PBS America (Freeview) Wednesday

Colourised footage of films from the 1930s, featuring a homecoming parade for flying hero Amy Johnson in the city of Hull and the Jarrow march of 1936

Maiya May explores heat in Portland, Oregon, and Medellín, Colombia, a city that is leading the revolution against sweltering city temperatures

How George HW Bush rose to vice president under Ronald Reagan. His son George W Bush committed to a life of sobriety and helped propel his father to the presidency

Colourised footage of films from the 1930s, featuring a homecoming parade for flying hero Amy Johnson in the city of Hull and the Jarrow march of 1936

Part one of two. The rebuilding of the French countryside and the growth of French industry in the wake of the Second World War

Exploring the history of surgery from its rudimentary conception centuries ago up to the modern specialist procedures that take place today

How George HW Bush rose to vice president under Ronald Reagan. His son George W Bush committed to a life of sobriety and helped propel his father to the presidency

Colourised footage of films from the 1930s, featuring a homecoming parade for flying hero Amy Johnson in the city of Hull and the Jarrow march of 1936

Part one of two. The rebuilding of the French countryside and the growth of French industry in the wake of the Second World War

Exploring the history of surgery from its rudimentary conception centuries ago up to the modern specialist procedures that take place today

The devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women, as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher's policies