Yesterday Monday

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Michael Portillo journeys from Littlehampton to the New Forest, stopping off at Gosport, before finishing at Beaulieu, where he seizes the opportunity to drive the first motor car

Michael travels by train from Lymington to Exmouth, discovers how the introduction of the railway inspired Thomas Hardy and tries his hand at carpet-making in Axminster

Crossing into Cornwall, Michael Portillo learns about the last bridge to be built by renowned engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Michael Portillo sets out on the first leg of a journey from Birmingham to Dartmoor, working in a Royal Mail sorting office and learning about the origins of the BMA

Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey

Exploring traces of a top-secret Commando raid that are still visible at Dover Commando Fortress, and a remnant of Hitler's vision for a new world capital called Germania

The story of the discovery and exploitation of the Baku Oilfields in the Russian Caucasus, which forced Stalin and Hitler to face-off in the battle of Stalingrad

The theories surrounding the death of Hermann Goering, who managed to cheat the hangman by taking a cyanide capsule on the day before his scheduled death

Examining the work of the American forces who launched a huge offensive to blast a gap in the German lines and break through to liberate France

Fiona Bruce and the team return to Compton Verney, Warwickshire, where experts hear about a First World War hero and the first British woman to win an Olympic swimming gold

Derek picks up a rare Ford Zodiac Farnham Estate, while Dave heads for an isolated tent in the Midlands to collect a Triumph Toledo

Derek collects a Ford Thames 400E that once belonged to the pop band Edison Lighthouse. Plus, Dave heads to York to collect an Astra GTE convertible

How Fiat didn't just make cars, but also made trains, planes and, like modern-day kingmakers, they made and broke governments too

The theories, conspiracies and facts relating to Rudolf Hess's dramatic flight to Scotland in 1941 and his subsequent death in Spandau prison

Fiona Bruce and the team return to Compton Verney, Warwickshire, where experts hear about a First World War hero and the first British woman to win an Olympic swimming gold

Digital embroider David is hoping Dom Chinea can help him find the success his pieces deserve. Novice woodworker Rachael is hoping to find the path to success

Ocean Pride targets shipwrecks off Cornwall in pursuit of pollack, while Margaret of Ladram hunts for lucrative Dover sole in the English Channel

A fully restored Class 47 diesel engine is transported from its home at Crewe Heritage Centre in Cheshire to the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire

Derek picks up a rare Ford Zodiac Farnham Estate, while Dave heads for an isolated tent in the Midlands to collect a Triumph Toledo

Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey

Michael Portillo travels from Chicago to Champaign, Illinois, recreating the original chocolate brownie and visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright house that changed US architecture

Tim Dunn explores Brunel's first and last railway projects and looks at a Scottish station with a royal connection

Tim Dunn uncovers the secrets above, below and inside London's Charing Cross Station. He also looks at the modern wonder of the Ordsall Chord in Manchester

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Michael Portillo travels from Redditch to Gloucester, beginning with a look back to Victorian times at a needle manufactory

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