TV Guide U&Yesterday Wednesday

Fiona Bruce presents the show from MediaCityUK on the former Manchester docks, and investigates the history of the city's ship canal, which links it to the Irish Sea. Items brought in to be valued include an early animation machine, a statue of Buddha, a magician's box of tricks, and the heaviest treasure ever featured on the show - a 10-metre Canadian totem pole which has to be craned in

On the fourth leg of his journey through the continent, Simon travels through three of the world's most extreme environments as he takes in the salt flats of Bolivia, Brazil's Pantanal wetland region and Paraguay's Chaco Forest. In Bolivia, he meets a family making a living carving salt from the vast white expanse of the Uyuni flats, while in Brazil he has a close encounter with South America's apex predator, the jaguar. In Paraguay, Simon visits a Mennonites school, where traditionally clothed children are drilled in Bible texts and there are no smartphones to be seen

The adventurer explores the country as 50 years of civil war draws to a close in the wake of a recently signed peace deal. He meets guerrilla fighters who have pledged to lay down arms, but also discovers a negative consequence of their disarming, as the paramilitary gangs that control the drugs trade grow in power. Simon travels through the country with coca farmers, who discuss the government support they will need in the turbulent times ahead, as poverty and land ownership becoming pressing issues