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

Published: 16 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, Thursday 17 September 2026, two Yorkshire Auction House episodes open the evening from 5pm, then Antiques Road Trip takes 7pm. Two new episodes follow in primetime: Outback Truckers at 8pm and Aussie Gold Hunters at 9pm. The Repair Shop follows at 10pm, and two How Do They Do It? episodes close out the night from 11pm. Full breakdown below.

Quest Schedule: Thursday 17 September 2026 (Full Listings)

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

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Quest today

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

Salvage Hunters: The Restorers and two Salvage Hunters episodes open the broadcast day from 6am, then two Aussie Gold Hunters episodes and Outback Opal Hunters carry the late morning. Outback Opal Hunters returns at midday, then The Repair Shop, two Shed And Buried episodes, Shed and Buried: Classic Combine and Find It, Fix It, Flog It fill the afternoon, before two Yorkshire Auction House episodes lead into this evening’s line-up from 5pm.

Quest tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Quest primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 17 September 2026.

The Yorkshire Auction House — Quest, 6pm

The Yorkshire Auction House airs at 6pm (series 6, episode 3), the second of two back-to-back episodes opening the evening from 5pm.

Antiques Road Trip — Quest, 7pm

Antiques Road Trip airs at 7pm (series 20, episode 4), the usual pair of dealers hunting for bargains ahead of an auction.

Outback Truckers — Quest, 8pm

A new episode of Outback Truckers airs at 8pm (series 11, episode 9).

Aussie Gold Hunters — Quest, 9pm

Aussie Gold Hunters follows with a new episode at 9pm (series 11, episode 2).

The Repair Shop — Quest, 10pm

The Repair Shop takes 10pm (series 3, episode 8), the acquired BBC series continuing its long second life on Quest.

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

Two episodes of How Do They Do It? close out the night from 11pm (series 8, episodes 14 and 15).

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?

Two Yorkshire Auction House episodes open the evening from 5pm, then Antiques Road Trip takes 7pm. Outback Truckers brings a new episode at 8pm, and Aussie Gold Hunters follows with a new episode at 9pm. The Repair Shop follows at 10pm, and two How Do They Do It? episodes close out 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 spreads across Quest’s usual strands rather than leaning on one: two Yorkshire Auction House episodes open the evening from 5pm, then Antiques Road Trip takes 7pm. Primetime proper brings two new episodes back to back — Outback Truckers at 8pm and Aussie Gold Hunters at 9pm, confirmed against an independent listings source — a rare evening with genuinely fresh material either side of 8pm.

The Repair Shop and a closing pair of How Do They Do It? episodes see the night out from 10pm — familiar, low-stakes programming closing out an otherwise solid night for new material.

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