U&Yesterday +1 Saturday

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Armed with his trusty 1913 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo travels from Sofia to Istanbul along part of the route taken by the Orient Express

Michael Portillo travels the Habsburg imperial line from Vienna across the impressive Semmering Pass, a railway line blasted through the Alps, as he make his way onward to Trieste

Michael Portillo travels through Spain and Portugal, along the way meeting people from all over the world on the pilgrims' trail to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia

Michael Portillo travels through France from Lyon down to Marseille on the Mediterranean coast, where he joins a pilot boat leading a supertanker to its berth

In Queensferry, near Glasgow, an American visitor is caught out by the tide - and is barely conscious when the RNLI crew drag him out of the water

A busy commuter train undergoes a tough traction motor replacement, while a leaky torque seal sidelines a sugarcane locomotive urgently needed for the harvest

Gus and Will hunt down an affordable Italian car, and eventually find an Alfa Romeo 155 hiding in a barn. Making space for an inspection proves a challenge

Will and Gus buy a Porsche 923 with a cracked interior, bad paintwork and ripped seats. This driving legend is well past its best, but they still hope to turn a profit

Robbie's narrowboat gets stuck under a low bridge on the challenging Basingstoke Canal as he battles through water weed. Can he make it to journey's end?

Robbie moors by Hampton Court Palace, but disaster strikes when a tree branch smashes a window. His dad joins to help through Hanwell locks

Michael reflects on his fourth travel series, exploring the Sahara, which took him over the Atlas Mountains and into the deep desert as part of a camel train

A polar bear hunts with her cubs, and the spring weather accelerates a process that will eventually see an area of ice the size of Australia disappear into the Arctic Ocean

How animals in the polar regions adapt to the summer weather, including a colony of 400,000 king penguins where the adults go surfing and the chicks take mud-baths to cool off

Up for sale at the Mathewson's auction - a 1275 Mini GT that's come from just down the road that could be a future British icon

The team acquire an 80s Austin Allegro and soon find out how it got the nickname 'all aggro'. Next, they take on a DIY project to save some cash with a 90s Vauxhall Corsa

Irv imports an original-run short wheelbase Porsche 911 from the east coast of America. He needs to make it roadworthy, while keeping its incredible sun-faded patina

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 picks up a one owner Mark 1 Cortina that's been holed up for over a quarter of a century

Derek collects an Opel Manta, Charlie and his mum pick up a Morris Oxford, and Paul is enthralled by a motoring relic

Derek's in Cambridgeshire picking up a car built in Britain in the '50s for the US market

Michael Portillo travels the Habsburg imperial line from Vienna across the impressive Semmering Pass, a railway line blasted through the Alps, as he make his way onward to Trieste

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home