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Afua's artistic journey through South Africa begins in Soweto, where creativity is propelled by what locals call "ekasi" - the cool, authentic swag of the townships.

Paris' remarkable secrets include the Phantom of the Opera's connection to the flood of the century as well as the remnants of one of history's most terrifying inventions.

With Hong Kong returned to China in 1997 on the basis of "One Country, Two Systems," the stage was set for tensions that led to its recent crisis.

From the Quinta de Vargellas vineyard, we travel to Porto and Aveiro before boarding a CP300 locomotive to head to Lisbon.

Afua explores the energy and ambition of Nigeria's young cultural creators, asking what drives their success in everything from Afrobeats to Nollywood.

Berlin's secrets include the surprising story behind the statue on top of the Brandenburg Gate and brewery tunnels that helped East Berliners escape.

Since the culmination of its revolution in 1949, China has sought to recover control of previously lost territories. What lengths will the State go to achieve reunification?

The Royal Scott, one of the finest locomotives ever built, powers through the Peak District in full steam, climbing the famous Stanage Edge before heading to York.

Afua explores how a younger generation of Moroccans are updating old traditions in often surprising ways, creating exciting and daring new art, music, weaving and photography.

London is full of remarkable stories, from the Victorian gas lamp that helped save the city's sewage problem to the surprising history behind Marble Arch.

Over the span of a few decades, China reinvented itself into a new centre of the world's economic gravity. But what are the repercussions of such rapid growth?

From the Mexican border at San Diego, we follow the California coast north to the city of San Luis Obispo aboard the aptly named Pacific Surfliner.

Michael takes us to spectacular Sevilla and the ancient town where he lives part of the year - Carmona, where he throws a homecoming party at the historic house he renovated.

San Francisco is America's ultimate boomtown, whose secret stories include a pair of giant Dutch windmills and an unassuming apartment block that was the location for a top-secret CIA experiment.

The opposing forces of openness and control in modern China are explored, as the dreams of the State and the people collide.

Cape Town is using bold urban projects to create democratic inclusivity and unify a population with a dark history of segregation and violence.

The most francophone city in North America, Montreal is a place of cobblestones and creativity that's often described as a peculiar mix of Paris and Brooklyn.

Detroit and Windsor have developed a unique international relationship, with only 3.6 km separating the two radically different cities.

Milan is the most multicultural city in all of Italy due to years of open-mindedness and open doors to immigration.

It consistently tops livability surveys year after year - so is Copenhagen the ultimate life-sized city?

Mexico's capital is comprised of a patchwork of small villages, each preserving their own unique identity in this large, urban megalopolis.

Starting in Kyle of Lochalsh, a tiny fishing village on the west coast of Scotland, this rail journey travels across the Highlands through the whisky country of Speyside to Aberdeen.