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

Published: 8 September 2026

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 9 September 2026, The Yorkshire Auction House opens the evening at 6pm, then Antiques Road Trip takes 7pm before The Yorkshire Auction House returns for two more editions at 8pm and 9pm, the second a new episode. The Repair Shop follows at 10pm, and two episodes of How Do They Do It? close out the night. Full breakdown below.

Quest Schedule: Wednesday 9 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Quest schedule for Wednesday 9 September 2026, on Freeview 17.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Quest today

Overnight opens with two episodes of How Do They Do It? from midnight, then two Salvage Hunters episodes from 1am and Salvage Hunters: The Restorers at 3am, before a paired How It’s Made half-hour from 4am ahead of Teleshopping at 5am.

Salvage Hunters: The Restorers opens the broadcast day at 6am, then two regular Salvage Hunters episodes lead into two Aussie Gold Hunters and two Outback Opal Hunters editions through the morning. The Repair Shop returns at 1pm, two Shed And Buried episodes and Shed And Buried: Classic Cars fill the early afternoon, and Find It, Fix It, Flog It leads into two Yorkshire Auction House episodes ahead of tonight’s line-up.

Quest tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Quest primetime line-up for tonight, Wednesday 9 September 2026.

The Yorkshire Auction House — Quest, 6pm

The Yorkshire saleroom show opens primetime with series 5, episode 14, a repeat from earlier in the day’s schedule.

Antiques Road Trip — Quest, 7pm

The experts hit the road again with series 13, episode 18.

The Yorkshire Auction House — Quest, 8pm

A second Yorkshire Auction House outing follows, series 4, episode 20.

The Yorkshire Auction House — Quest, 9pm

A third airing closes out the run, and this is the day’s genuinely new instalment, series 7, episode 6, rather than another repeat.

The Repair Shop — Quest, 10pm

The restoration series, made for the BBC, continues here with series 3, episode 4.

How Do They Do It? — Quest, 11pm

The manufacturing strand runs the first of two half-hours, series 6, episode 5.

How Do They Do It? — Quest, 11:30pm

Episode 7 follows straight after, closing out the night.

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?

The Yorkshire Auction House opens the evening at 6pm, then Antiques Road Trip at 7pm. The Yorkshire Auction House returns at 8pm and again at 9pm with the day’s new episode, the third airing rather than a relaunch. The Repair Shop and two episodes of How Do They Do It? close out the night. 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 is Quest’s usual shape rather than anything built around a headline booking. The Yorkshire Auction House opens the evening and returns twice more through primetime, at 8pm and 9pm; the 9pm edition carries a “New” flag and is genuinely the day’s fresh episode, following two earlier repeats rather than any kind of relaunch.

The Repair Shop and a How Do They Do It? double bill close things out, familiar acquired programming rather than anything built specifically around tonight.

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