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Alistair Appleton helps mother and daughter Diana and Millie seek out space to bloom in the Somerset countryside and also meets a couple who have planted their own vineyard

Michael Portillo's railway adventure in Uzbekistan continues in Samarkand, where he discovers the national passion for bread

The team visits the RHS Malvern Spring Festival in Worcestershire, where Rachel de Thame and Joe Swift share everything the show has to offer

A round-up of the latest headlines

The latest stories from Westminster and beyond

Rick Edwards hosts the game show in which 24 recurring contestants compete for the chance to win £10,000, with a single 'impossible' answer knocking them out for the day

Clive Myrie presents the fourth heat of the classic quiz, with specialist subjects Detectorists, the Alice books of Lewis Carroll, British politics in the 1960s, and Elton John

Comedian Zoe Lyons hosts a quick-fire quiz in which six contestants compete across six rounds testing their general knowledge, quick thinking and speedy reactions

The team heads to Chepstow to help a multigenerational family of four create a beautiful home, building storage solutions and modernising the family dining room

Part one of two. Liz Bonnin sets off on a quest to find the world's most intelligent animals, and John Humphrys finds out how a goldfish would cope on Mastermind

Michael Aspel and the team visit Knightshayes Court in Devon, where they find a copy of a play with royalty on the cast list and a collection of Napoleonic jewellery

Paul Martin and his team of experts invite members of the public to bring their antiques to be viewed and valued, with an option to sell at auction

Deirdre O'Kane, Jay Rayner, Tessa Sanderson and Iwan Thomas test their general knowledge skills in the penultimate round of challenges

Michael Portillo uncovers the Central Asian origins of the apple in the lush oasis surrounding Samarkand, and stands in the shadow of the fortified Ark of Bukhara

Emma's trail cameras capture a family of hungry otters, there is big money is at stake for the Williamsons at a ram sale and it is showtime on Arran for Callum and Zara's children

The last heat of this year's competition has arrived, and the signature dish round kicks off proceedings. Anna Haugh and Grace Dent pass judgment

RNLI crews respond to calls of a swimmer swept out to sea, a cargo ship about to run aground on a lighthouse, and a party boat that lost engine power

Bob, Paul and Ted travel to Blakeney Point, a nature reserve and important nesting ground for terns and gulls, for a sea-fishing adventure off the north Norfolk coast

Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Paddy O'Connell

Medics face a difficult dilemma in the middle of a life-saving bile duct cancer operation. Also, a patient has a tumour that has invaded their chest wall

A look at how, in 1980, a booby-trapped bomb accompanied by a $3 million ransom note terrorised a casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Six more home cooks put themselves in the culinary spotlight in the second heat of the week, ready to show judges Anna Haugh and Grace Dent that they have what it takes

The designers team up to create uplifting spaces at a London homelessness charity, and Dara Ó Briain pops by to check in on Alan and the new rooms

Matty flails as Ning continues to push him. Meanwhile, Leanne and Gary bond, until he pressures her to betray Matty to safeguard her family

Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two

Nicki Chapman helps a woman find a picture-perfect home by the sea in south-west Wales for her and her husband