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Viasat History

Viasat History

VIASAT HISTORY brings history to life with captivating documentaries that take a fresh, modern look into history. We take our viewers on a powerful journey through time with intelligent, well-researched programmes that entertain and challenge their minds. The Focus is on European history, revealing the secrets of the past and how it defines us today.

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TV guide - Wednesday, 24/04/24

00:15
Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries (Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries), Crime, History, United Kingdom, 2022
Homicide detective Rod Demery and forensic scientist Turi King investigate an early Iron Age victim that is so well-preserved that he seems to be peacefully sleeping.
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01:20
Secret Weapons: WWII (Secret Weapons: WWII), History, Australia, 2022
The struggle for victory necessitated development of gun technologies; new inventions would emerge on the battlefields and at times surprise soldiers on both sides of the fight.
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02:25
World War II _ Battles for Europe (WW2 Battles For Europe), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
September 1944: Montgomery proposes a bold plan to cross the Rhine and encircle Germany's industrial heartland. If successful, his plan could end the war by Christmas.
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03:25
Greatest Events of World War II In Colour (Greatest Events of WWII in Colour), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
When Japan's expansion in the Pacific reaches fever pitch, Roosevelt must act. Instead of having them back down by cutting off oil supplies, he pushes them to attack the US fleet in Pearl Harbor.
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04:15
Megapolis: The Ancient World Revealed (Mégapolis), History, France, 2020
Discover the ancient Maya city of Tikal remodelled using computer graphics; inhabited for over a thousand years, this ancient city would encompass up to 12,000 structures and two million inhabitants.
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05:10
Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries (Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries), Crime, History, United Kingdom, 2022
Homicide detective Rod Demery and scientist Professor Turi King visit the ancient Italian city of Verona to investigate the death of a 14th-century warlord who died suddenly.
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06:00
Murderous History (Murderous History), Crime, History, United Kingdom, 2021
1977: Rio de Janeiro is rocked by the murder of Claudia Lessin Rodrigues, but Swiss-Brazilian Michel Frank and his celebrity hairstylist friend Georges Khour are never convicted of her murder.
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06:45
Cursed Bloodlines (Cursed Bloodlines), Biography, History, Canada, 2017
The Grimaldi family has held their posts as sovereigns of Monaco with the utmost grace, but one thing they have missed time and again is good luck in the love department.
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07:25
Myths: Great Mysteries of Humanity (Myths - The Great Mysteries of Humanity), History, Germany, 2023
Millennia-old stone monuments - the so-called megaliths - are scattered across Europe; they come with no written sources and how and why these structures were built remains a mystery to this day.
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08:35
Deadman's Curse: The Lost Spanish Gold (Deadman's Curse), Adventure, Canada, 2023
Kru and Daryl move earth in search of Slumach's gold, and Adam discovers a cave rumoured to be Volcanic Brown's final resting place.
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09:30
Secret Weapons: WWII (Secret Weapons: WWII), History, Australia, 2022
World War II fostered the emergence of both iconic and unusual tanks that were each engineered with distinct aims; we explore diverse tank innovations and the overall trajectory of armoured warfare.
