Michael Davies

A factory worker is convinced to hijack a helicopter and help two prisoners escape from jail.

A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with Ruth, a new resident at his retirement home.

In 1947, the Assisted Passage Scheme began, devised by the Australian government to bring in white British settlers. For just 10 pounds, they could start a new life in a sun-drenched land of opportunity, and over the next 25 years, more than a million people took up the offer. The scheme's pioneers tell their story.

In 1945 70 German POWs escaped from the high security camp in Bridgend in Wales and were tracked by a motley collection of armed soldiers, Home Guard, dogs, local children and Girl Guides. One of the largest manhunts of the whole war was dramatic, serious and comic in turn - but not tragic.

Oz Clarke and James May travel through Britain and Ireland to discover the amazing array of drinks that is on offer.