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Michael Portillo travels from Stroud to Bath, investigating the Victorian origins of snooker, before stopping in Cirencester, then taking tea with the ladies at his end destination

Michael Portillo travels from Bristol to Glastonbury, entering the smelly world of a Victorian tannery and hearing how a 19th-century entrepreneur turned bird droppings into money

Michael Portillo stands trial at the Bloody Assizes in Somerset, and later gets to grips with a miracle of Victorian engineering on the Somerset Levels

Michael Portillo sets out from Ashford on the first leg of a trip to Henley-on-Thames, lending a hand at a train maintenance plant that is home to High Speed 1 rolling stock

How Second World War criminal Adolf Eichmann was tracked down to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1961

The hunt for Gestapo head Klaus Barbie and death camp guard John Demjanjuk, dubbed 'The Butcher of Lyon' and 'Ivan the Terrible' respectively, which lasted into the 1980s

How Hitler's deputy Hermann Goering was captured by the Allies, leading to his suicide

Derek picks out a solid-looking 1969 MGB for the team to look out for at auction. After winning it is sent to a father-and-son team to restore

Dave alerts the team to a 1979 Lotus Esprit S3. It's an expensive buy and a serious risk, but it's also a thoroughbred classic in need of a proper recommission

Derek is heading to Scotland to collect a 'special' Bentley that's been created by a very talented amateur

British car enthusiasts Will Trickett and Gus Gregory head to London to buy a '73 Mk 4 Spitfire. It seems solid, but how it fares on the road remains to be seen

David Attenborough presents an exploration of Earth's vast oceans, revealing the secret lives of dolphins, turtles and squid

Camera crews journey to the deepest parts of the world's oceans to explore the lives of their inhabitants, many of which are relatively new to science. With David Attenborough

Predators and prey in the open oceans come under the scrutiny of David Attenborough, featuring marlin tracking down a shoal of sardines, and dolphins herding mackerel

David Attenborough describes marine life at the poles, where temperatures often fall to -40C, and even when the sun reappears after winter, its weak rays struggle to melt the ice

Simon treks across the high mountains and treacherous ice fields of Patagonia, coming face to face with pumas and riding with gauchos, the cowboys of South America

British car enthusiasts Will Trickett and Gus Gregory head to London to buy a '73 Mk 4 Spitfire. It seems solid, but how it fares on the road remains to be seen

Derek is heading to Scotland to collect a 'special' Bentley that's been created by a very talented amateur

The Restoring Classics team pays tribute to mid-80s-Midlands by breathing new life into what was once the fastest production MG ever made - the Montego Turbo

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

A super-rare Renault Clio Williams 2 in F1 blue with contrasting gold alloys has turned Dave Mathewson an interesting shade of green

The team snap up a slightly saggy 1970s Saab 96, but despite a stunning restoration, could it result in a record financial loss when it goes to auction?

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Michael Portillo travels from East Grinstead to Guildford, with his trip including a visit to Leith Hill Place to explore the compositions of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Michael Portillo travels from Woking to Walton-on-Thames, uncovering the story of Britain's first purpose-built crematorium and visiting Brooklands along the way