HISTORY Highlights September 2020

WARRIOR'S WAY

Fridays from 11 September at 20.30

Get ready to discover the deadliest, vicious and most successful warriors of their time. Spartans, Vikings, Samurai and more! These were the most eminent fighters in human history.

Episodes highlight the greatest achievements on the battlefields, command of their armies, brilliant strategies, and unique fighting styles that enabled them to conquer their enemies in overwhelming force. (6x60”)

WWII’S MOST DARING RAIDS

Thursdays from 24 September at 20.30

Allied teams leading high-risk operations throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia to fight Hitler and turn the tide of war. WWII’s Most Daring Raids puts you in the heart of the action, giving you a minute by minute account of the most astonishing surprise attacks against the Third Reich.

The series will feature a rich combination of testimony, expert analysis, live weapons demonstrations and cutting-edge graphics. It explains every aspect of the mission and its unfolding drama as the key characters in the series are thrown into the most dangerous trial by combat any soldier can face. (6x60)

ANCIENT ALIENS

Mondays from 28 September at 20.30

Ancient Aliens returns to explore the controversial theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years. From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode in this hit HISTORY series gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts and grounded theories surrounding this age-old debate. Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago?Presented by leading alien expert Giorgio A. Tsoukalos. (15x60”)

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 80: ALLIES IN THE AIR

Thursday 17 September at 21.25

For decades, the sky battles of the summer of 1940 have been eulogized as a fight between good and evil – aggressor and defender, fought out between Messerschmitts, Spitfires and Hurricanes. The reality of this titanic fighter and bomber struggle was rather more blood, sweat and oil than silk scarves and heroic gestures. 14,000 British Citizens, civilians, perished in the struggle, alongside almost 5000 aircrew on both sides. The Battle of Britain 80: Allies in the Air, throws a new perspective on the events of the summer and autumn of 1940. With Britain in crisis after a devastating defeat in Europe, the German Luftwaffe were tasked with destroying the RAF, ahead of the planned invasion of Britain. Unlikely, underpowered and underperforming aircraft were pushed into action, fueling the issues of fatigue, mechanical failure, and chronic tactical miscalculation on both sides that took a bloody toll on the airmen of a whole generation. Using newly discovered archive recordings, rare footage, and unprecedented access to many of the surviving aircraft types, HISTORY uncovers remarkable little known secrets of the conflict, and takes us into the remarkable patchwork quilt of nations that made up the RAF squadrons. (1x60”)

9/11: THE FINAL MINUTES OF FLIGHT 93

Sunday 13 September at 21.25

On September 11, 2001, one hijacked plane never reached its target when United 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania. Now, for the first time, previously classified streams of evidence are combined to piece together what really happened in a gripping minute-by-minute account. Evidence includes secret service documents, air traffic control transmissions, phone records, voicemails, first person testimony, and a top secret audio recording that may reveal the details of Flight 93’s crucial final moments. It’s the story of heroism in the face of tragedy, and it sheds new light on the biggest mysteries of that fateful flight. (1x60”)