The Giant Speaker: Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast. S8 Ep5

The Black Battalion: The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, a depleted unit of black soldiers, risked everything to fight off the Nazis at Bastogne. Hear their tales of wartime bravery. S1 Ep4

Fiat And The Fascists: Find out how Fiat didn't just make cars: they made trains, they made planes, and like modern-day kingmakers, they made and broke governments too. S2 Ep2

Carlisle to Glasgow: Michael Portillo hits the rails. Here the ex-MP meets wild clansmen in Carlisle, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits a secret WWI munitions factory. S1 Ep9

Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy: Michael Portillo continues his epic journey from Preston to Scotland, visiting the Clyde valley orchards, the Forth Rail Bridge and the town of Kirkcaldy. S1 Ep10

New. Woodhorn 1: Fiona Bruce hosts from Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland, where treasures include a gold Rolex 'President' wristwatch from the 1980s. S44 Ep7

A delightful collection of British classics comes up for auction, including an Austin A35 and a Hillman Avenger Estate in stunning condition. An E-Type Jaguar also hits the auction. S2 Ep5

Three MGs from the 70s turn up at the garage, still covered in original factory wax. Nobody can believe it, or value them. A Morris 1000 turns up at the auction along with a TR7 V8. S2 Ep6

Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete: Death-defying tales from WWII. How legendary Major-General Robert 'Lucky' Laycock rallied his ill-equipped unit to see off a German attack on Crete. S1 Ep5

The People's Car: While America had Ford or Chrysler or Buick, Hitler also wanted a car that would transform his nation: the 'people's car'- a Volkswagen. S2 Ep3

Woodhorn 1: Fiona Bruce hosts from Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland, where treasures include a gold Rolex 'President' wristwatch from the 1980s. S44 Ep7