TV Guide Yesterday

Simon travels across the Kalahari desert in southern Africa, one of the continent's last great unspoilt wildernesses. He begins his journey in a small village in Namibia's Nyae Nyae conservancy, where he sets out on a hunt for wildebeest with San trackers, who still live in the traditional way. After weeks of dusty travel, Simon ends his journey in the Okavango Delta, where seasonal rains turn the desert in to a vast oasis of greenery

Michael Portillo explores the West Country between the wars, setting off from the Cornish seaside resort of St Ives and ending his first in the former mining village of St Day. He visits Britain's first studio pottery, where he attempts a decorative wax technique and feels the heat of the firing kiln. Michael also joins a family on holiday in a railway carriage called Harvey

Michael Portillo visits Cornwall's county town, Truro, heading to the historic estate of Trewithen, whose gardens were stocked from China by professional plant hunters commissioned by its owner. The Atlantic Coast branch line carries Michael north to Newquay, where he discovers a pioneering surfer and braves the waves on a belly board. In the nearby village of St Mawgan, Michael is introduced to the ancient Cornish sport of 'wrassling', which surged in popularity between the wars as part of a Cornish Celtic revival

Michael Portillo reaches Bodmin en route to Totnes, as he explores the West Country from St Ives to Salisbury Plain. Out on the rugged moor, Michael hears how the celebrated author Daphne du Maurier captivated readers between the wars with her tales of smuggling at the Jamaica Inn. In Devon, Michael takes the plunge at Plymouth's beautiful art deco Tinside Lido, while at Ivybridge, he boards a vehicle like no other to cross the causeway to Burgh Island, where a 1930s playboy built a splendid art deco party palace

Michael Portillo's exploration of the West Country continues in south Devon. He arrives in Paignton to investigate an extraordinarily high murder rate in the literature of the 1930s. The Dartmouth Steam Railway conveys him in style to the beautiful home of Agatha Christie, in the company of her great-grandson, James Prichard

By April 1945 most of Germany was occupied by invading Allied forces, with the two-million strong Soviet army just a mile from Hitler's hiding place In Berlin. With the Nazi regime disintegrating, most of Hitler's deputies were busy making plans to try to survive the end of the war and only his most die-hard loyalists stay by his side

Fiona Bruce presents from Plymouth's Royal William Yard. Items brought in to be valued include a ceremonial wooden spoon presented to the student who got the worst exam results in the history of Cambridge University, one of the last flasks of naval rum to be produced, a book of designs by a famous landscape gardener, a ceremonial hammer and chisel and some dolls' house furniture. One visitor discovers the brooch she bought in a charity shop is much older than she thought

Fiona Bruce presents the show from Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire. Finds on display include original illustrations for Roald Dahl's book Fantastic Mr Fox, a set of motorcyclist Barry Sheene's racing leathers, a collection of Star Wars toys, a mysterious metal rod that proves to be far more valuable than it appears and a miniature house used for training plumbers. A visitor to the show tries to find a glass figure for her mother, to replace one that exploded

By April 1945 most of Germany was occupied by invading Allied forces, with the two-million strong Soviet army just a mile from Hitler's hiding place In Berlin. With the Nazi regime disintegrating, most of Hitler's deputies were busy making plans to try to survive the end of the war and only his most die-hard loyalists stay by his side

Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien arrive in York, where Henry struggles to squeeze into some motorcycle leathers and Simon gets into deep water when he tries to restore an aluminium boat

Simon presents highlights of his journeys around the world, and catches up with the people he met, including a Burmese undercover human rights campaigner, a homeless woman living in a Hollywood railway bridge, and a 10 year-old boy he met working in terrible conditions in a glass factory in Bangladesh