TV Guide Yesterday Thursday

Michael Portillo travels from Jodhpur to Delhi, heading into the desert to take a camel ride to a village where life has changed little in centuries, before embarking on the Jaipur-Agra-Delhi 'Golden Triangle' tour - India's must-do itinerary in 1913 as today. Michael also visits Agra, where he learns how the Taj Mahal, built by a Mughal emperor, was restored by a British viceroy at the time of his Bradshaw's guide book

Michael Portillo begins a journey from the Midlands to the West Country, beginning in Derby, where he visits the city's famous 19th-century railway works. In Leicester he looks back to the early 1970s, when around 10,000 Asians arrived in the city after being expelled from Uganda by the dictator Idi Amin. He also hears how meat rationing during the Second World War led to the birth of Walkers crisps, still produced in the city

Michael Portillo's railway journey through the Midlands and West Country takes him to Coventry, where he recalls the destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the city's gothic cathedral in November 1940. He visits the factory of the London Electric Vehicle Company, manufacturers of the iconic London taxi, and then heads south to Royal Leamington Spa and the national centre for the Guide Dogs for the Blind

Michael Portillo reaches Warwickshire, where he gets a glimpse of the work being done for the new HS2 railway infrastructure. In Stratford-upon-Avon he learns about the founding of the Royal Shakespeare Company, before a visit to Birmingham, where he recalls the redevelopment of the city centre during the 1960s and the arrival of black and Asian communities

Michael Portillo stops in Wolverhampton, where he finds out about the impact of Enoch Powell's 1968 speech. He also visits Kingsford Country Park on the outskirts of Kidderminster, investigates pigeon-racing in Worcester, and eventually looks into Cheltenham's jazz festival

The events of 1944, when the death toll rose substantially. By this point, the Allies were aware of Auschwitz's purpose, and faced a difficult decision over what should be done about it. Plus, the story of the occupation of Hungary, revealing how Adolf Eichmann offered to spare a million Jews in return for certain services

Fiona Bruce and the team return to Waltham Forest Town Hall in east London, where items of interest include an Art Deco pendant that may have been constructed around an ancient Egyptian scarab beetle more 3,000 years ago, an enamel Chinese box discovered among a 20p car-boot haul and a huge collection of early 20th-century tiles discovered behind a chimney. Other highlights include a 1960s jacket with a Beatles connection and a purse that saved a German soldier's life in the First World War. Fiona also celebrates Walthamstow's most famous son, designer William Morris, exploring his Arts and Crafts Style and his passion for politics

Fiona Bruce and the team visit Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, where members of the public bring along their treasured antiques and collectibles. Items include a miniature kitchen range crafted in metal, a fragment of a 12th-century Hindu sculpture found buried in a garden and a 1970s barber's chair. Other highlights include a chunky merchant's ring that could date back to the 15th century and items once belonging to Capt Arthur Rostron, whose ship, the Carpathia, came to the aid of the Titanic

The events of 1944, when the death toll rose substantially. By this point, the Allies were aware of Auschwitz's purpose, and faced a difficult decision over what should be done about it. Plus, the story of the occupation of Hungary, revealing how Adolf Eichmann offered to spare a million Jews in return for certain services

Michael Portillo's Bradshaw's 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel leads him on railway journey through the modern south Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He travels from the former princely state of Mysuru, aka Mysore, to the first stronghold of the East India Company in Chennai, formerly Madras