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On a railway journey from the capital Palermo to Europe's largest volcano, Mount Etna, Michael Portillo explores Sicilian life under the dictatorship of Mussolini

Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers evidence of the German occupation of the Jersey village of Gorey and the role it played in defending the UK

Archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers how the Cornish village of Botallack was the centre of the Cornish tin and copper mining industry and supplied a deadly poison to the world

The team set out on a pre-war challenge with a 1939 three-wheeled Morgan F4 - and aptly named Russ Storer from MG Mecca is still keen to take it on

The team invest in a piece of French art this week - a 1971 Citroen DS21 Pallas

How the defeat of Germany and Japan left Britain in a state of military and economic exhaustion following the end of the Second World War, and paved the way for the Cold War era

Numerous pill boxes, gun emplacements and dragon's teeth were all tactically positioned to slow the Germans trying to get to the major cities

A selection of finds from visits to Althorp and Ascot. Items include rare documents related to the Russian royal family during the revolution and paintings found in a skip

Fiona Bruce and the team visit Lanhydrock near Bodmin in Cornwall, where they unearth treasures including a gold bangle inlaid with precious stones

Derek, with help from the Mathewson clan, drags a mini pickup out of the barn where it's been for 20 years, and a 350cc Douglas Mark V motorbike from 1950 goes under the hammer

Four VW camper vans pitch up at the auction house looking for a new home and Derek picks up an Austin 16 that 'goes like stink and has some unusual modern modifications'

How the defeat of Germany and Japan left Britain in a state of military and economic exhaustion following the end of the Second World War, and paved the way for the Cold War era

Earth's most densely inhabited waters, where the annual cycle of the sun prompts an explosion of marine life, from seals, dolphins and salmon to jellyfish and the walking handfish

The fragile marine ecosystem of the coral reef, where all creatures - including the corals themselves - have to fight for survival. Narrated by David Attenborough

Numerous pill boxes, gun emplacements and dragon's teeth were all tactically positioned to slow the Germans trying to get to the major cities

Derek goes to pick up a veteran 1904 Swift, there's an emotional farewell to a 1980s Bedford HA van, and a Toyota Corona finds a new home

Derek has to extract a vintage car from its bizarre resting place, while Charlie picks up a Vauxhall Viva from a man who has owned it for over half a century

David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals battle to survive in a world of extremes, from mountain summits to deserts, polar tundra to underground caves

Examining the solar force that powers Earth and how life has adapted to the uneven amounts of sunlight given to different parts of the planet over the course of a year

Gus Gregory and Will Trickett want to buy a BMW, and Will says he likes the 'feminine' Z3. There's a trade-in up the road which might fit the bill but it's a high price

Simon O'Brien turns tank parts into garden furniture, while Henry Cole takes his life in his hands with a motorised skateboard

Highlights of the second series of the documentary following the work of the UK's North Sea fishermen and their families

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