U&Yesterday +1 Thursday
Sky
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Virgin
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4:00 AM
Teleshopping
A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home
A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home
7:10 AM
Underground Worlds
Exploring long narrow tunnels beneath Exeter that were built in medieval times to protect the city
Exploring long narrow tunnels beneath Exeter that were built in medieval times to protect the city. Plus, a marble quarry under the pine forests of Vermont
8:10 AM
Underground Worlds
Exploring a former gold mine turned scientific laboratory in South Dakota
Exploring a former gold mine turned scientific laboratory in South Dakota. Plus, limestone tunnels in London and a former water cistern in Denmark
9:00 AM
Abandoned Engineering
How Europe's most advanced power station became a film set
How Europe's most advanced power station became a film set. Plus, the structures made by scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla in his quest to provide the US with free electricity
10:00 AM
Abandoned Engineering
The stories behind closed roads
The stories behind closed roads, including a route once used by the French Resistance and areas made impassable by crumbling hills and sand dunes
11:00 AM
War Factories
Hiram Maxim developed the world's first fully automatic machine gun
Hiram Maxim developed the world's first fully automatic machine gun, but it weighed a whopping 136lbs - until British company Vickers adapted the design
12:00 PM
The World at War
Bomber Command is unable to hit its targets precisely
Bomber Command is unable to hit its targets precisely and attacks German cities under cover of darkness, while the Blitz in Britain brings public demand for revenge strikes
1:00 PM
Canal Boat Diaries
Robbie Cumming journeys from Yardley Wood to Netherton Tunnel
Robbie Cumming sets out to explore the meandering waterways of inner city Birmingham including the Soho Loop and the Engine Arm Canal
2:00 PM
Antiques Roadshow
The experts are at Edinburgh's National Gallery of Modern Art
The experts are at Edinburgh's National Gallery of Modern Art, where objects include an 18th-century ivory figure ploughed up in a local field and a manuscript by Robert Burns
3:00 PM
Bangers & Cash
Derek picks up a lovingly restored 1925 Calthorpe motorbike
Derek picks up a lovingly restored 1925 Calthorpe motorbike that he thinks is more of a work of art than anything ever produced by Picasso
4:00 PM
Bangers & Cash
Dave heads off to collect a stylish Swedish Volvo P1800S from an RAF base in the Midlands
Dave gets wind of a possible free lunch at the officers' mess when he heads off to collect a stylish Swedish Volvo P1800S from an RAF base in the Midlands
5:00 PM
Adolf Hitler's War
Adolf Hitler plans to make Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards
Adolf Hitler has his mind on making Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards, but his invasion of Poland tips the world into a violent and bloody war
6:00 PM
The World at War
Churchill's plan to force a way through Italy
Churchill's plan to attack Germany through Italy. Although considered the simplest military solution, the Allies were to face formidable opposition
7:00 PM
Antiques Roadshow
The experts are at Edinburgh's National Gallery of Modern Art
The experts are at Edinburgh's National Gallery of Modern Art, where objects include an 18th-century ivory figure ploughed up in a local field and a manuscript by Robert Burns
8:00 PM
Canal Boat Diaries
Robbie Cumming journeys from Yardley Wood to Netherton Tunnel
Robbie Cumming sets out to explore the meandering waterways of inner city Birmingham including the Soho Loop and the Engine Arm Canal
9:00 PM
Bangers & Cash
Derek meets an old schoolmate who is saying goodbye to his 1912 De Dion Bouton
Derek's back in his old stomping ground of Luton, to meet an old schoolmate who is saying goodbye to his 1912 De Dion Bouton
10:00 PM
Dream Car Fixers
Sheldon and Peter need to find a way of turning a mint imported Beetle Cabriolet into client James's dream
Sheldon and Peter need to find a way of turning a mint imported Beetle Cabriolet into client James's dream
11:00 PM
Bangers & Cash
Derek picks up a lovingly restored 1925 Calthorpe motorbike
Derek picks up a lovingly restored 1925 Calthorpe motorbike that he thinks is more of a work of art than anything ever produced by Picasso
12:00 AM
Abandoned Engineering
How Europe's most advanced power station became a film set
How Europe's most advanced power station became a film set. Plus, the structures made by scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla in his quest to provide the US with free electricity
1:00 AM
Great American Railroad Journeys
Michael Portillo meets scientists studying the Northern Lights in Alaska.
Michael Portillo continues to explore Alaska, helping a homesteader fell a tree to clear land for a log cabin and meeting scientists studying the Northern Lights
2:00 AM
Restoration Workshop
Gary goes hell-for-leather organising an antiques fair
Gary goes hell-for-leather organising an antiques fair. He buys some military tripods and a vintage truck grille and repurposes them as stunning pieces of furniture
3:00 AM
Private Lives
The private lives of six historical figures, beginning with Princess Margaret
Dr Tracy Borman, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, goes behind closed doors to reveal the private lives of six historical figures, beginning with Princess Margaret
4:00 AM
Teleshopping
A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home
A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home