The HISTORY Channel Highlights July 2021

CURSE OF THE LOST AMAZON GOLD

Tuesdays from 13 July at 21:25

Six investigators hunt for a city of gold and the explorers who vanished trying to find it.

In the 1980s, three different explorers set out to find the rumoured cities of Akakor and Akahim in the Amazon jungle. And one by one, they disappeared. This series follows six international investigators on an epic real-life expedition into the Amazon jungle on the hunt for the two lost cities and what happened to the explorers who went missing. Their journey will begin in the dark jungles of Peru, east of the Andes, where Akakor is said to be located. Then they’ll move the expedition to northern Brazil – the rumoured site of Akahim, and where the explorers went missing. The deeper they delve into the jungle, the stranger and darker the mystery becomes. Finally, their search for answers will take them face to face with the only man who may know the truth. Part of Summer of Secrets.

THE UNXPLAINED WITH WILLIAM SHATNER

Mondays from 19 July at 20:30

The UnXplained With William Shatner returns to The HISTORY Channel. This thrilling series explores everything from alleged UFO encounters to sudden disappearances to evil possessions. Follow series host William Shatner as he attempts to get to the truth behind the most bizarre and mysterious events ever reported. With the help of the world's top scientists, first-hand "experiencer" accounts, and dramatic reenactments, viewers gain shocking insight into what's really happening--and why. (10x60”) Part of Summer of Secrets.

39-45: THE CHANNEL’S SUPERGUNS

Thursday 15 July at 21:25

The English Channel during WWII was a strategic passageway separating two major enemies: Great Britain and Germany. Whoever controlled the Channel controlled the passage of warships and commercial vessels—basically, all weapons supplies.

Particularly important was the Dover Strait, the narrowest part of the Channel, where enemy encounters were more than likely, so the entire area had to be protected by powerful bunker cannons. In 1942, the Germans quickly built sixteen giant coastal artillery batteries along the French coast. The precision and force of some of them meant they could wipe out any English vessel at sea, and even reach the British coast. Churchill, in a panic over the power of these guns, in turn ordered the building of six batteries atop the cliffs of Dover. A previously unseen page out of history tells of these superguns—whose formidable firepower made them invaluable throughout the war—standing guard on both sides of the Dover Strait. (1x60”)

ANCIENT ALIENS

Tuesdays from 20 July at 20:30

The HISTORY Channel hit series ANCIENT ALIENS returns in its continued global search for proof that extraterrestrial life exists and that these unknown lifeforms visited Earth thousands of years ago. If aliens are among us, how have they impacted our world and how will people react to this discovery?

From recent breaking news on the U.S. government's funding of UFO research to recently discovered hidden facts behind chambers in Egypt's Great Pyramid, each new episode covers various alien-related topics with historic detail, first-hand accounts and interviews with the world's top scientists, archaeologists and researchers. Lead expert Giorgio Tsoukalos joins Ancient Astronaut theorist, David Hatcher Childress, William Henry, Linda Moulton Howe, Erich von Daniken and many others being interviewed, as this season travels to over a dozen countries to explore firsthand signs of ancient alien visitation. (4x60). Part of Summer of Secrets.