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The Country Fair

Episode number: 1

Overview: Military equipment collector Bruce Compton travels the world to view vehicles and memorabilia worth buying and restoring. In the first edition, the larger-than-life Londoner gets his hands on a 70-year-old Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - an amphibious car that he test-drives through a lake at a country fare.

The Russians Are Coming

Episode number: 2

Overview: Bruce Compton hopes to buy a rare German Hetzer tank from Russian oligarch Slava, who will need some persuading.

Hollywood's Calling

Episode number: 3

Overview: Bruce Compton hopes to make some money selling props to Hollywood producers who require genuine military vehicles for a movie shoot.

The D-Day Parachute Jump

Episode number: 4

Overview: Military equipment collector Bruce Compton recreates a D-Day parachute jump in a genuine Second World War uniform.

Bangs and Bombs

Episode number: 5

Overview: Military equipment collector Bruce Compton visits Germany, where he discovers a nuclear core from a secret Nazi weapon-testing factory.

Operation Clear-Out

Episode number: 6

Overview: Bruce Compton hopes to make a handsome profit by selling some of the long-forgotten treasures that lie around his cluttered warehouse.