Discovery History +1 Sunday

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Buying goods from home

Al drives along one of the British invasion beaches, where he meets the four surviving crew members of a Second World War Bren gun carrier

The comedian drives through bocage country in Normandy with D-Day survivors from the 2nd Battalion of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Survivors reveal how the Allies suffered relatively few losses in their campaign to rout the 12th SS Panzer Division

Al visits rocket bunkers along the Franco-Belgian coast, meeting former PoWs who were forced to assemble Hitler's hi-tech weaponry

The comedian skydives with survivors of the 1st Parachute Brigade, who jumped into the bloody battle at Arnhem during the Second World War

RAF pilots of the Second World War share their recollections with the comedian, who finds out what the Lancaster bomber was like to fly

A Hollywood blockbuster seeks an authentic Second World War SAS jeep within two weeks, and Bruce Crompton strives to meet the deadline

At Biggin Hill, south-east London, military equipment collector Bruce Crompton views a collector's haul of Second World War Spitfires

Bruce Crompton helps a Texan millionaire who wants to collect memorabilia from the Battle of Normandy. He visits farmhouses and museums to find rare items like a 1942 Luger

Henry Cole continues his colossal Australian ride of 5,000 kms from Perth in the south-west to Darwin in the north

Nearly 2,500 kms into his Australian ride, Henry Cole rolls into the Coral Bay area, halfway up the west coast - and finds the beach resort of Ningaloo reef

Motorcycle adventurer Henry Cole is now 3,000 kms into his ride from Perth in the south-west of Australia to journey's end in Darwin

Bruce Crompton marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, sending rare German halftrack vehicles to partake in a battle re-enactment. In France, he seeks VE Day relics

Bruce Crompton and his team, buy, repair and sell Second World War military gear, travelling the world in search of rare artefacts to restore and sell

Bruce Crompton hunts down relics of one of the greatest military commanders of all-time, George S Patton. Then, he tries to close a deal worth £200,000

The breakwater is damaged during stormy weather, and rough seas may scupper plans to make repairs. Plus, a battle erupts between Devonport's two beekeeping teams

HMS Bulwark returns from a vital humanitarian mission rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, and a Devonport sailor takes his relaxation time to excessive new levels

Drew Pritchard haggles over a collection of medical antiques, visits a warehouse full of vintage Americana in Nottinghamshire, and takes a trip to a Scottish stately home

Drew Pritchard haggles with a dealer at an Elizabethan manor house, is blown away by a jet engine in a Welsh museum and meets an old friend in Sheffield

Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove head to Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, where James has accumulated his collection of motorbikes to amphibious craft over 25 years

Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove travel to Redruth in Cornwall, where they're confronted with Roy's sheds and their ramshackle contents.

Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove visit two amazing sets of sheds in Hampshire, where they find plenty of Japanese bikes

Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove are in the heart of Oxfordshire where they find rare Minis, 1970s Rollers and a pristine rally car

Former Army Paratroopers Bruce Crompton and Freddie Kruyer explore the troops' vital role in defeating the Germans in Second World War

Bruce Crompton and his team embark on a tour across Europe to buy and restore some of the Second World War's rarest tanks

Bruce and the team hunt down the rarest and most inventive spy gear used during the Second World War, from a rare Enigma machine in Italy to a special pencil in the UK

Bruce searches land, sea and skies in a mission to settle the score on whether the Allies or the Nazis were truly the most advanced side of the Second World War

Bruce Crompton marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, sending rare German halftrack vehicles to partake in a battle re-enactment. In France, he seeks VE Day relics

Buying goods from home

Buying goods from home