TV Guide PBS America Sunday

Paul Murton explores the Isle of Mull and its satellite islands to discover why they have become boltholes from the hustle and bustle of the modern world. He begins on the tidal island of Erraid, which inspired famous Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, then hops over to Ulva, the final resting place of Lachlan MacQuarrie, one of the first governors of New South Wales. He then explores Mull itself, being given a whistlestop tour of the island by rally driver Louise Thomas, then travels to the mysterious little island of Inch Kenneth, where he hears the story of Nazi sympathizer Unity Mitford. He ends his tour at the remote Treshnish Islands, where he experiences a spot of 'puffin therapy'

In 1945, as his Red Army advanced towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursued another goal - to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. In just a few years he succeeded in imposing the Soviet totalitarian model with an iron fist across Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia. Citizens of those nations tell their stories of how their countries were occupied and transformed into communist states

In December 1949, Stalin's empire celebrated its leader's 70th birthday. Soviet domination of Eastern European countries was total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953

After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hoped for the end of communist dictatorship. Revolts spread, but Moscow's grip was still strong and insurrections were brutally suppressed. The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 - physically dividing the German capital - stifled any hope of change