U&Yesterday HD Monday

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Michael Portillo explores an Edwardian utopia in Letchworth, where he meets a fourth generation citizen who introduces him to the town's community spirit

Michael Portillo travels between Croydon and Shoreham-by-Sea, hearing the story of a once-celebrated composer, and visiting the oldest licensed airport in the country

Michael Portillo visits places of interest in West Sussex and Hampshire, including Southsea's King's Theatre, where he treads the boards in a production of Lads in the Village

In Dorset, Michael Portillo visits Brownsea Island, where Robert Baden Powell began the scout movement in the early 20th century

A settlement in Argentina destroyed by floods, a town in the US that has been erased, and a Soviet dream-town that turned into a nuclear nightmare

A seemingly endless concrete line stretching through the French countryside, which sits as a monument to a discarded engineering advancement

Laurence Olivier narrates the story of the D-Day landings in June 1944, when the biggest ever amphibious invasion was launched on the beaches of Normandy

How the Allied advance stalled three weeks after D-Day, when the killing fields around Hill 112 became a graveyard for the British soldiers that tried to take it

Guided by his Bradshaw's 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey from Amritsar to Shimla

Fiona Bruce presents a second visit to Audley End House, Essex, where items up for valuation include a bronze cockerel and a table that Napoleon may have signed his abdication on

Tucked away in the showroom is a WW2-era Willys Jeep. Its original condition means there might be a bunfight for a military vehicle that's ripe for restoration

Up for auction this week is a 1980 Ford Escort, a hand-built 1946 Bedford 12 electric car, and a beautiful, red 1957 Austin Healey.

The Nazi occupation of Holland, which began relatively peacefully with Dutch civil servants continuing to run the country, but eventually resulted in thousands of deaths

The documentary charts the German attack on the Allies in the Ardennes in December 1944, and how the US 101st Airborne rushed to Bastogne and halted the Nazi advance

Fiona Bruce presents a second visit to Audley End House, Essex, where items up for valuation include a bronze cockerel and a table that Napoleon may have signed his abdication on

Michael Portillo examines the history of the US rail network, beginning on Manhattan Island and travelling from Grand Central Terminal to the site of Ground Zero

Henry and Simon are off to Matlock in Derbyshire to meet Lisa and Trevor who like all things automotive, and Henry's tempted by the Rudge collection

Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien discover items including stained glass and a Victorian hay rack that are ready for upcycling to turn a profit for their owners

Tucked away in the showroom is a WW2-era Willys Jeep. Its original condition means there might be a bunfight for a military vehicle that's ripe for restoration

A settlement in Argentina destroyed by floods, a town in the US that has been erased, and a Soviet dream-town that turned into a nuclear nightmare

Travelling from Barcelona to Majorca, Michael Portillo traces the early roots of the Spanish Civil War, which divided his family and sent his father into exile

Michael Portillo explores an Edwardian utopia in Letchworth, where he meets a fourth generation citizen who introduces him to the town's community spirit

Michael Portillo travels between Croydon and Shoreham-by-Sea, hearing the story of a once-celebrated composer, and visiting the oldest licensed airport in the country

Michael Portillo visits places of interest in West Sussex and Hampshire, including Southsea's King's Theatre, where he treads the boards in a production of Lads in the Village

In Dorset, Michael Portillo visits Brownsea Island, where Robert Baden Powell began the scout movement in the early 20th century

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home