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10:35
Greatest Events of World War II In Colour (Greatest Events of WWII in Colour), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
In the aftermath of Japan's attack at Pearl Harbor, the Navy moves in for a knockout blow. Japan's next strike is thrown into chaos when its plans are unearthed by an American codebreaker.
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11:35
Top Ten Warfare (Top Tens of Warfare), History, War, United Kingdom, 2016
20th-century battles have changed the course of history; the Battle of the Somme saw over 60,000 casualties on the first day alone and D-Day marked the beginning of Hitler's ultimate defeat.
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12:45
Megapolis: The Ancient World Revealed (Mégapolis), History, France, 2020
Discover the ancient Maya city of Tikal remodelled using computer graphics; inhabited for over a thousand years, this ancient city would encompass up to 12,000 structures and two million inhabitants.
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13:50
Paris: The Mystery of the Lost Palace (Paris, le mystère du palais disparu), History, France, 2023
Viasat History. It was Versailles before Versailles, a palace in the heart of Paris with a history spanning 2000 years; how has it been erased from memory and built over by successive government buildings?
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14:55
Murderous History (Murderous History), Crime, History, United Kingdom, 2021
Medical studies in the 19th century required corpses to operate on; such was the need for cadavers that some would supply dead bodies at a price - and stopped at nothing to acquire them.
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15:55
Secrets of the Celtic Grave (Secrets of the Celtic Grave), History, USA, 2021
Mysterious objects are uncovered on a Welsh farm, triggering a major archaeological investigation; discover the remarkable and violent story of the war of resistance in the Roman Empire's Wild West.
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17:35
Cold Case History (Cold Case History), History, USA, Germany, 2020
After a day of painting out in the fields, Van Gogh arrives at his inn bleeding from his stomach; the day after, he dies of what turns out to be a gunshot wound. Who shot him?
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18:45
Secret Weapons: WWII (Secret Weapons: WWII), History, Australia, 2022
World War II fostered the emergence of both iconic and unusual tanks that were each engineered with distinct aims; we explore diverse tank innovations and the overall trajectory of armoured warfare.
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19:50
Greatest Events of World War II In Colour (Greatest Events of WWII in Colour), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
In the aftermath of Japan's attack at Pearl Harbor, the Navy moves in for a knockout blow. Japan's next strike is thrown into chaos when its plans are unearthed by an American codebreaker.
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20:55
Top Ten Warfare (Top Tens of Warfare), History, War, United Kingdom, 2016
Warfare has always driven the development of technology; from penicillin and pioneering plastic surgery to the development of the internet and GPS, we rank the most influential inventions of warfare.
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22:00
Resistance: They Fought Back (Resistance: They Fought Back), History, War, United Kingdom, 2023
Viasat History. Most people have no idea how widespread Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was; this documentary illustrating the uprising in ghettos, rebellions in death camps, and armed resistance in the forests.
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23:15
Secrets of the Celtic Grave (Secrets of the Celtic Grave), History, USA, 2021
Mysterious objects are uncovered on a Welsh farm, triggering a major archaeological investigation; discover the remarkable and violent story of the war of resistance in the Roman Empire's Wild West.
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TV guide - Thursday, 25/04/24

