 06:30
Unsealed: Alien Files
The Shoot Down Order
Documentary, Paranormal
Fighter pilots scramble to intercept UFOs. Advanced, unknown technology threatens Earth's airspace, and there is little anyone can do about it.
06:30 - 07:00
Unsealed: Alien Files
Seeing Is Believing
Documentary, Paranormal
Governments around the world investigate UFO sightings, but many of them keep it a secret from the public.
07:00 - 08:00
Alien Files Reopened
The Belgian UFO Wave
Paranormal, Documentary
Triangle shaped hovering objects were seen by thousands of people and investigated by scientists and government officials, yet they could never be explained. The sightings occurred in a more than two year "wave" over Belgium, beginning in late 1989.
08:00 - 09:00
William Shatner's Weird or What?
Ancient Mysteries
Reality
A girl finds an ancient skull that may prove aliens once walked the planet, and ancient stone carvings could rewrite the story of evolution.
09:00 - 10:00
Evidence of the Unexplained
Episode 6
Documentary, Mystery
A fleet of UFOs is filmed over the South China Sea, a 12,000-year-old archaeological site reveals carvings of alien, six-fingered humanoids, and a recorded confession claims that Albert Einstein made a secret visit to Roswell in 1947 to see a crashed UFO and its dead and dying...
10:00 - 11:00
Medieval Dead
Crusaders of Vadum Jakob
History, Documentary
The siege of Vadum Jacob in 1179 saw Muslim forces overcome the Knights Templar. Now, forensic analysis of the battleground can shed light on this conquest. Sultan Saladin planned to build a castle there.
11:00 - 12:00
Medieval Dead
The Swords of Castillon
History, Documentary
Preserved swords from the Battle of Castillon in 1453 have been found on a river bank. What can these weapons tell us about the end of the Hundred Years War?
12:00 - 13:00
Myths & Monsters
Love and Betrayal
Documentary
Love is a universal and powerful feeling which has inspired some of the most enduring stories known to humankind.
13:00 - 14:00
Myths & Monsters
The Wild Unknown
Documentary
Discovering the tragic Greek myth of Actaeon, who stumbled upon the goddess Artemis, along with the Celtic Otherworld, an idyllic place of magic and beauty, and hunting for the Kraken before venturing into the woods of the Brothers Grimm.
14:00 - 15:00
What on Earth?
Episode 19
Science, Documentary
The ghost towns of the twilight zone. America's secret starvation experiment. The atomic ice worm. Rome's mystery ancient megastructure and the Island that changed history.
15:00 - 16:00
What on Earth?
Episode 20
Science, Documentary
Discover the lair of the living god and the Super Warrior of the ancient world, along with the riches and bloodshed in the California deserts.
16:00 - 17:00
Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
Ireland
Documentary, Science
Craig and Sarah have a closer look at a case that took place in November 2018 off the west coast of Ireland, in which pilots saw bizarre lights through their cockpit windows. The interaction with air traffic control provides the evidence.
17:00 - 17:30
Close Encounters
Second Coming and Space Rock
Documentary, Paranormal
Three people encounter a craft and later suffer radiation poisoning symptoms, and a metallic object blasts off when touched.
17:30 - 18:00
Close Encounters
Fire in the Sky
Documentary, Paranormal
A wave of sightings in Colares, Brazil, caused mass panic and people leave the island as a result. In Australia, a flying object causes a severe headache for a farmer.
18:00 - 19:00
Evidence of the Unexplained
Episode 7
Documentary, Mystery
A man in Missouri films what looks like a metal cube spinning in the sky. Something very similar is seen in LA, Texas and Columbia.
19:00 - 20:00
Alien Corridors
UFOs: Why Are They Here?
Documentary, Science
Every inexplicable flash or strange aircraft makes us believe we've spotted extraterrestrials, but what if they've been watching us all along?
20:00 - 21:00
Alien Corridors
Washington State
Documentary, Science
A new report is made every 55 hours in Washington state, which is America's highest rate of UFO sightings per capita - but why are UFOs choosing to hover here?
21:00 - 22:00
Paranormal Caught on Camera
Feline Phantom in Minnesota and More
Paranormal, Documentary
A baby monitor picks up a ghostly figure walking next to a child's bed. A speeding UFO infiltrates an air show. A young woman ushers in the new year with an undeniable sign from her late father.
22:00 - 23:00
My Paranormal Nightmare
Haunted Grounds
Paranormal
Homes become haunted grounds when poltergeists take up residence. A séance stirs up grim ghosts from the past, a young girl encounters the tortured spirit of a dead bride and a boy discovers that a potential playmate is not human at all.
23:00 - 00:00
Haunted Hospitals
They Have No Eyes, Dark Things and Celebration of Death
Paranormal, Documentary
Staff and patients recount when a figure follows a doctor home, a patient is tormented by evil entities and a Swami healer frees a woman from paranormal activity.