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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

Michael Portillo ventures on a rail journey through Germany, beginning in the vibrant city of Berlin, where he visits the Museum of Modern Art in Berlin's Kreuzberg

The team pay over the odds for a VW Campervan, but can they hope to break even when they turn out a lovely bus for auction

A 1969 Morris Mini Cooper MkII is totally restored by specialists. They give it the full works, which means only one thing... any chance of profit heads towards an open window

The Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima as America strives to secure an unconditional surrender from Japan

The physical defence of London was crucial, and a ring of steel and concrete was thrown up around the capital as well as utilising natural defences

Fiona Bruce and the team visit Chester Cathedral, where they cast their eyes over jewels smuggled out of pre-revolution Russia

Fiona Bruce and the team visit Ascot Racecourse, where items brought in for valuation include a small coin dug up by a young visitor and a model of a champion racehorse

Three rare Alvises get the auction buyers going when put under the hammer. A Chevy Corvette which started its journey in Saudi Arabia makes its way to Thornton le Dale for the sale

Dave gets a nasty surprise when he opens the bonnet of a fast Ford from the 80s, and an Austin Heavy 12 nearly a century old sets off a bidding war at the auction

The Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima as America strives to secure an unconditional surrender from Japan

Predators and prey in the open oceans come under the scrutiny of David Attenborough, featuring marlin tracking down a shoal of sardines, and dolphins herding mackerel

David Attenborough describes marine life at the poles, where temperatures often fall to -40C, and even when the sun reappears after winter, its weak rays struggle to melt the ice

The physical defence of London was crucial, and a ring of steel and concrete was thrown up around the capital as well as utilising natural defences

Michael Portillo travels from Canberra to Melbourne, hearing the history of the cricket Ashes, learning about outlaw Ned Kelly and visiting the home of soprano Dame Nellie Melba

The historian examines how the expansion of the railways influenced working conditions, proved a valuable global export and even changed the way war was waged

David Attenborough journeys into the hidden world of forests, from the temperate rainforests of Canada, where rarely seen spirit bears fish for salmon, to the teak forests of India

David Attenborough narrates a documentary revealing how the forces of nature drive, shape and support the Earth's great diversity of life, beginning with volcanoes

Gus and Will want to buy an MGB roadster but the cheaper GT version is the one they find. It's got a few rust patches, and back in the workshop they realise beauty is skin deep

Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien restore eight items, including a pine blanket chest, a pair of battlefield telephones and some gothic church windows

Skippers Ian Ritchie and John Stevenson have problems with a new net, while Charles and Charlie McBride worry about penalties when they catch too much cod in the North Sea

John Stevenson and Ian Ritchie are forced to take shelter in Norway and Ocean Venture skipper John Buchan Sr goes in search of exotic species in the Atlantic

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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