TV Documentaries for Now Friday 9

Experts investigate if a series of house fires across the UK are linked to an allegedly cursed portrait.

'Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the King,' so the inscription goes. Is there truly a curse that haunts the original discoverers of Tutankhamun.

The debate on the Northern Ireland Executive failing to transform health and social care.

Strange satellite images taken above the Nile Valley could point investigators to long-lost relics buried in an unexplored city of the dead.

Questions in the Northern Ireland Assembly to Stormont to the education minister, Paul Givan, on Monday 5 October.

A mysterious entity is spotted in the Irish countryside. A séance goes violently wrong and a UFO pays an overnight visit to the city that never sleeps.

Seconds from disaster. Piers gets to the facts.

Coverage of questions in the Scottish Parliament to the deputy first minister, Jenny Gilruth, on Wednesday 7 October.

An agent investigates a boat that made a suspicious drop. Officers inspect a docking ship to ensure there's no concealed load under its hull.

Children across North America interact with ghosts that their parents can't see and citizens in China fear the worst as hundreds of orbs swarm in the moonlight.

Questions to the ministers Ivan McKee and Stephen Gethins, on Wednesday 7 October.

Statement on neurodivergent people, autistic people and people with learning disabilities.

Agents in Puerto Rico are surprised when they encounter an unidentified warship. Later, they search for a stolen vessel suspected of smuggling.

To this day, NASA denies all UFO accounts and has taken measures to prevent its astronauts from telling their stories. But what are they hiding.

Biker cop Joe leads the hunt for a vehicle believed to be using cloned plates, while Paddy responds to an incident after he catches a strong smell of cannabis coming from a car.

Coverage of the debate in the Scottish Parliament, tabled by the Scottish government, on supporting Scotland's fishing industry, on Wednesday 7 October.

Some experts believe many atmospheric light shows are actually caused by extraterrestrials. If so, do they pose an imminent threat to humanity.

We revisit Cornwall for the tourist season, as Watergate Bay preps for surf school, Minack Theatre readies for shows, and the Lost Gardens of Heligan host Pasty Championships.

Coverage of the debate on legislative consent motions, on Wednesday 7 October.

Coverage of the debate in the Scottish Parliament marking Baby Loss Awareness Week 2026, on Wednesday 7 October.

On the Costa Blanca, we follow family-run hotel manager Grace on a huge day - the first-ever wedding reception booking. But there's a disaster on the horizon.

The unique bond between brothers is celebrated in the cases of Lee Sharp - who was told he was a foundling - and Peter MacDonald, who wants to see his big brother Trevor again.

In 1977, Amazonian village locals have a frightening encounter when a UFO shoots beams of light at them. An Australian farmer sees a strange object descend from the sky in 1963.