Mysterier på museet

Host Don Wildman examines a roll of film that revolutionised the retail industry, a jacket that belonged to a prankster with an explosive sense of humour, and an unconventional excavation puts a 500-year-old mystery to rest.

Host Don Wildman examines an aeronautical device with an infamous claim to fame, a cane that thwarted a presidential assassin, and a souvenir T-shirt from an outlandish event that became an all-out rampage.

Host Don Wildman examines a copy of a play that sparked one of the biggest riots in New York City history, a monocular used by a soldier who made a daring escape, and a wrapper from a product that sparked an interstate postal feud.

Host Don Wildman examines a concert programme that marks one of the most infamous nights in the history of a prestigious music venue, a space capsule used by a heroic astronaut, and a DVD from an unusual film.

Host Don Wildman examines an iconic road sign that was part of a revolutionary plan to bring order to America's roads. A tiny bee specimen that unleashed madness. A gas mask that was invented by a bold and pioneering man.

Host Don Wildman examines one of America's most explosive sweets, a pinball machine that represents one of the game's gutsy players who saved it from obscurity, and a flare stick that guided Londoners through a unique time period.

Host Don Wildman examines a simple peanut that played a role in an unusual 20th century fad, and a set of shimmering gold relics that became the subject of a battle between two rival nations.

Don Wildman examines a trinket symbolising the stormy evolution of a beloved holiday, a novel contraption deployed to save a bevy of wild beavers in Idaho and views a scandalous machine that titillated Victorian England.

Don Wildman examines a painted wooden sign that once advertised a vaudeville act so bad it was good, a famous White House cow's milk can and a programme from one of the most polemic films of the 20th century.

Don Wildman inspects a set of watchmaking tools that belonged to a man who changed America's railways, a journal that tells the story of a risky experiment and an armband worn by a lawman who protected a brave girl.