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S2 E2 Hagia Sophia of Istanbul How the church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, rebuilt by the Roman Emperor Justinian, has survived 1,500 years of turbulent history. Built in 537, this is a walk-through the stunning place of worship located in Turkey.

S1 E6 George V: Mercy or Murder The story of royal doctor Bertrand Dawson, who admitted to performing euthanasia on a dying George V, and may have had a connection to a subsequent royal death.

S1 E12 Nostradamus Dr Fern Riddell and Dr Karen Bellinger examine the proclamations of French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer Nostradamus - from the French Revolution and the rise of Adolf Hitler, to the terrorist attack of 9/11 and the coronavirus. He also claimed the world will end in 3797.

S2 E1 Mysterious Places Places on Earth where aliens may have landed in ancient times, from Mexico's Zone of Silence to the Markawasi Plateau in Peru.

S10 E6 City of the Gods Researchers suggest that the ancient site of Teotihuacan in central Mexico was once home to a highly advanced, perhaps extraterrestrial, civilization. Excavations at Teotihuacan have unearthed discoveries out of place in the ancient world.

S9 E3 Alice Roberts visits the north of Britain to look at the most fascinating archaeology uncovered in the region over the course of 2021. In North Yorkshire, a team of community volunteers are digging down beneath Richmond Castle. On the northern tip of the Orkney Islands, the dig diary cameras are present to witness archaeologists racing to unearth rare discoveries from an endangered Neolithic tomb before it erodes into the sea. And 10 miles east of Edinburgh, volunteers are hunting for evidence of Scotland's oldest railway.

S1 E3 The Vessels That Saved D-Day A chronological appraisal of the dramatic D-Day story, focusing on the vessels that made the landings on the beaches of Normandy possible.

S1 E2 Submarines War Beneath the Waves The story of the submarine and their role in naval warfare, from early beginnings in the American War of Independence to the modern day.

S1 E11 Beyond the War of the Worlds Documentary investigating almost every UFO and alien sighting ever recorded, raising theories of governmental cover-ups, conspiracy theories and suggestions that the truth may really be out there. The series begins by chronicling the history of HG Wells' The War of the Worlds, a story that has captivated and shocked audiences for more than 100 years.

S12 E36 The Lost Kingdom According to the earliest Tibetan traditions, hidden in the Himalayas is Shambhala, a kingdom of the gods. This programme assesses whether such a mystical realm might truly exist.

S8 E5 Alien Evolution A look at the accounts of modern-day alien abductees. Plus, the possibility that bizarre Paracas skulls discovered by Julio Tello could be of extraterrestrial origin.

S1 E4 Tudor Norwich Alice Roberts tells the story of Tudor England by studying the history of Norwich, learning the harsh reality of religious intolerance, uncovering the origins of Norwich FC's iconic canary and experiencing humiliating Tudor justice. Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson takes to the skies to see how the current layout reflects its history and, at the conclusion of the episode, cutting edge CGI is used to recreate how Norwich would have looked during this period of British history.

S3 The Chicago Tylenol Murders The Chicago Tylenol Murders, a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. To this day, what happened is a mystery.

S1 E4 The Racial State 1933-1934 Events of 1933 and 1934 when President Hindenburg signed a decree in 1933 that suspended freedom of speech. It would be one of his last actions before his death from lung cancer. Also in this era, the first concentration camps for political opponents were set up.

S2 E10 Alien Contacts The theory that aliens might have told Joan of Arc how to beat the English army, and whether an American serviceman received a message when he touched a spaceship.

S10 E7 The Alien Frequency Researchers find that dozens of megalithic sites across the globe were designed to emanate the exact same frequency, causing them to speculate that certain frequencies may allow humans to connect with extraterrestrial forces.

A look at the creation of the super marine Spitfire, an amazing feat of engineering that became one of the most famous fighter aircrafts in the Battle of Britain.

In January 2012 Italian divers discovered the wreck of a massive plane off the coast of Sardinia. At a depth of 213ft, lies a Messerschmidt 'Gigant', the biggest aircraft to fly in the Second World War. The cargo carrier boasted six engines with counter-rotating propellers and a wingspan of over 180ft. It could airlift 130 troops or over 25,000 pounds of payload, including tanks.

S1 E9 Stephenville In January 2008, a shadow was cast over the town of Stephenville, Texas, when a UFO passed overhead at supersonic speed. The event was witnessed by scores of stunned locals who remain desperate for answers on what exactly they saw that winter's evening. Craig and space journalist Sarah Cruddas talk to eyewitness private pilot Steve Allen who was with friends when he saw a vast UFO passing overhead at a speed estimated to be 2,000mph. He describes the craft as having an array of bright, high-intensity lights at its rear - and pursued by two US Air Force F16 fighter jets. The team discovers that the US military, who initially denied any knowledge of this event, changed their story in the weeks following the incident, adding fuel to the theory that there could be a high-level cover-up.

S1 E3 Behind the Mask: Robbing the Land of the Pharaohs How the trade in stolen antiquities and art has become a major source of income for criminal syndicates, gangs, and terrorists. This episode focuses on thefts from the land of the pharaohs.

S1 E9 The origins of the curses surrounding the Karun Treasure, Edvard Munch's The Sick Child paintings and other subjects, from a hidden tomb in Turkey to a death bed in Norway.

S1 E4 Thousands of UFO sightings are reported every year, along with terrifying abductions and other bizarre occurrences. This series examines these accounts and explores recently declassified top secret UFO files, casting new light on historic cases.

S9 E4 Just outside Leicester, Alice joins a team of archaeologists who are investigating a mysterious mound thought to be an Iron Age hillfort, but what they unearth tells a rich story of bandits, religious crusades and connections across the medieval world. Elsewhere in Cambridge, the dig diary cameras are present to witness archaeologists unearthing an extraordinary array of exquisite artefacts from an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery.

S2 E3 Edwardian Cardiff Alice Roberts explores Cardiff's Edwardian past, discovering how the coal industry transformed the Rhondda Valley in the early 1900s. She investigates the difficult and often dangerous work of the miners, and visits the trading floor where the first ever million pound cheque was signed. The programme also investigates how global shipping routes and plentiful employment brought immigrants from across the world to Wales, and meets descendants of people who came to the city in the early years of the 20th century.