Yesterday Today

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A volunteer is tasked with restoring a legendary Le Mans racer. A decommissioned bomb proves difficult, and can the experts revive the dormant engines of a transatlantic flyer?

A huge consignment of Meccano arrives from a single seller. It represents a lifetime's passion and has been well played with but painstakingly restored

An engineering masterpiece carved into the cliff-face, and a long-range beacon that transmitted one of the most infamous messages in American history

An American desert canyon where fortunes were made and lives were lost, and an island fortress in Scotland with an Achilles heel

The documentary charts the German attack on the Allies in the Ardennes in December 1944, and how the US 101st Airborne rushed to Bastogne and halted the Nazi advance

How the Americans, once they were provoked into war, out-produced the rest of the world so quickly and by such a huge margin, including the likes of General Motors

Michael Portillo follows his 1930s Bradshaw's guide to the unspoilt East Sussex port of Rye, before boarding the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway to Dungeness

Michael Portillo heads to Walmer Castle, home during the 1920s to Lord Beauchamp, and in Margate he discovers the connection to TS Eliot

Fiona Bruce presents the show from Ham House in the London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, where an 18th-century robe could be an important piece of Chinese history

Derek dives into the lost Jowett marque, as a Bradford-built 1952 Javelin finds an unexpected home. Paul and Dave uncover a Ford Escort that's been untouched for 30 years

A 1970s Bond Bug three-wheeler divides opinion among Mathewsons customers, while a retired engineer reluctantly auctions off his late father's treasured 60s Jaguar Mark 2

A look back at the Battle of Iwo Jima, in which a quarter of all the US Marines who died in the Second World War were killed

Henry Ford's plan, with the help of Albert Kahn, to build a giant factory in Michigan, covering 3.5million sq ft and including an aircraft production line half a mile in length

Fiona Bruce presents the show from Ham House in the London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, where an 18th-century robe could be an important piece of Chinese history

Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway begin their journey at South Kensington, home of Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum

Simon travels through Brazil, visiting a neglected indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus and meeting a nurse who was the only source of healthcare during the pandemic

Paul hits the road to collect an old navy ambulance that served its time as a holiday camper

Derek dives into the lost Jowett marque, as a Bradford-built 1952 Javelin finds an unexpected home. Paul and Dave uncover a Ford Escort that's been untouched for 30 years

An engineering masterpiece carved into the cliff-face, and a long-range beacon that transmitted one of the most infamous messages in American history

Michael Portillo follows his 1930s Bradshaw's guide to the unspoilt East Sussex port of Rye, before boarding the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway to Dungeness

Michael Portillo heads to Walmer Castle, home during the 1920s to Lord Beauchamp, and in Margate he discovers the connection to TS Eliot

A volunteer is tasked with restoring a legendary Le Mans racer. A decommissioned bomb proves difficult, and can the experts revive the dormant engines of a transatlantic flyer?

Exploring a country estate in Ireland where family divisions reflected a national struggle and was caught in the crossfire

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

The legendary Napier-Railton has a service and some treasure is found in the museum tower, while a 100-year-old push bike gets a wooden wheel built