U and YESTERDAY

Michael Portillo travels from Northampton to Nuneaton, learning about Victorian methods of shoemaking and the legacy of Dr Thomas Arnold at Rugby School.

Michael Portillo travels from Leicester to Loughborough, learning about the hunt for Richard III's remains and working his passage on the Great Central Railway.

Michael Portillo completes his journey to Leeds, finding out how rail workers shaped British political history and auditioning at Britain's oldest working music hall.

Michael Portillo embarks on a journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton, beginning by learning how to set a table aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth.

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.

Derek collects a beautifully restored and carefully modified 1936 Wolseley 14/56. Meanwhile, a Batman-inspired Chrysler Crossfire is dropped off at the Thornton le Dale garage.

Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Josef Stalin and tries to deceive him with a plan to invade Britain while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.

While America had Ford or Chrysler or Buick, Hitler also wanted a car that would transform his nation: the 'people's car'- a Volkswagen.

Fiona Bruce presents from Hertford College, Oxford, where items valued include a bracelet once worn by a princess.

Fiona Bruce and the team head to the Tamar Valley in Devon, and weigh anchor at Morwellham Quay.

A classic car fan with a love of the Jaguar E-Type reluctantly sends his dream car to auction, hoping to buy a motorhome. Two Ford Escorts get Dave's pulse racing.

A widow reluctantly parts with her husband's treasured collection of Rolls Royces and Bentleys, and an impulse buyer finds one of the cars a new home.

Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Josef Stalin and tries to deceive him with a plan to invade Britain while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.

While America had Ford or Chrysler or Buick, Hitler also wanted a car that would transform his nation: the 'people's car'- a Volkswagen.

Fiona Bruce presents from Hertford College, Oxford, where items valued include a bracelet once worn by a princess.

Robbie's narrowboat gets stuck under a low bridge on the challenging Basingstoke Canal as he battles through water weed. Can he make it to journey's end.

The Restoring Classics team take Derek's advice when he sniffs out the rarest car they've ever taken on - the last remaining Hillman GT.

The team have a record number of cars to auction, but Derek finds room for one more - a replica AC Cobra. A couple are reunited with their Volvo breakdown truck.

Paul is picking up a stunning 1961 Vauxhall Cresta, inspired by American design, the car changed the face of British motoring.

Shamil buys a 70s Jukebox in need of repair, and Matt has his work cut out with a collectable Kit Cat clock that doesn't tell the time.

Exploring Opa-Locka City Hall, a strange structure that began as the dream of an American Renaissance man, but soon turned into a nightmare.

Exploring Namibia's arid Skeleton Coast, where traces of a brutal but once vital industry lie scattered.

Shopping from Home.

Michael Portillo travels through Hampshire and Berkshire, visiting the stately home bequeathed by the nation to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, in 1817.

Michael Portillo travels from Wokingham to Bradford on Avon, learning how demand from rail commuters fuelled the development of the modern printing press.

Michael Portillo travels from Chippenham to Gloucester, visiting Bristol Zoo and seeing an extraordinary piece of Victorian engineering at Severn Tunnel Junction.

Michael Portillo ends his journey to Wolverhampton, hearing about a visit by Queen Victoria that ended her exile from public life after Prince Albert's death.

Paul's doing the pick-ups in Lancashire where a rare 1960 Vauxhall Cresta PA Friary estate in dusky pink awaits.

in daffodil yellow - lands at the North Yorkshire showroom.

The Nazis have lost in Moscow and Hitler and Stalin now take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back, Hitler has met his match in a fight to the death.

The incredible story of the arms race to create America's nuclear arms factories.

Fiona Bruce visits Lincoln Cathedral, where objects brought to be valued include a set of surgeon's tools from the 1860s.

The team revisits Lincoln Cathedral, where items examined include a Georgian dining table and a Chinese picture bought for very little.

Behind the scenes of a car auction business. A near-perfect 50s Chevy panel van and a very desirable low-mileage 80s Brooklands Capri tempt auctioneer Derek out of Yorkshire.

The team struggles to explain how a DAF 33 gearbox works, and office manager Sarah attempts to bring order to the auto memorabilia sale.

The Nazis have lost in Moscow and Hitler and Stalin now take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back, Hitler has met his match in a fight to the death.

The incredible story of the arms race to create America's nuclear arms factories.

Fiona Bruce visits Lincoln Cathedral, where objects brought to be valued include a set of surgeon's tools from the 1860s.

An impressive collection of five iconic cars arrives at Thornton le Dale, including a 1967 Crayford Corsair and a 1966 Ford Zodiac which emerge from a garage in Selby.

Michael Portillo journeys from the Midlands to the West Country, visiting Derby's famous 19th-century railway works and the Walkers crisps factory in Leicester.

Michael Portillo hears of the destruction of Coventry's gothic cathedral by the German Luftwaffe, and visits the factory where the London taxi is built.

Simon Reeve travels along the Black Sea Coast to the capital of Ankara, and witnesses first hand the aftermath of fighting in Kurdish areas.

A classic car fan with a love of the Jaguar E-Type reluctantly sends his dream car to auction, hoping to buy a motorhome. Two Ford Escorts get Dave's pulse racing.

Derek inspects a brace of old cop cars including a Rover P6 complete with radio, sirens and V8 engine, and a former Mod waves ciao to his collection of 1960s Italian scooters.