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With the Blitz taking its toll, Britain had to keep its manufacturing going. Shadow factories were born and were crucial in the production of ammunition

Britain needed to produce vast amounts of ammunition. Chatham Docks on the Medway saw 142 ships set sail, and bomber bases sprung up across the country

Rob Bell looks at how the greatest invasion in human history was being prepared in Southern England and the buildings that helped with D-Day and Operation Overlord

Chronicle of the Second World War, beginning with an account of Hitler's ascent to power at a time when the Germans were humiliated by military defeat and economic depression

The blackouts that plunged Britain into darkness, and the destruction wreaked in Europe by the Nazis. Narrated by Laurence Olivier

Dave's drawn to a Fiat Uno 45 in a '1970s beige' with 36,000 miles on the clock

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

Dave travels to Bedale to extract a barn find - a 1984 Manta GTE which hasn't seen the light of day in thirty years

Motorcycle racer Guy Martin renovates a neglected narrowboat using inventions of the Industrial Revolution, beginning with building a blast furnace

Guy Martin tries to get the shower on his narrowboat working by making a steam engine, and visits the factory of 19th-century lavatory manufacturer Thomas Crapper

Guy Martin visits a 19th-century cotton mill to weave his own bedsheets, and makes a mattress at the same factory that supplies the Queen

Guy Martin makes a tin can using a 200-year-old technique, bakes his own bread and learns about Sheffield-steel cutlery

Guy Martin gives the boat a makeover, applying wallpaper, trying traditional decorative treatments for the interior, painting, and learning how to weave silk in a Macclesfield mill

To celebrate the end of the project, Guy Martin shows off the renovated boat at a party, and shoots a Victorian-style portrait with a 150-year-old camera

The motorcycle racer joins a Formula One pit crew during the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix, learning the split second timing that allows a team to change four tyres in 1.92 seconds

Part one of two. The explorer travels through Cornwall as the county emerged from the first lockdown, discovering the impact of Covid-19 on its tourist industry

Part two of two. Simon investigates the environmental challenges facing Cornwall and the rest of the country, and encounters some of the county's iconic wildlife

The explorer goes back to the county as the energy and cost-of-living crisis began to take its toll to find out what life is like for the locals after the summer crowds have gone

Michelle enlists Rene to set up a mobile radio station to broadcast propaganda, the parts of which will be dropped by plane. Second World War comedy, starring Gorden Kaye

Michelle blackmails Von Strohm and Gruber after revealing she has a photograph of the pair holding the Fallen Madonna, while Herr Flick gives Helga a truth drug

It's Rene's birthday and surprises include a car from Edith, a wink from Hitler and a bomb from the Resistance. The celebration concludes with a bang

Derek heads to Doncaster to collect four vintage BSAs motorbikes including one said to be the rarest BSA of all

Steve loved his magical Anglia complete with a specially upgraded engine - can Sheldon and Peter recreate the exact combination 50 years later?

Aspiring makers are given the chance to turn their hobbies and skills into money-making businesses. The first episode features a furniture maker and a willow crafter

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