BBC Earth

Michael Portillo travels through the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Near the formidable imperial city of Hue, Michael meets milliner Mrs Ngo, who teaches him how to make the iconic conical hat.

In the heaving megacity of Jakarta, Michael Portillo uncovers Indonesia's colonial past as part of a Dutch empire and its rich history as a port.

Beginning in Java's royal city, Yogyakarta, Michael Portillo visits the Sultan's Palace and witnesses the ancient art of shadow puppetry, known as wayang.

Michael rides one of the steepest and fastest funicular railways in the world and steps into a tropical paradise as he releases exotic specimens at Malaysia's first butterfly sanctuary.

In Kuala Lumpur, Michael tries the ancient art of pewter smithing and learns how the discovery of tin transformed a muddy estuary into Malaysia's thriving capital.

Michael Portillo's railway tour reaches its final stop - Singapore. Michael walks the streets of Chinatown with a local artist and uncovers the history of the Chinese community there.

Meet the people that made filming Kingdom possible and uncover the extraordinary acts of conservationists and anti-poaching teams protecting South Luangwa and all its inhabitants.

The retired footballer travels to the southern Utah desert after his kids accuse him of softness. They hike through the desert, but Deion's fear of snakes must soon be overcome.

Seventy-one million years ago lived a teenage Albertosaurus - a faster, nimbler relative of T-Rex. She had to earn her place in a deadly, ferocious pack or risk starvation.

Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory producing half a million sausage rolls a day.

The retired footballer travels to the southern Utah desert after his kids accuse him of softness. They hike through the desert, but Deion's fear of snakes must soon be overcome.

Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory producing half a million sausage rolls a day.

Seventy-one million years ago lived a teenage Albertosaurus - a faster, nimbler relative of T-Rex. She had to earn her place in a deadly, ferocious pack or risk starvation.

Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.

Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit a factory producing half a million sausage rolls a day.

In the planet's most densely populated continent, animals live at extremely close quarters with people, from tigers making a home in town to elephants stopping traffic for food.

Ash and team battle rapids, storms and injury on a brutal final push to the ocean, paddling for 36 hours straight before reaching the Atlantic and completing their record-breaking journey.