The People's Museum Season 1, Episode 20: Episode 20

Episode 1

New series. Paul Martin goes in search of historical artefacts in regional museums, stately homes and galleries across the country, while viewers get the chance to decide which is most worthy of being on public display. The first episode features Ernest Shackleton's compass and the Box Brownie camera.

Episode 2

Episode 3

Paul Martin puts the last British World War Two destroyer HMS Cavalier and Emmeline Pankhurst's suffragette medal up for public vote to decide which should be placed in the collection.

Episode 4

Paul Martin puts important life savers, the world's oldest lifeboat and Lister's antiseptic spray up for public vote to decide which should be displayed in the collection.

Episode 5

Paul Martin invites viewers to vote on whether the works of Shakespeare or the Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane should go on display.

Episode 6

Paul Martin presents from the RAF Museum, Hendon, where the historical artefacts on display include the first bicycle and the bouncing bomb. With Jonathan Foyle, Edwina Silver, Mohini Sule and Jules Hudson.

Episode 7

Paul Martin continues the search for Britain's favourite historical artefacts, pitting poet William Blake against the Duke of Wellington in a battle for the public's affections, as he presents from the RAF museum in Hendon. With Jonathan Foyle, Edwina Silver, Mohini Sule and Jules Hudson.

Episode 8

Paul Martin continues his exploration of the RAF Museum in Hendon. Among the treasures uncovered are Sigmund Freud's couch, a portrait of an oddly Bohemian economist, records of a remarkable prehistoric discovery and an early design for the Titanic. With Jonathan Foyle, Ian Blandford, Mohini Sule and Jules Hudson.

Episode 9

Paul Martin travels to the RAF Museum at Hendon as he searches for more historical artefacts, and puts a grand painting, a famous ship and a story of wartime romance to the public vote.

Episode 10

Paul Martin sifts through another list of artefacts, featuring an early form of crime prevention, an architectural project in Liverpool that never materialised, and an innovative agricultural item.

Episode 11

Paul Martin presents from the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. Among the artefacts under consideration are Charles I's final crown, Mary Shelley's original manuscript of Frankenstein and the first TV set.

Episode 12

Episode 13

Paul Martin presents from the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. A rare copy of the first Sherlock Holmes story is among the four historic artefacts on today's show, with viewers getting the chance to decide which is most worthy of being on public display.

Episode 14

Paul Martin puts an early flying machine, a famous writer's prized possession, a musical first and a food invention that saved thousands of lives up for public vote to decide which should be displayed in the collection. From the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.

Episode 15

Episode 16

Paul Martin presents another selection of items for the public to vote on, featuring a ground-breaking space-travel feat, a traditional children's story, a forgotten wartime heroine and an extinct animal.

Episode 17

Paul Martin puts artefacts relating to spacecraft Apollo 10, author and poet Rudyard Kipling and British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel up for public vote to decide which should gain a place in the collection.

Episode 18

Paul Martin presents from the Imperial War Museum in London. A little-known Hogarth portrait, an early carnival icon, a vital marine invention and long-lost tales from wartime refugees are the four historic artefacts on today's show, with viewers getting the chance to decide which is most worthy of being on public display.

Episode 19

As the final draws closer, Paul Martin puts artefacts relating to Olympic rowers Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, Isaac Newton and the world's first steam locomotive up for public vote to decide which should gain a place in the collection.