U&Yesterday Wednesday

Exploring a palatial ruin in Philadelphia built from the riches of an industrial golden age and a country palace in Poland, the scene of a honey-trap devised to ensnare Napoleon

Exploring a concentration camp in the Czech Republic used for a publicity stunt to fool the world, and a stark facility that once housed Oscar Wilde

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Michael Portillo begins the first leg of a journey from south-west Wales to Cambridge, visiting an inn in Carmarthen where Horatio Nelson once met Emma Hamilton

Michael Portillo begins in the ruinous gardens at Aberglasney House near Llandeilo and finishes this leg of his journey at a traditional cider house in Hereford