TV Guide U&Yesterday Wednesday

On the evening of December 3, 1926, Agatha Christie left her home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, in her Morris Cowley. Ten days later, Agatha was discovered in a hotel in Harrogate, claiming to have lost her memory. Lucy Worsley delves into this traumatic, watershed moment in Christie's life. She visits the key locations, from the chalk pit where Agatha crashed her car to Abney Hall, the grand house where she took refuge (and which would inspire several of her books)

In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael Portillo visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. In Leeds, he heads for the Chapeltown area to investigate the origins of the Leeds West Indian carnival in 1967 and tries his hand on the steel drums

Michael Portillo continues his post-war exploration of northwest England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge. In Bradford's Centenary Square, he encounters local literary giant, JB Priestley. At Shipley station, Michael discovers a nature reserve in the middle of the car park. Finally the Calder Valley Line delivers the presenter to the photogenic station at Hebden Bridge

Michael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the Barbican, examining the story of the arrival at Tilbury in 1948 of the Empire Windrush, which brought more than a thousand passengers from the Caribbean to work in Britain. In Limehouse, Michael reflects on the Labour Party's landslide victory at the post-war general election of 1945 and hears what drove new prime minister Clement Attlee to strive for social change

Michael Portillo visits several of London's most famous locations, beginning on the South Bank, where the 1951 Festival of Britain drew more than eight and a half million visitors to admire fantastical buildings designed to inspire and celebrate the best of British in art, science and industry. After a spin on the London Eye, built to celebrate the millennium, Michael takes the London Underground to Chelsea to find out about Elizabeth David, one of the most influential cookery writers of the 20th century, and also heads to Covent Garden and Regent's Park

Laurence Olivier narrates this documentary chronicling events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941, and the subsequent collapse of unprepared British forces before the advancing enemy in Singapore. Includes interviews with veterans from both sides

Fiona Bruce presents a special edition paying tribute to the nursing profession, filmed at St Thomas's and St Bartholomew's hospitals in the heart of London. The programme features objects that provide an insight into the history of nursing and healthcare, from medals awarded for bravery to early uniforms, cartoons and medical equipment. Fiona also meets comedian Jo Brand, a former psychiatric nurse, and hears the story of Jennifer Worth - the author of Call the Midwife

Fiona Bruce presents an episode filmed before the Accession, featuring the Queen Consort's visit to the Eden Project to discuss charity project The Big Lunch. Silver specialist Duncan Campbell takes a look at a rare snuffbox from the Royal Collection that was made from Cornish silver, while books expert Justin Croft admires a copy of Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard

Laurence Olivier narrates this documentary chronicling events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941, and the subsequent collapse of unprepared British forces before the advancing enemy in Singapore. Includes interviews with veterans from both sides

In 1930, recovering from a personal crisis, Agatha Christie fell in love with and married Max Mallowan. This relationship, and the security it brought, saw Agatha enter the most prolific and successful chapter of her career. This would be the period in which Agatha penned some of her most famous and enduring bestsellers, including Murder on the Orient Express. Lucy follows in Agatha's footsteps to discover the roots of these works and explores how, in later life, Agatha achieved global celebrity - but remained very much the anonymous observer, hiding in plain sight