Series 2 Episode Guide

Find out exactly what to expect from each episode of brand new second series of Jamie Theakston's Forbidden History.

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Episode 1 - The Lost Treasures Of Petra

In the first episode, Jamie Theakston enlists the expertise of local historians and experts to explore the lost city of Petra to discover if ancient treasure still lies undetected beneath the ruins.
Episode 2 - The Holy Grail

Some say the Holy Grail is the cup Mary Magdalene used to clean Jesus’ body and other say it was the cup Jesus drank from in the last supper. Jamie Theakston goes on the hunt and visits people who believe they hold the real Holy Grail in their possession.
Episode 3 - The Illuminati

The Illuminati are one of the most famous secretive groups in all of history. People believe it is still in existence today, using politicians and those in the public eye as their puppets - pulling their strings when they need something done. Others believe the Illuminati have never existed.

In this episode Jamie Theakston investigates who this mysterious group known as the Illuminati really are? Where do they operate from and who are its members? Are they really some secrete world government operating in the shadows or is the whole thing simply one huge conspiracy theory?
Episode 4 - The Oracles

2000 years ago no empire could go to war unless they consulted the Oracles first. The Oracles were psychic, young virgin women held in a chamber who would enter into a trance and speak to the gods for a substantial sum.

Jamie Theakston searches for two particular chambers to see if it was real or just a con.
Episode 5 - Nazis UFO's

There is a theory that the Nazis were engaged in building spacecrafts before the outbreak of the Second World War, and were designed to produce electromagnetic disruption and to bring down Allied planes.

Jamie Theakston investigates Project Sign, the official US government study of unidentified flying objects in the 1940s, to uncover the truth. He also delves into the work of the German engineer George Klein, the man who claimed that the Third Reich had developed UFOs.
Episode 6 - The Genius Of Nikola Tesla

Jamie Theakston travels to Belgrade to investigate the life, work, and beliefs of the enigmatic and mysterious Serbian Nikola Tesla - inventor, electrical engineer, physicist and futurist. Tesla believed that the Earth produces a huge "free" energy source that all races and countries of the world can tap into and utilise for our prosperity and safety. Conspiracy theorists believe that the scientific establishment and national governments covered up his work.

Jamie investigates the Tesla story and explores the reasons why so little of his work remains today.