01:00
Secret Weapons: WWII (Secret Weapons: WWII), History, Australia, 2022
World War II fostered the emergence of both iconic and unusual tanks that were each engineered with distinct aims; we explore diverse tank innovations and the overall trajectory of armoured warfare.
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02:05
World War II _ Battles for Europe (WW2 Battles For Europe), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
October 1944: the Allies face a major supply crisis - vital fuel and ammunition still has to be landed at the D-Day beaches. When the port of Antwerp is liberated, it seems the crisis might be over.
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03:05
Greatest Events of World War II In Colour (Greatest Events of WWII in Colour), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
In the aftermath of Japan's attack at Pearl Harbor, the Navy moves in for a knockout blow. Japan's next strike is thrown into chaos when its plans are unearthed by an American codebreaker.
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04:00
Resistance: They Fought Back (Resistance: They Fought Back), History, War, United Kingdom, 2023
Viasat History. Most people have no idea how widespread Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was; this documentary illustrating the uprising in ghettos, rebellions in death camps, and armed resistance in the forests.
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05:00
Resistance at Mauthausen (Les résistants de Mauthausen), Biography, History, France, 2021
Historical documentary by Barbara Neckek about a extermination labour camp. In this hell the impossible was achieved: the theft and smuggling of two thousand photos that would later become proof of the atrocities that took place there. The people in this camp were not prisoners, but resistance fighters. And this documentary tells the incredible story of their heroic operation.
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05:55
The Pope and Hitler - Opening the Secret Files on Pius XII (Die Geheimnisse der Akten - Der Vatikan öffnet seine Archive), Germany, 2020
Pope Pius XII was elected to St. Peter's throne in 1939, a few months before the start of WWII; why did he remain silent on the Holocaust, and what did he do during the raid of the Roman Jews in 1943?
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06:40
Forbidden History (Forbidden History), History, United Kingdom, 2022
The remains of 7,000 humans were discovered in the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, Malta's Neolithic temple; could the temple reveal the mystery of who they belonged to and what happened to its owners?
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07:05
Cursed Bloodlines (Cursed Bloodlines), Biography, History, Canada, 2018
Archaeologists' discovery of King Tut's tomb taught us about a lost civilisation. When death befell several members of the team, rumours of a curse on the tomb spread like wildfire around the world.
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07:30
Myths: Great Mysteries of Humanity (Myths - The Great Mysteries of Humanity), History, Germany, 2023
They move under the cover of thick forests or hide in the icy snow and go by a number of different names from Bigfoot to Sasquatch to Yeti, but do these giant apelike creatures actually exist?
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08:35
Deadman's Curse: The Lost Spanish Gold (Deadman's Curse), Adventure, Canada, 2022
The new discovery of an old map lines up with clues in an eyewitness testimony and could point to where Slumach found his gold.
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09:30
Secret Weapons: WWII (Secret Weapons: WWII), History, Australia, 2022
World War II ignited a fierce battle for aerial dominance and drove nations to pioneer secret aircraft technologies; this episode explores the development of early jet fighters.
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10:35
Greatest Events of World War II In Colour (Greatest Events of WWII in Colour), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
1942: Hitler pits the forces of the German Fatherland against those of the Soviet Motherland at Stalingrad. Stalin's fiercely patriotic army will fight the Nazis to the last drop of blood.
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11:35
Top Ten Warfare (Top Tens of Warfare), History, War, United Kingdom, 2016
Warfare has always driven the development of technology; from penicillin and pioneering plastic surgery to the development of the internet and GPS, we rank the most influential inventions of warfare.
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12:40
Countdown to Surrender (Countdown To Surrender), History, War, Germany, 2020
January 28th, 1945: the war reaches its climax on German soil. It is the beginning of a hundred days of horror and death, claiming more lives than in all the years of war.
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13:50
Countdown to Surrender (Countdown To Surrender), History, War, Germany, 2020
March 6th, 1945: Cologne is the first German city to fall to the Allies. Stalin plans to conquer Berlin before the other Allies arrive; the Wochenschau stokes up fear of the Red Army.
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14:55
Countdown to Surrender (Countdown To Surrender), History, War, Germany, 2020
April 16th, 1945: the Red Army begins its offensive on Berlin; the first concentration camps have been liberated by British and US forces; on May 8th, the Second World War comes to an end in Europe.
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16:05
Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition (Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition), History, Italy, 2022
To mark the 100 years since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, we witness how 150 objects from the tomb were moved to the biggest international exhibition ever dedicated to the Golden Boy.
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17:40
Cold Case History (Cold Case History), History, USA, Germany, 2020
In 1483, the sons of King Edward IV of England - Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury - disappear; the boys shall never be seen again. What happened to them?
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18:50
Secret Weapons: WWII (Secret Weapons: WWII), History, Australia, 2022
World War II ignited a fierce battle for aerial dominance and drove nations to pioneer secret aircraft technologies; this episode explores the development of early jet fighters.
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19:50
Greatest Events of World War II In Colour (Greatest Events of WWII in Colour), History, War, United Kingdom, 2019
1942: Hitler pits the forces of the German Fatherland against those of the Soviet Motherland at Stalingrad. Stalin's fiercely patriotic army will fight the Nazis to the last drop of blood.
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20:55
Top Ten Warfare (Top Tens of Warfare), History, War, United Kingdom, 2016
From the super-dreadnought battleships of the First World War to the stealth submarines of the Cold War, maritime vessels have proved decisive in the fight for naval supremacy.
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22:00
Myths: Great Mysteries of Humanity (Myths - The Great Mysteries of Humanity), History, Germany, 2023
Countless stories have circulated about Cleopatra for over 2000 years; which ones are true, and will the latest archaeological discoveries give insight into the real life story of Egypt's final queen?
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23:05
Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition (Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition), History, Italy, 2022
To mark the 100 years since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, we witness how 150 objects from the tomb were moved to the biggest international exhibition ever dedicated to the Golden Boy.
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