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Michael Portillo takes in Georgia and Azerbaijan as he journeys through the former Russian empire, including visits to a tea plantation and a museum dedicated to Joseph Stalin

Armed with a 1936 edition of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo ventures onto the European rail network in Spain

The liberation of Paris in 1944, which many felt signalled the beginning of the end of the Second World War. Narrated by Laurence Olivier

The story of the Nazi quest to establish an Aryan race, which began with decrees and laws about citizenship and led to execution camps and the horrors of the Holocaust

Chronicling the events that brought about the fall of the Third Reich as the Allies closed in on Berlin, as well as Hitler's suicide in his bunker. Narrated by Laurence Olivier

How Japan's early victories over Allied forces during the Second World War convinced its people that their strength and discipline would bring them victory

Robbie Cumming sets out to explore the meandering waterways of inner city Birmingham including the Soho Loop and the Engine Arm Canal

Disaster strikes when the Naughty Lass collides with a low bridge on the Bumble Hole Canal Branch damaging a chimney

David Attenborough presents an exploration of Earth's vast oceans, revealing the secret lives of dolphins, turtles and squid

Camera crews journey to the deepest parts of the world's oceans to explore the lives of their inhabitants, many of which are relatively new to science. With David Attenborough

Robbie Cumming explores the picturesque Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

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

Simon voyages across the Coral Triangle, an area of tropical seas and jungle-clad islands in the south-western Pacific, surrounded by the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia

Simon travels across the Kalahari desert in southern Africa, going on a hunt with a group of San trackers before heading to the oasis of the Okavango Delta

Robbie Cumming takes a tumble at Buckby Locks in Northamptonshire and has a problem with his power supply and battery bank

A persistent door-to-door salesman makes Victor see red - and an unending stream of junk mail threatens to push him over the brink into insanity

The Meldrews set off for a seaside break - but the discovery of a dead gull in their boarding-house bathroom sets the scene for what turns out to be a nightmarish weekend

Victor suffers a sleepless night - and naturally ensures the eternally put-upon Margaret shares in his suffering. Richard Wilson stars

Terry continues to wreak havoc on people who happen to be unfortunate enough to live near him. Comedy, starring James Bolam

Bob and Thelma escape from Terry's influence as they begin their married life with a honeymoon in Norway

Bob becomes increasingly worried about Terry, who seems to have gone off beer and mellowed into a strange state of middle-aged contemplativeness

Behind the scenes of a North Yorkshire-based, family-run historic car auction business. Featured vehicles include a Mini Cooper and Chevrolet Pick-up truck

A rare 1980s Sierra Cosworth draws in a crowd of admiring Ford fans, while a restorer delights buyers with his immaculate 1966 Sunbeam Rapier and Sarah takes a shine to a caravan

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Michael Portillo travels from the chateaux of the Loire Valley to the heart of the Champagne region at Reims, beginning in the city of Orleans in north-central France