TV Guide Yesterday Tuesday

Michael Portillo explores the east of England in the inter-war period, starting in Canterbury, Kent, where he treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a 1936 play, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas a Becket. In Maidstone, he learns of the international origins of the most British symbol of remembrance. Outside Sevenoaks, Michael visits the country home of Winston Churchill, and discovers how the 1930s were wilderness years at Chartwell, as Churchill warned against Nazi appeasement. Once in the capital, he heads to Alexandra Palace, the birthplace of television

Michael Portillo explores the east of England en route to Lincolnshire, discovering how the Crossrail project is helping to conserve birds and taking a gelato cart to Southend. Plus, Michael alights at Limehouse in east London for Cable Street

Michael Portillo's railway journey through 1930s Britain from Canterbury to Skegness reaches Witham in Essex, where he visits the factory of the world's oldest supplier of metal-framed windows, which became popular in the Thirties. Crossing into Suffolk, he alights at Ipswich and discovers the story of a group of child refugees whose history is intertwined with that of Michael's family

Michael Portillo's journey through eastern England takes him to the Snape Maltings music and arts venue, the Norfolk seaside resort of Great Yarmouth and the city of Norwich. Plus, he learns how the music and life of one of Britain's greatest composers was shaped by the sea and his Suffolk surroundings

Artist Piers Secunda uncovers the hidden history of Alderney to reveal new evidence of atrocities committed by the Nazis on this tiny island during the Second World War. He examines how slave workers from across Europe were shipped to Alderney to build a fortress for Hitler

Fiona Bruce presents the show from Portchester Castle on the Hampshire coast, where finds brought in include a previously unpublished poem by Siegfried Sassoon, a water-damaged letter that survived the sinking of the Titanic, a Victoria Cross medal, a rare cigarette lighter and a painting by one of the stars of the original Hawaii 5-0. Plus, Lee Young challenges Fiona to place a trio of model cars in order of value

Fiona Bruce presents the show from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. She gets to see one of the resident botanical artists at work capturing flowers and plants on paper, and finds out about Lillian Snelling, a pioneering artist from the early 20th century. Items brought in to be valued include two paintings of three-dimensional raindrops, a botanist's gadget cane, and a curious rocking horse in the shape of a British army general

Artist Piers Secunda uncovers the hidden history of Alderney to reveal new evidence of atrocities committed by the Nazis on this tiny island during the Second World War. He examines how slave workers from across Europe were shipped to Alderney to build a fortress for Hitler

Artist Piers Secunda uncovers the hidden history of Alderney to reveal new evidence of atrocities committed by the Nazis on this tiny island during the Second World War. He examines how slave workers from across Europe were shipped to Alderney to build a fortress for Hitler