U and YESTERDAY

Michael Portillo embarks on train journeys through Edwardian Britain, exploring the grand estates of Norfolk and a bivouac on Brownsea Island on the way.

Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill: Michael Portillo explores Edwardian utopia in Letchworth, where he meets a fourth generation citizen who introduces him to the town's community spirit.

Michael Portillo travels from Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea, hearing the story of a once-celebrated composer and visiting the oldest licensed airport in the UK.

Michael Portillo visits places of interest in West Sussex and Hampshire, including Southsea's King's Theatre.

A unique visit behind the scenes with the small team in Dartford who hand-build the iconic open-top, two-seater Caterham 7 sports car.

A behind-the-scenes look at how Liverpool supercar manufacturer Briggs Automotive Company make their 270,000-pound BAC Mono R.

We follow the 35-hour build of a new Defender, where over 3300 individual parts and 70 years of innovation come together to create a vehicle for any terrain.

Factory 56 opens its doors as we follow the ultimate configuration of a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, from the chassis build to the main assembly floor.

British sauce and French farce. Rene and company must disguise themselves as Spanish dancers to recover some battle equipment from the chateau.

Farcical wartime sitcom. Still searching for the Fallen Madonna, Herr Flick gives Helga a truth drug.

More sauce and farce. There's something to celebrate at Rene's cafe. It's his birthday and he gets a series of surprises, but not all are pleasant.

Robbie mends a leaky pump on the Naughty Lass on the Grand Union Canal. In Watford, he visits a TV legend's home and buys gas from a friendly fuel boat.

Robbie navigates the wintery Grand Union Canal while preparing for Christmas and narrowly avoids flooding his boat in a tricky staircase lock.

Dom tries out water dowsing so he can fill his new pond. He and engineer friend Sam Lovegrove fix some church bells and then put a surf lifesaving club's quad bike back on the beach.

Simon Reeve embarks on a quest to circumnavigate the globe, tracing the path of the southern tropic. The first leg sees him cross Namibia and Botswana.

Simon Reeve continues his quest to trace the southern tropic, travelling from South Africa to Madagascar.

Documentary going behind the scenes at the car company's plant as work gets underway on a range of 4x4s, from the factory floor to the world's most exclusive car showroom.

The Mathewson family business starts a new era as Charlie heads off on his first solo collection, to pick up an Austin van from the North York Moors.

The team, including Andy Joynson, buy the right kind of Land Rover, but it's got the wrong engine. Can they clean up its emissions with a modern motor.

A collection of Austin Mini Metros arrive for auction. Also under the hammer is a baby Fiat 850 coupe and a haulier offloads part of his vintage vehicle collection.

There's an unlikely arrival at the North Yorkshire car auction - an Argentinian Army Mercedes G wagon that saw action in the Falklands War.