Yesterday +1 Friday

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With up to 400 trains a day on its 62 miles of track, the channel tunnel is the busiest railway system in the world - and doing things at the double is key to its success

With the 25th anniversary well under way, there is some extreme painting going on at both ends of the tunnel - two murals that will link to each other across the sea

After 25 years, Eurotunnel is at a junction, with many staff facing retirement and new recruits being drafted in. The next batch of shuttle drivers has arrived

Michael Portillo continues his journey across Ireland, travelling from Navan to Mullingar, where he uncovers a controversial Victorian dig at the sacred Hill of Tara along the way

Exploring Camp Hero in Long Island, and a salt mine in Poland

Exploring the Apollo Movie Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia, an ornate shrine to Soviet propaganda

Japan would create arguably the greatest fighter in the Second World War - the Mitsubishi Zero, but their failed War Factories would ultimately reduce the Zero to a kamikaze plane

The French army's capitulation to Nazi forces in 1940, a defeat marked by a series of military and strategic mistakes

Hitler's launch of his great counter-offensive against the unsuspecting Allies in the Ardennes. This was the Nazis' last gamble in the West to turn the tide of the war

Items on show at Polesden Lacey in Surrey include a glove thought to have belonged to Elizabeth I and a brooch kept hidden for years while its owner was in a PoW camp

Derek's on his way to Blackpool to pick up what will be the highest priced item at the next auction. But, the 1970 Aston Martin DBS needs a tow to the local garage

Over the years Derek has learnt to always expect the unexpected. So when Call the Midwife star Cliff Parisi drops off his Bedford CA campervan it's just another day at the office

How the Lancaster factory, one of the biggest buildings in Europe at the time, helped to create a truly war-winning weapon

The drop in morale in Britain following the fall of France to Nazi forces during the Second World War, and the reasons why America refused to enter the conflict

Items on show at Polesden Lacey in Surrey include a glove thought to have belonged to Elizabeth I and a brooch kept hidden for years while its owner was in a PoW camp

Dom Chinea and his team help woodturner Shannon see how marketable her work is. Mentor Zoe helps musician Ryan develop his upcycling business

The actor visits 16 of the 8,000 islands in Australia, which provide an insight into the history and challenges of island life on the other side of the world

Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore the unusual station at Old Street, which serves both the Northern line and mainline trains

Derek's on his way to Blackpool to pick up what will be the highest priced item at the next auction. But, the 1970 Aston Martin DBS needs a tow to the local garage

Exploring Camp Hero in Long Island, and a salt mine in Poland

Michael Portillo visits Yosemite National Park in California, beholding its granite cliffs, sequoia trees and waterfalls, before hearing about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Tim Dunn visits the historic Grade 1 Curzon Street Station, to be reborn as part of the terminus for HS2, the rail link between London and Birmingham

Tim Dunn explores the disused Tube station Down Street in Mayfair, that played a crucial tactical role during the Second World War

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