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Recalling America's entry into World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the great Laurence Olivier sheds more light on the deadliest conflict in history.

Laurence Olivier narrates this exhaustive account of World War II. In the deserts of North Africa, the 8th Army battles against Rommel's Afrika Korps.

An epic timeline of WWII, as told by Laurence Olivier. After Hitler's initial territorial gains in Russia, his relentless advance was decisively stopped at Stalingrad.

The definitive guide to World War II, narrated by the late, great Laurence Olivier. Hear how German U-boats caused havoc among Allied merchant shipping in the Atlantic.

Following Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the Soviet Army battled the Germans almost alone for two years. Laurence Olivier recounts their efforts as the epic series continues.

The ultimate guide to World War II, narrated by Laurence Olivier. Bomber Command are unable to hit their targets precisely and attack German cities under cover of darkness.

In Shropshire a Great Western Railway 'Modified Hall' steam engine and its tender is being taken out of service as it needs a safety inspection.

A cherished wartime iron workhorse needs to be hauled 160 miles from the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire to a winter extravaganza in Oxfordshire.

Guy Martin and a team from the Black Country Living Museum restore a Newcomen engine, an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines.

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips.

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens while learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers.

Robbie Cumming takes a tumble at Buckby Locks in Northamptonshire and has a problem with his power supply and battery bank.

Robbie Cumming encounters a leaky lock pound on the Perry Barr Flight and gets marooned in the mud before travelling under Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham.

Robbie Cumming explores the picturesque Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

Cheeky laughs in occupied France, by brilliant writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. The British airmen are back in Rene's cafe, having failed to escape.

While Rene believes he is finally getting rid of the British airmen, another agent is dropped by parachute, disguised as a French policeman with a bad accent.

Terrible accents to the fore in the classic World War II sitcom. Rene and Captain Geering are ambushed by the Resistance, while Edith gets a proposal.

Paul and Jack head to Staffordshire to pick up five vehicles from collector Rob's colossal barn, including a Mini and a Morris Minor.

Guy Martin and a team from the Black Country Living Museum restore a Newcomen engine, an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines.

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips.

Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens while learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers.

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On a railway journey from the capital Palermo to Europe's largest volcano, Mount Etna, Michael Portillo explores Sicilian life under Mussolini.

Michael Portillo travels by train through Austria and the Czech Republic, beginning in the northern Austrian city of Linz, where Adolf Hitler lived as a boy.

An American desert canyon where fortunes were made and lives were lost and an island fortress in Scotland with an Achilles heel.

An iron monster lost in the Alaskan tundra, a Crusader fort thrown into a modern conflict, and a prison built to house a mafia kingpin.

In 1944, 1,500 outnumbered British troops amazingly held Japanese forces at the key Burmese town of Kohima. Hear about their valiant feats of wartime derring-do.

In blacked-out London four young women are murdered - just like Jack fifty years before. When two flights disappear without a trace, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle begins.

Tim and Pru explore one of the world's great waterways - the River Nile - while travelling from Luxor to Aswan, visiting a Nubian village, and dancing by moonlight.

The team visits Waltham Forest Town Hall in east London, where items include a Rolex with a connection to Britain's Special Forces.

The team break with tradition and actually follow Dave Mathewson's advice on what to restore - he points to a 1992 Vauxhall Nova Merit Plus.

The team restore a 1988 Golf GTI Convertible - an iconic hot hatch - along with a wooden launch boat and catch-up on a Mk1 Austin Mini.

Major-General 'Roy' Urquhart led the doomed British attack on Arnhem, but somehow made it back across the Rhine, dodging enemy gunfire and patrols.

The Germans hear that Polish forces are fighting alongside a huge bear. Tales of this beer-swilling, chain-smoking beast terrify them - but incredibly the stories are true.

The team visits Waltham Forest Town Hall in east London, where items include a Rolex with a connection to Britain's Special Forces.

Guy Martin's training ramps up at the UK's only aerial combat school, where he must master dogfighting at 200mph, handling extreme g-force, and flying upside down.

Henry and Simon are off to the Peak District to meet mechanic Ian. Henry falls in love with a vintage tractor and Simon thinks an industrial trolley can become a table.

Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien look for valuable items languishing in people's homes, unearthing a church pew, create a fish tank from scrap and uncover a special petrol tank.

The team break with tradition and actually follow Dave Mathewson's advice on what to restore - he points to a 1992 Vauxhall Nova Merit Plus.