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Banijay History's Vatican investigation reaches the asteroid trackers

Forbidden History joins a ten-upload week that also explores Moses' staff and the intelligence networks behind royal conspiracies.

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Did Vatican Secrets Cost the Pope His Life? | Forbidden History

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2:54Scholars face restricted access times when consulting the Vatican's archival records.
13:57The episode examines Pope John Paul I's sudden death and theories alleging a connection to financial secrets.
32:02Vatican astronomer Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya counters UFO theories by explaining his work tracking potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids.
33:20Chris Impey explains the Vatican Observatory's scientific contributions and considers the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

Father Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya has a practical answer to theories about the Vatican's interest in space: his astronomical work includes tracking potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids. That encounter supplies a grounded turn in Banijay History's most-watched new upload, after a long journey through archives, financial controversy and theories about papal death.

"Did Vatican Secrets Cost the Pope His Life? | Forbidden History" has drawn about 49,000 views. Narrated by Jamie Theakston, the episode examines competing accounts surrounding Pope John Paul I's death, rather than establishing the suspicion posed by its title. Later, Kikwaya and University of Arizona astronomer Chris Impey explain the scientific work behind the observatory's more speculative reputation.

It was the biggest of ten uploads in a week rich in secrets and intercepted messages. Another Forbidden History episode investigates an Egyptian staff associated with a Birmingham museum and its proposed connection to Moses. Treason: Codes, Spies & Conspiracies follows Thomas Cromwell, Francis Walsingham and Robert Cecil through successive chapters of royal intelligence. With Bonfire Night approaching, its Gunpowder Plot episode asks whether Cecil discovered the conspiracy just in time or allowed it to develop.

The channel added roughly 700,000 views over the week, while subscribers held steady. Daily viewing is currently well below its usual level. Nearby documentary channel Odyssey is having a busier-than-usual spell; Natural World Facts is also quieter than normal.

The Vatican episode remains Banijay History's busiest upload right now, with the newer Richelieu and Great Cipher documentary next in daily viewing. The royal spies have supplied a substantial new strand alongside Forbidden History's religious mysteries.

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