The Best TV Shows on Sky History

Every Sky History Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of Sky History’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of February 2026. Notable series such as Fifth Gear and Mayday from Sky History first graced the screens in 2002 and 2003. Sky History has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 2002 and as recent as 2025.

  • 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.

  • Royal Mob
    Royal Mob (2022)8.2

    Recounts the story of the extended royal family that once ruled the whole of Europe. Told through the eyes of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters, the series will combine premium scripted drama with a host of expert historians to tell the tale of one of the most compelling, powerful yet dysfunctional families in history.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • Royal Kill List
    Royal Kill List (2024)8.0

    After the unprecedented public execution of King Charles I in 1649, his son and heir set out on a relentless campaign to restore the monarchy and pursue all those connected to his father's death. The epic story of bloody revenge during a pivotal period of English history. This is a story about espionage, revenge, power, loyalty, and the moment that changed the landscape of British politics and society forever.

  • Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin
    Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin (2025)8.0

    Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin will forensically examine events that started in August 2000 after an explosion onboard the Kursk submarine trapped a group of Russian submariners at the bottom of the Barents Sea.”

  • The Bomber: Terror of WWII
    The Bomber: Terror of WWII (2022)7.5

    Terror of the World: The story of a deadly war that intertwines Germany, Poland, Japan, Italy and Spain, and the remorseless development of weapons and bombers.

  • Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified
    Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified (2021)7.3

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

  • JFK: The Final Evidence
    JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)7.3

  • Hitler's Circle of Evil
    Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)7.1

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

  • Marcel Iureș presents Romania's Enigmas
    Marcel Iureș presents Romania's Enigmas (2023)7.0

    Acclaimed Romanian actor Marcel Iures will dig into a series of unanswered enigmas arising from the Romania's history, geology, castles, who-done-it crimes, celestial lights, mental derangements and hidden religious rites.

  • Strangest Things
    Strangest Things (2021)6.7

    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)5.5

    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.

  • Truthseekers
    Truthseekers (2022)5.0

    Throughout history certain civilisations, events and objects have fascinated and inspired us, causing those involved to dig deeper and go further on a ceaseless quest to be the first to finally uncover the truth.

  • Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood
    Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood (2025)4.5

    The notorious killer became headline news in 1888 and continues to capture the world, for better or worse.

  • 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.

  • Gunpowder Siege
    Gunpowder Siege (2024)1.0

    Aims to shatter myths around the Gunpowder Plot, one of the most infamous moments in British history and when, in 1605, a group of plotters organized by Catesby attempted to blow up King James I at the opening of Parliament.

  • 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’.

  • Secrets of the Lost Liners
    Secrets of the Lost Liners (2022)N/A

    Follows the design, service and loss of some of the world's greatest ocean liners, covering 100 years, from luxury floating palaces to national symbols, all tragically lost through conflict, accidents or human error.

  • The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston
    The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston (2024)N/A

    An in-depth investigation into some of the world's most infamous cases of wrongful convictions. We explore why and how the system got the wrong person and what it says about our world today.