Quest TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On Quest Tonight

Quest is Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air factual channel, built around cars, engineering and the kind of programming where someone always ends up covered in grease or sawdust. Channel numbers are further down the page. Tonight, Wednesday 12 August 2026, The Yorkshire Auction House opens the evening at 6pm, Antiques Road Trip follows at 7pm, and The Yorkshire Auction House returns at 8pm ahead of a new episode at 9pm. The Repair Shop then takes the 10pm slot.

Quest Schedule: Wednesday 12 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Quest schedule for Wednesday 12 August 2026, on Freeview 17.

What’s on Quest today

Wednesday’s daytime keeps to Quest’s usual factual formula: doubled-up hours rather than single episodes. Salvage Hunters, Aussie Gold Hunters, Outback Opal Hunters and Shed And Buried each run in back-to-back pairs before the evening line-up begins at 5pm. Full times are in the schedule table above.

Quest tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Quest primetime line-up for tonight, Wednesday 12 August 2026.

The Yorkshire Auction House — Quest, 6pm & 8pm

Two repeat outings bookend the 7pm slot tonight. At 6pm, Angus sorts through a comic collection its owner can’t quite part with and helps a second seller give up a lifetime of watches for health reasons. He’s back at 8pm to help a woman let go of her late husband’s medals, while another owner cashes in an odds-and-ends haul to fund a trip abroad.

Antiques Road Trip — Quest, 7pm

Margie Cooper and Paul Martin go hunting for bargains this evening, with a pirate-themed find for Paul and a run of silverware catching Margie’s eye.

New: The Yorkshire Auction House — Quest, 9pm

A genuine premiere tonight, not a repeat. Angus travels to Durham, where a cluttered cottage turns out to hide more value than expected, then to Surrey, where a widow called Sue sells a diamond bracelet to fund a trip to Greece.

The Repair Shop — Quest, 10pm

Cycle specialist Tim gets a battered unicycle working again, while bookbinder Chris takes on a weighty family heirloom that needs careful hands.

How Do They Do It? — Quest, 11pm & 11:30pm

The late-night double covers axe forging, courier bag assembly and the fastest lifeboats at 11pm, then moves on to Wensleydale cheese, paintbrushes made from pig bristle and eucalyptus oil at 11:30pm.

What kind of shows are on Quest

Motoring, restoration and workshop shows

The backbone of Quest’s schedule is vehicles. Wheeler Dealers, Salvage Hunters, Shed and Buried and Chasing Classic Cars between them hold down most of the hours before mid-afternoon, all working the same basic appeal: someone spots value in a thing everyone else wrote off, then proves it by fixing it up or selling it on. It’s cheap to make and it repeats well, which is why there is so much of it.

Acquired documentaries and reality

The evenings lean on programming bought in from elsewhere. The Repair Shop is the obvious case, a series made for another broadcaster that has found a long second life here, but the later slots also take storm-chasing and survival documentaries such as In the Eye of the Storm.

How It’s Made and everyday engineering

How It’s Made is the odd one out on the schedule, a factory-floor staple that’s run in various forms for decades, taking a few minutes at a time to show how ordinary objects get manufactured. It’s exactly the sort of thing you leave running in the background, and Quest schedules it mostly in the early hours.

How to watch Quest

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find Quest across the main UK television platforms:

Quest moved from Freeview channel 12 to channel 17 in January 2026, so retune your box if you’re still seeing the old number. Virgin Media and Freesat numbers can vary slightly by region, so check your on-screen guide if these don’t quite match.

Streaming online

Quest streams live and free through discovery+, available as an app on smart TVs, phones and tablets, and via web browser at discoveryplus.com. Registering for a free account gets you live access to Quest and its sister channels, plus 30 days of catch-up, all supported by adverts. A paid discovery+ tier exists too, and comes free with Sky TV packages from £15 a month, but it isn’t needed just to watch Quest live.

Quest +1 and sister channels

Quest +1 repeats the schedule an hour behind, on Freeview channel 70 and Sky channel 244. It’s the one to reach for if you’ve missed the start of a Wheeler Dealers marathon, or want to catch The Repair Shop an hour later.

Quest sits inside a wider family of Warner Bros. Discovery free-to-air channels. Quest Red, on Freeview channel 40 and Sky channel 149, shares the reclamation-yard DNA but skews towards a female audience with reality and lifestyle shows like My 600-lb Life and Say Yes to the Dress. Really, another channel in the same stable, sits alongside it on the Freeview line-up with its own mix of true crime and factual programming.

Frequently asked questions

What’s on Quest tonight?

Wednesday’s daytime runs through the usual factual mix before The Yorkshire Auction House opens the evening at 6pm. Antiques Road Trip takes 7pm, then The Yorkshire Auction House returns at 8pm ahead of a new episode at 9pm. The Repair Shop repeats at 10pm, and two episodes of How Do They Do It? close the night from 11pm. See the schedule table above for daytime listings in full.

What channel is Quest on Freeview?

Channel 17. It moved there from channel 12 on 13 January 2026 when Warner Bros. Discovery reshuffled its free-to-air channels. Retune your box if you’re still seeing the old number.

Is The Repair Shop a Quest original show?

No. It’s a BBC production made by Ricochet, first shown on BBC One. Quest broadcasts it in repeat, which is why it turns up so often in the evening schedule here.

Can I watch Quest online for free?

Yes. It streams live at discoveryplus.com and through the discovery+ app; a free account with adverts gives you the live channel and 30 days of catch-up.

Is Quest free to watch?

Yes, entirely free to air on Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat, with the usual advert breaks but no subscription fee.

Verdict

Tonight’s one new addition is The Yorkshire Auction House at 9pm, with Angus clearing a packed Durham cottage and helping a Surrey widow sell a diamond bracelet to fund a trip to Greece. It’s preceded by two repeat outings of the same show, at 6pm and 8pm, either side of Antiques Road Trip at 7pm. The Repair Shop closes out the primetime run at 10pm with its usual mix of restored family pieces.

Regulars will know what to expect from tonight’s Quest schedule; newcomers are better served starting with the new Yorkshire Auction House episode at 9pm.

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