5SELECT TV Guide — Thursday, 3 September 2026

A seemingly endless concrete line stretching through the French countryside, which sits as a monument to a discarded engineering advancement

Ben travels to the coastal forests of southern Sweden to meet 24-year-old single mother Annalisa, a native Italian who left everything in her home country behind when she was a teenager, and is now developing a forest hideaway on the fringes of society for her and her toddler. Ben helps her chop wood and make her home baby-proof, while Annalisa goes busking to make a small living. They also go dumpster-diving in search of rubbish that can be put to good use to counter the amount of waste thrown away

Ben meets a Glaswegian retired teacher who relocated to the mountains of Ethiopia, and leads an active life in her new home as she approaches her 70th birthday. Susan has made significant contributions to the local community, including setting up a school and building a restaurant on an isolated mountain top over the course of three years

Deep in the heart of China lies one of the greatest archaeological treasures ever discovered. For over 2,000 years it was lost underground, until 1974, when a group of farmers found it by chance. It is known today as the Terracotta Army - thousands of life-sized sculpted soldiers, ready for action in the afterlife. Dan Snow travels to China to examine some of the artefacts

A look at when US Marines met Japanese infantry for the first time at Guadalcanal. In the jungle, two powerful armies collided in a brutal six-month struggle, leaving nearly 30,000 dead

A look at the ill-fated attack by the Allies on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France, where the Nazis proved to be too strong

Jim overpowers Geoff, and Meg is horrified by the violence. Bea helps Pat write a letter, but getting it out isn't a simple matter