The Best TV Shows on Sky History

Every Sky History Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of May 2025, our compilation of Sky History’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. Among Sky History’s finest offerings are Fifth Gear and Mayday, which debuted in 2002 and 2003, respectively. From 2002 through to 2023, Sky History has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • Forged in Fire: Beat the Judges
    Forged in Fire: Beat the Judges (2020)8.4

    In each episode, the best bladesmiths from all over the country come to the forge for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to square off against our renowned Forged in Fire Masters in the highest stakes forging competition yet! If the challenger can find a way to prevail against our judge in an intense bladesmithing showdown, they'll walk away with $10K and eternal bragging rights.

  • Mayday
    Mayday (2003)8.2

    Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

  • James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain
    James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain (2018)8.0

    This six-part series unpicks the events that led to the most devastating disasters of the past 60 years, shining a spotlight on the human cost of the tragedies while seeking to explain the wider political, cultural and institutional context that contributed to them – and looks at the changes made in the wake of each disaster.

  • Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
    Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? (2018)8.0

    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.

  • Damian Lewis: Spy Wars
    Damian Lewis: Spy Wars (2019)8.0

    Docudrama factual series that reveals the remarkable true stories behind some of the most gripping and important international spy operations of the last forty years.

  • The Cars That Made the World
    The Cars That Made the World (2020)8.0

    Telling the story of a group of rival engineers who created the most transformative invention of the 20th century, this docuseries explores over a century of innovation from Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, Ford, Porsche, Rolls Royce and more.

  • Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies
    Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies (2022)8.0

    Craig Charles, the BBC 6 Music Radio DJ, star of Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, hosts the show alongside world renowned space journalist astrophysicist, and award-winning author Sarah Cruddas. Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies follows sci-fi favourite and long-time UFO enthusiast Craig and astrophysicist Sarah as they scrutinise compelling evidence relating to some of the most perplexing UFO encounters of recent years, revealing never before heard testimony to separate fact from fiction and ask: are the unexplained aerial phenomena prowling our skies extra-terrestrial?

  • Cracking the Code
    Cracking the Code (2022)8.0

    From bizarre ancient markings to random numbers and letters, codes and ciphers have been used for millennia to send secret messages, hide identities and operate outside the law. Unravelling these codes can unlock military secrets, unmask deadly enemies and even decode lost civilizations. Now, Cracking the Code uncovers some of the world’s most famous – and infamous – encryptions. Revealing how they were decoded, the brilliant minds who cracked them and the mysterious secrets they were hiding…

  • Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries
    Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries (2023)8.0

    An exciting series that explores history through the unique angle of criminal psychology and forensic anthropology, to re-tell the stories of infamous and little-known murders and possibly solve some of the mysteries surrounding them.

  • Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified
    Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified (2021)7.2

    Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many believe the existence of UFOs is not just likely, but a certainty.

  • Evidence of the Unexplained 
    Evidence of the Unexplained  (2023)7.0

    Authorities all over the world say UFOs are real, but what are they, and are they a threat? This series examines the best and latest evidence caught on camera.

  • Hitler's Circle of Evil
    Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)6.9

    Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.

  • Strangest Things
    Strangest Things (2021)6.2

    From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms

  • Fifth Gear
    Fifth Gear (2002)5.3

    Getting viewers up to speed on all the latest automotive information, with new car reviews, second hand bargains and industry tidbits being the focus of this magazine show.

  • Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire?
    Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire? (2023)1.0

    Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire? is the third Sky HISTORY original series featuring historian and writer Al Murray and his comedic alter ego, The Pub Landlord. In each location, Al pairs up with a local comedian to explore the history of British colonial rule and its legacy.

  • Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War?
    Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War? (2021)N/A

    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. Joined by comedians and personalities from the UK and its closest neighbouring countries, Al will uncover whether Britain’s wartime record is all it’s cracked up to be and how regular harking back to Britain’s glory days is viewed by neighbours and ‘allies’.

  • Hitler's Secret Sex Life
    Hitler's Secret Sex Life (2021)N/A

    Hitler’s Secret Sex Life exposes the myriad of rumours, theories and disputed historical accounts of Adolf Hitler's sexual psychology. There is no shortage of experts on Hitler's sex life who consider his predictions to be a barometer of the dictator's twisted psyche. Each episode will address a specific time period of Hitler's alleged and proven sex life and explores the role it played in shaping his behaviour.

  • Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter
    Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter (2022)N/A

    Actor and author Ross Kemp dives into the deep ocean to uncover long lost stories and mysteries in this new Sky series, `Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure'. Accompanying him for the dives of a lifetime is expert diver Emily Turton, and together they will go on many expeditions to some of the most famous shipwrecks around the UK. They hope to find answers to long-standing questions, hidden secrets, and any potential treasures that could be lost on the sea floor. Through these wrecks, Britain's complex history will become a little more clear.

  • Evil Genius with Russell Kane
    Evil Genius with Russell Kane (2023)N/A

    Russell, alongside celebrity guests, expert witnesses, and historians, will interrogate the reputation of a famous face from history in order to determine whether they’re sinned against or a sinner. By the end of each episode, Russell will call upon his panel of celebrities to cast a vote and settle, once and for all, the burning question: Evil or Genius?

  • Royal Autopsy
    Royal Autopsy (2023)N/A

    Royal Autopsy investigates the cause of death of two of Britain’s most famous monarchs: Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles II, in an entirely new and realistic way. Professor Alice Roberts will bring together a blend of historical and medical expertise and by using contemporaneous accounts and documents piece together how and why these monarchs died.