U and YESTERDAY

Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to explore Poland, visiting Warsaw, Lodz, Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow along the way.

Adolf Hitler has his mind on making Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards, but his invasion of Poland tips the world into a violent and bloody war.

Betrayed, Stalin fights the German army in the Soviet states. The German occupation policies lead to the first extermination policies of 'undesirables'.

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.

Robbie Cumming journeys through Royal Leamington Spa and the historic town of Warwick with its medieval castle.

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

Disaster strikes when the Naughty Lass collides with a low bridge on the Bumble Hole Canal Branch damaging a chimney.

Paul and Suki head for Somerset on the next leg of their grand UK tour in their motorhome that has now officially christened as Captain Narrow Squeak.

Paul and Suki venture into Wales and the Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons - National Park for this instalment of their UK motorhoming adventure.

Second World War adventure. A British Army officer sets out to thwart the Nazis by stealing a secret cache of diamonds from a bank in Amsterdam.

A look at the challenge of preserving unspoilt wildernesses, from the icy expanses of Siberia to the tropical forests of central and South America.

Former footballer Les Ferdinand is coerced into the North Sea in a wetsuit as he joins Robson Green on a short break in Northumberland packed with memories and laughter.

Robson and actor Mark Benton go on a humour-filled quest to find ways to relax while exploring the North Yorkshire coast.

Gus has his eye on a Citroen XM that looks amazing - but it's in France. Will isn't sure, but the engineering challenges win him over.

Paul collects a cherished 1924 Rover 9 that's been in the same family since the 1950s and only had one previous owner before that.

Derek heads north to pick up a 1954 Morgan Plus 4 coupe in mint condition and believed to be just one of three still on the road.