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Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified will show how, despite repeated denials, the significance of UFO sightings has been analysed and discussed at the highest level of government in the UK, the United States and the former Soviet Union since the end of World War II. With interest in UFO phenomena on the rise in recent years, this series provides new insight into the UFO monitoring programmes the world's leading governments have sought to hide and shocking facts about the real extent of reported extra-terrestrial contacts.

Starring Damian Lewis in his first factual role, this new docu-drama reveals remarkable true stories behind the most gripping and significant international spy operations of the last forty years. From the truth behind the escape of US diplomats from Tehran, immortalised in the award-winning film Argo, to the spy operation which narrowly averted all-out nuclear war, to the incredible 'spy swap' which brought Sergey Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, to Salisbury (where they narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on their lives last year), the series relates the incredible true stories of the spy wars fought in the shadows. Utilising innovative and highly stylised reconstructions, Damian Lewis: Spy Wars is shot on location in London, Moscow and Israel.

Lost Relics of the Knights Templar follows one of the world's most prolific yet unknown treasure hunters, Hamilton White, and his long-time friend, Carl Cookson, as they trace the origin of an amazing hoard of relics - believed to have belonged to the legendary Knights Templar.

Visits to the most remote, cold and inhospitable places on the planet to reveal great mysteries that have been frozen in time. This programme reveals how and why humans have become frozen in time, from missing Second World War aircraft to a frozen lake filled with human remains.

Join blacksmith and YouTube personality Alec Steele on a journey through history as he recreates some of the most impressive weapons ever made. From swords to daggers, Alec's skill and attention to detail will leave you in awe. Don't miss this thrilling exploration of ancient weaponry.

Hosted by comedian Lee Mack, TV Presenter Rick Edwards and Master Carpenter William Hardie, The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker sees 10 of the country's finest carpenters gather in Epping Forest to whittle, carve and chop their way to the final, to see who will be crowned Britain's Top Woodworker and the chance to stage their own personal exhibition at the prestigious William Morris Gallery in London

Comedian Al Murray travels to some of England's nearest neighbours to explore some of their gripes with the English, with the help of a comedian from each nation he visits.

Shaun Ryder, frontman of the 80s and 90s bands Happy Mondays and Black Grape, has been fascinated by UFOs for years, ever since he spotted one when he was a young kid so in this eagerly awaited series on the History channel he goes on the ultimate road trip to investigate potential alien sightings.

Follows the grandchildren of Major Jesse A Marcel, the first person on the scene of the Roswell crash in July 1947. His family believe Major Marcel was pressured by the US government to retract his original statement of what he discovered at the crash site and deny he ever saw evidence of a UFO.

Al Murray and Sky HISTORY join a host of famous faces to uncover the truth behind Britain's military past. Together with his alter ego The Pub Landlord, Al is on a quest to unpick the Great British psyche and understand whether the Brits are helped or hindered by their experiences in war.

(Aired as "The Real Story" in the US on The Smithsonian Channel) Braveheart, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, True Grit, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Master and Commander. These films achieved enormous success, but in bringing them to the big screen, the truth was often left behind. Now, separate fact from fiction and real life from reel life.

Treasure Houses of Britain is not just about some of the world's best-loved buildings, spectacular as they are; it is about the treasures within which tell a human story, from the tapestries which the First Duke of Marlborough commissioned to celebrate his triumph at the Battle of Blenheim, to the Italian pietra dura cabinet which the Medicis gave to the owners of Burghley - the greatest Elizabethan house in England. Television presenter and journalist Selina Scott travels the length of the country to explore the opulent rooms, rolling grounds and unique collections of priceless art and antiques of five of the country's most recognisable treasure houses: Burghley House, Chatsworth House, Blenheim Palace, Holkham Hall, and Boughton House.