TV Guide Yesterday Monday

Michael Portillo travels from East Grinstead to Guildford, with his trip including a visit to Leith Hill Place to explore the compositions of Ralph Vaughan Williams. He also dons a boiler suit and takes to the footplate of a locomotive on the Bluebell Railway, Britain's first passenger-carrying heritage line, and witnesses the power of dynamite first hand

Michael Portillo travels from Woking to Walton-on-Thames, uncovering the story of Britain's first purpose-built crematorium and visiting Brooklands, the birthplace of motor racing, along the way. As his journey draws to a close, he goes camping and finds out about the unlikely origins of a leisure pursuit that is going strong today

Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches Greater Manchester, where he celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War. At Trafford General Hospital, he investigates the birth of the National Health Service. A retired physiotherapist recalls her part in the historic event of July 5, 1948. Coronation Star tells Michael about the first episode of the soap, broadcast live in 1960. And at the city's Science and Industry Museum, the presenter encounters a replica of the Baby, which was created in 1948 - the first machine in the world to run a stored program and the forerunner of all modern computers

A look at the early stages of genocide at the camp, examining the role of commander Rudolf Hoess in the process. Despite later claiming he was only following orders, Hoess was instrumental in the development of Auschwitz for mass murder, arranging for Soviet prisoners to be brought in as construction workers and scouring Europe for more victims to kill. Featuring contributions from survivors

Dramatisation of the trial of Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, the third in line to leadership of Nazi Germany, who was declared insane by the Fuehrer after making an unexpected errand of peace to Britain in 1941. The senior Nazi's fitness to stand trial was at the centre of his case in the tribunal. Narrated by Matthew MacFadyen and starring Ben Cross as Hess

Fiona Bruce presents a second programme from the Somme battlefields, in which she and a small group of experts meet families with stories of courage and humanity in wartime, with various items helping to bring their tales to life. They include the story of a footballer who is said to have kicked a ball to lead an advance into enemy lines, and the account of one of the first nurses to have gone to war - and ended up serving alongside Edith Cavell. A German soldier's grandson reveals all the objects his relative took to the trenches where he lost his life - including a letter to be read in the event of his death - and Fiona tells the story of her great-grandfather, who fought at the Somme

Fiona Bruce and the team visit Tredegar House near Newport in Wales, where members of the public bring along treasured antiques and collectibles. Items of interest include a tapestry woven in tribute to Status Quo, a carved coconut steeped in 18th-century maritime history and a frog-shaped brooch. A former Mastermind champion shows off the glass vase he won, and a Second World War veteran tells the story of a daring mission to inspect German defences before the D-Day landings - and how he came to have a packet of cigarettes from Field Marshal Rommel

A look at the early stages of genocide at the camp, examining the role of commander Rudolf Hoess in the process. Despite later claiming he was only following orders, Hoess was instrumental in the development of Auschwitz for mass murder, arranging for Soviet prisoners to be brought in as construction workers and scouring Europe for more victims to kill. Featuring contributions from survivors

Dramatisation of the trial of Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, the third in line to leadership of Nazi Germany, who was declared insane by the Fuehrer after making an unexpected errand of peace to Britain in 1941. The senior Nazi's fitness to stand trial was at the centre of his case in the tribunal. Narrated by Matthew MacFadyen and starring Ben Cross as Hess

Simon Reeve continues his quest to trace the southern tropic, travelling from South Africa to Madagascar. In Zimbabwe, the presenter comes face to face with the harsh realities of the refugee crisis, and witnesses a unique method of land-mine disposal in Mozambique. Heading to the Madagascan islands, he discovers an unusual local delicacy, and visits a town where the poor make a living by digging for sapphires