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Michael Portillo embarks on a thrilling new railway adventure following the Silk Road through the most populous country of Central Asia, Uzbekistan.

Police in Humberside catch men digging up farmland for treasure, fly tippers cause havoc for farmers in Hertfordshire, and Paul Colgan looks into livestock theft in Durham.

The team look for a daughter's treasured bracelet, given to her by her foster parents.

See Hear explores how AI and digital tools are changing life for deaf people, from English-to-BSL translation and communication tech to new ways of working, connecting and living.

Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.

The big political issues of the day.

Game show in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the impossible answers.

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects include the history of the Orkney Islands and the films of Laurel and Hardy.

Comedian Zoe Lyons hosts the quickfire quiz where six plucky contestants must stay out of the light to be alright. Can anyone beat the lightning and win the £3,000 jackpot.

The team visit Bristol to help organise a busy and cluttered home. The family, which includes three children under five, is struggling to find space for all their bikes.

The team witness a baby boom in the delta. Lioness Matho must protect her cubs alone, whilst leopard mum Xudum reveals her newborns with danger looming nearby.

Michael Aspel and the team travel across the Atlantic for a special edition from the National Gallery in Ottawa. Their finds include a desk converted from a piano.

At Blackburn Cathedral, Charles Hanson is valuing a rare Eureka clock.

Deirdre O'Kane, Jay Rayner, Tessa Sanderson and Iwan Thomas test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games.

Michael Portillo continues his railway tour on Tashkent's suburban electric railway, and in Samarkand, witnesses the magnificent architecture of the Registan.

Provence is awash with amazing produce. Marcus is taking a deep dive into local tomatoes and beef hoping to learn some lessons in simple, economic and delicious cookery.

The designers turn sailors' mess decks at an air station into morale-boosting spaces.

Sandi Toksvig takes a look at veggies with Jason Manford, Ahir Shah, Holly Walsh and Alan Davies.

Meticulous and methodical, Big John engineers his ransom scheme with military precision.

Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire. Followed by Weather.

Four young people on the cusp of adulthood prepare for one of the biggest nights of their lives - their Bar and Bat Mitzvah - balancing culture, religion and the chance to party.

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.