The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow
(BBC4, 8pm-9pm)
The historian follows in the footsteps of 19th-century gold prospectors. He is joined on his expedition by polar explorer Felicity Aston and physiologist Dr Kevin Fong. The first challenge of the trek is to cross Alaska’s Coast Mountains, where they retrace two routes set by 19th-century miners.