10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in August 2024

HISTORY Play is the number one place to catch up on incredible award-winning documentaries and factual television shows. New original seasons are being added every month, so you never have to watch the same show twice.

The extensive catalogue is available across Amazon Prime Video Channels, YouTube Primetime Channels and Apple TV Channels in the UK, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands for just £3.99 per month. Every month, 10 episodes are available to watch for free, so you can get a taste of the variety of content on HISTORY Play.

Make sure you act fast though because the free offer on some of these episodes must end on 31 August.

Kennedy – Season 1, Episode 1

Kennedy chronicles the remarkable life, enduring legacy and ambitious leadership of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. The story unfolds through a cinematic library of archival materials and over 70 new interviews from those well-versed in JFK’s history, including members of his family.

The opening episode looks at how one of the most significant men in US history navigated his formative years. This includes JFK’s time in school and his relationships with his family, as well as his early interests in history and politics.

Deadman’s Curse – Season 1, Episode 1

In Deadman’s Curse, a former fighter, an Indigenous explorer and a mountaineer set out into the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest to solve the 100-year-old mystery of Slumach’s gold mine. The fabled riches date back to 1858 when maps were published to promote gold mines in the Canadian wilderness.

The season premiere sees the team unearth new testimony from a witness to Slumach’s execution, as well as undergoing a dangerous glacial trek after reading a deathbed letter.

Mission Unexplained - Season 1, Episode 1

With the recent declassification of military records, service women and men are coming forward for the first time to share eyewitness tales of unexplained events from the front lines – events for which no training could have prepared them. From mystifying lights to terrifying apparitions and mechanical mysteries, this series launches viewers into the action in an immersive way.

Episode one of Mission Unexplained presents the stories of an Air Force Police Officer who sees a strange aircraft near a shimmering light before developing cancer, and a staff sergeant who was shocked after encountering a shadowy figure.

The Curse of Oak Island - Season 11, Episode 1

The Curse of Oak Island is one of the most popular shows on HISTORY Play. Rick and Marty Lagina attempt to uncover the mysteries of Oak Island, a small land mass in Nova Scotia. Local experts help them explore the history, mythology and geography of the island to find out what is hiding beneath the surface.

In the special opening episode of the groundbreaking new season, Rick and Marty relaunch their quest to solve the Oak Island mystery. It doesn’t take long for them to start seeing some success as they make a number of the most historic discoveries ever unearthed in North America.

History’s Greatest Mysteries – Season 5, Episode 1

History’s Greatest Mysteries is an exciting documentary series that examines the top theories surrounding the world’s most enigmatic unsolved secrets. Hosted and narrated by Laurence Fishburne, each episode unpacks these puzzles with contributions from top historians, scientists and researchers.

The fifth season gets underway with one of the most famous treasure mysteries of all time. An Aztec king’s glittering treasure vanished into thin air and inspired a 500-year search that spanned the continents. What really happened to Montezuma’s lost treasure?

Encounter: UFO – Season 1, Episode 1

Encounter: UFO is a brand-new series that brings to vivid life the most incredible UFO sightings of the modern era. Combining the most compelling visual evidence of UFOs with the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, this is a show that takes the biggest mysteries of our time and turns them into edge-of-the-seat viewing.

Episode one looks at the regular people, all around the world in the most ordinary places, who are spotting UFOs every day. This includes a security guard who saw something in the sky one night that changed his life forever.

Evidence of the Unexplained – Season 1, Episode 1

Every year there are thousands of sightings of unexplained aerial phenomena and hundreds more ‘first contact’ moments. There are myriad accounts of flying objects, weird deep-space phenomena and bizarre messages received from distant galaxies. Evidence of the Unexplained lays out all this evidence to try to get to the bottom of the mysteries.

The first episode investigates a sinister shape over an American city and tells the story of an Australian who was left fighting for his life after being shot by an unexplained object. Also explored is a US military fighter jet that appears to be taunted by a UFO above the infamous Bermuda Triangle.

Forged In Fire – Season 9, Episode 18

Forged In Fire is the hottest competition on television as world-class bladesmiths compete to recreate history’s most iconic edged weapons. In each episode, four of the finest bladesmiths put their skills and reputations on the line as they try to avoid elimination and win the $10,000 prize.

This free episode focuses on supersized weapons, as four smiths are asked to salvage steel from a massive railroad track to make their signature big blades. Which one will rise to the colossal challenge and take home the money?

Ancient Aliens – Season 16, Episode 1

As one of the world’s favourite extraterrestrial television shows, Ancient Aliens examines 75 million years of the most credible evidence found here on Earth. Historians investigate the events, legends and texts that may point towards previous contact between humans and alien life.

In the first episode of season 16, the legendary Giorgio Tsoukalos is counting down the 10 best alien influencers of all time (and space). Did a biblical patriarch receive instructions from 200 angels high above the Earth? Were the ancient Greeks taught how to work metal by a race of fish-people? And might Egypt’s most controversial pharaoh have been an extraterrestrial being? Find out the answers to these questions and more on Ancient Aliens.

Curse of Skinwalker Ranch – Season 4, Episode 1

For more than 200 years, Utah’s infamous Skinwalker Ranch has been the site of hundreds of instances of paranormal activity. In Curse of Skinwalker Ranch, scientists use the latest in cutting-edge technology, like ground-penetrating radar and drones, to seek the most shocking discoveries.

A new year of investigations begins on Skinwalker Ranch in season four. However, work gets off to a tricky start when team members confront Dr Travis Taylor over a secret that he’s kept from them for two years.