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Michael Portillo begins the last leg of his rail journey through 1930s Britain in Norfolk at the headquarters of an international horse welfare organisation

Michael Portillo sets out on another railway adventure as he explores Britain between the world wars, beginning a tour of the Home Counties and beyond in Oxford

Michael Portillo continues his travels through England's Home Counties at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, before making his way to Beaconsfield

Michael Portillo travels to leafy Hatch End in north-west London, where he meets the great-nephew of the famous illustrator William Heath Robinson

A fuel plant in Poland built to make Nazi Germany self-sufficient by using the latest technology of the time to turn coal into oil

The creation of a set of Second World War sea defences built near the mouth of the River Thames to protect London. Plus, a concrete pyramid build during the Cold War

How the myth of German invincibility was finally debunked by their defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad. Narrated by Laurence Olivier

As Hitler's troops advance, occupants in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland take the brunt of the occupying forces cruelty; and the first concentration camps are created

Michael Portillo concludes his journey in the Netherlands, where he travels from Rotterdam to Utrecht, including a visit to the world's largest flower auction

The second of two programmes from the Royal Hall, Harrogate, where Phillip Mould examines an ink drawing that he believes may have been made by Picasso

Derek has a three-hour drive in a 1960s bus that arrived in the UK after a life in the sun. Dave takes a Triumph TR7 convertible to auction

Dave's on his way to Grimsby to pick up an iconic 80s fast Ford, the Mk1 Fiesta XR2, while Bubbles regrets sitting in an immaculate Morris 1800 which he's now desperate to bid on

How German U-boats were used to try to starve Britain in the battle for control of the Atlantic

The Red Army develops strength and Hitler's Spring Offensive is stopped at Stalingrad; and in the largest ghetto the inhabitants' fight back in the Warsaw Uprising

The second of two programmes from the Royal Hall, Harrogate, where Phillip Mould examines an ink drawing that he believes may have been made by Picasso

Michael Portillo explores the wild and rugged coastline of Northumberland by rail, beginning in Morpeth, where he finds an historic collection of Northumbrian bagpipes

Michael Portillo travels the length of the Northumbrian coastline, and visits the mighty Bamburgh Castle

Robbie Cumming sets out to explore the meandering waterways of inner city Birmingham including the Soho Loop and the Engine Arm Canal

Timothy West and Prunella Scales explore a network that is completely new to them as they embark on a voyage across the Netherlands, where they tour Amsterdam's canal district

Dave finds two rare Fiats and a VW Corrado. Derek has his work cut out trying to remove an old Morris that appears to be supporting the garage roof. What could possibly go wrong?

How Europe's most advanced power station became a film set. Plus, the structures made by scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla in his quest to provide the US with free electricity

Michael Portillo travels through Spain and Portugal, along the way meeting people from all over the world on the pilgrims' trail to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia

Michael Portillo begins the last leg of his rail journey through 1930s Britain in Norfolk at the headquarters of an international horse welfare organisation

Michael Portillo sets out on another railway adventure as he explores Britain between the world wars, beginning a tour of the Home Counties and beyond in Oxford

Michael Portillo continues his travels through England's Home Counties at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, before making his way to Beaconsfield

Michael Portillo travels to leafy Hatch End in north-west London, where he meets the great-nephew of the famous illustrator William Heath Robinson

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home