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How the defeat of Germany and Japan left Britain in a state of military and economic exhaustion following the end of the Second World War, and paved the way for the Cold War era

Assessment of the legacy of the Second World War, including personal reminiscences from people who regard it as the most significant experience of their lives

The story of the discovery and exploitation of the Baku Oilfields in the Russian Caucasus, which forced Stalin and Hitler to face-off in the battle of Stalingrad

How Fiat didn't just make cars, but also made trains, planes and, like modern-day kingmakers, they made and broke governments too

While America had Ford, Chrysler and Buick, Hitler also wanted a car that would transform his nation - the 'people's car', or Volkswagen

The incredible story of the arms race to create America's nuclear arms factories

Access all areas to the Bentley factory: We see the luxury car manufacturer build a new, £170k Continental GT from bolts to finished car

Access all areas to the Aston Martin factory: From the oven baked chassis to being painted in actual moon rock, see how a DBS Superlegerra is made

For his second adrenaline-fuelled challenge, the racer tries to set the world record for riding a motorcycle on water, with the help of a Cambridge professor and marine engineers

The racing fan embarks on a mission to fly using muscle power alone, teaming up with engineers from Southampton University to build the fastest man-powered aircraft in the world

The racing fan builds a prototype toboggan and heads to the Pyrenees, where he attempts to break the record for the world's fastest gravity-powered sled

Timothy West and Prunella Scales set forth from Gothenburg on the first half of the Gota Canal, one of the longest and most beautiful waterways in the world

Timothy West and Prunella Scales follow the ancient routes of the Vikings and visit Stockholm, before they head out into the far-flung islands of the archipelago

Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien head to Preston to meet Claire, who works for a theatre company, picking up a stage light that's no longer needed and a vintage railway lamp

The inmates of Slade Prison are given time to pursue their hobbies, but Fletcher's bid to find a little peace and quiet seems destined to fail

Blanco ends up in the prison hospital, where he fears he is about to shuffle off this mortal coil and entrusts the whereabouts of his stashed fortune to fellow patient Fletch

Godber enters the prison boxing championships. He is hot favourite to win, but Fletcher is given the task of fixing the contest

The team invest in a piece of French art this week - a 1971 Citroen DS21 Pallas

Paul collects a cherished 1924 Rover 9 that's been in the same family since the 1950s and only had one previous owner before that

For his second adrenaline-fuelled challenge, the racer tries to set the world record for riding a motorcycle on water, with the help of a Cambridge professor and marine engineers

The racing fan embarks on a mission to fly using muscle power alone, teaming up with engineers from Southampton University to build the fastest man-powered aircraft in the world

The racing fan builds a prototype toboggan and heads to the Pyrenees, where he attempts to break the record for the world's fastest gravity-powered sled

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