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- Documentary telling the story of the 1951 Festival of Britain, which in a period of austerity showed how to carve out a bright new future through design and ingenuity.
- 2019–7.7 (21)TV EpisodeMichael's 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook to the Chief Cities of the World sends him to Australia. He traces the route of the trans-continental railway from Port Augusta's southern harbour in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory.
- In New South Wales, Michael climbs the Sydney Harbour Bridge, then travels West into the Blue Mountains on his long journey to Broken Hill.
- The London Underground - first operating in 1863 - changed the way people get around cities forever, driving travelers deep underground to clear congested streets. Ingenious technology, from electrified tracks to tunnels under the River Thames, has gone on to influence railways worldwide. This edition reveals how the filthy and crowded streets of London were transformed by the rapid expansion of the Underground.
- Today, Michael explores the life of Victorian hop pickers, finds out about Maidstone's revolutionary paper industry and discovers how the railways turned cricket into a national sport.
- Michael finds out about shoddy: a successful 19th century recycling industry in the textile town of Batley.
- Michael finds out how Canterbury Cathedral was saved during the Baedecker raids of World War II, goes whelk fishing in Whitstable and explores the origins of a seaside swim in Margate.
- Today, Michael visits the historic Durham Cathedral, meets one of the first locomotives in Darlington and takes a Dracula tour in Whitby before ending his journey on a steam train across the North Yorkshire Moors.
- Michael discovers a hardy breed of sheep on the atmospheric Romney Marsh, explores Kent's new sparkling wine industry and finds out why the Victorians went mad for ferns in Hastings.