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The Great British Spitfire Restoration Channel 4, Saturday

Documentary following a team of engineers as they work to restore a 1943 Spitfire to its former glory.

Led by a factory owner and operating out of a little-known workshop on one of Britain's most important wartime airbases, the dedicated enthusiasts spend a year getting the iconic aircraft into condition to take to the skies once again.

VE Day in Colour: Britain’s Biggest Party Channel 4, Saturday

Using newly recorded accounts and previously unseen archive, this is the story of the day in May 1945 when the fighting finally stopped across Europe and the celebrations began as Britain rejoiced in unity.

Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline BBC Two, Sunday

Ade Adepitan visits Scandinavia, meeting climate change activist Greta Thunberg in Stockholm to find out how the young generation is determined to turn things around.

Saved By a Stranger BBC Two, Thursday

The stories of ordinary people caught up in the biggest events in living memory, and the person who changed their lives. It begins with Karl, a trainee clinical psychologist who was a passenger on the first carriage of the Piccadilly Line London Underground train – one of the four targets of the 7/7 bombings. After the bomb exploded, Karl was comforted by a woman who held his hand in the smoke-filled carriage as he feared for his life. Cameras also follow Emina, an NHS researcher living in Nottingham. She and her younger sister Edina was born with Down Syndrome. Edina is searching for the doctor who helped her family evacuate from Sarajevo to safety, and gave Edina the chance of a better life. Anita Rani presents.