Yesterday TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On Yesterday Tonight
Yesterday is UKTV’s history and heritage channel, mixing archive documentaries, military history and natural history with a growing slate of classic motoring shows. BBC Studios has owned it outright through UKTV since 2019, and it’s free with no subscription required. Tonight, Thursday 15 October 2026, is Antiques Roadshow at 6pm, Caribbean with Simon Reeve at 7pm, Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics at 8pm, Dream Car Fixers at 9pm and two Bangers & Cash episodes from 10pm. Full breakdown below.
Yesterday Schedule: Thursday 15 October 2026 (Full Listings)
Here is the complete Yesterday schedule for Thursday 15 October 2026, on Freeview 27.
Overnight
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | Bangers & Cash | S6E12 |
| 1am | Find It, Fix It, Flog It | S3E3 |
| 2am | Great Continental Railway Journeys | S3E3 |
| 3am | Teleshopping |
Breakfast
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 6:10am | Great Continental Railway Journeys | S3E4 |
| 7:10am | Great Continental Railway Journeys | S3E5 |
| 8am | Bangers & Cash | S6E14 |
Morning
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 9am | Bangers & Cash | S6E15 |
| 10am | The Buildings That Fought Hitler | S1E5 |
| 11am | Rise of the Nazis | S3E2 |
Afternoon
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 12pm | Antiques Roadshow | S40E1 |
| 1pm | Antiques Roadshow | S40E2 |
| 2pm | Bangers & Cash | S12E10 |
| 3pm | Bangers & Cash | S13E1 |
| 4pm | The Buildings That Fought Hitler | S1E5 |
Early evening
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 5pm | Rise of the Nazis | S3E2 |
| 6pm | Antiques Roadshow | S40E1 |
Primetime
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 7pm | Caribbean with Simon Reeve | S1E2 |
| 8pm | Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics | New · S9E1 |
| 9pm | Dream Car Fixers | S2E3 |
Late night
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10pm | Bangers & Cash | S12E10 |
| 11pm | Bangers & Cash | S13E1 |
Also on TV tonight at 9pm
- BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
- ITV1: Long Lost Family
- BBC Two: Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
- Channel 4: Our Tiny Islands (from 8pm)
- Channel 5: Love Nature
- Film4: Wrath of Man
- E4: Gogglebox
- ITV2: Big Brother
- ITV3: Vera (from 8pm)
- ITV4: Benidorm
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What’s on Yesterday today
Overnight is Bangers & Cash at midnight, Find It, Fix It, Flog It at 1am and Great Continental Railway Journeys at 2am, then Teleshopping from 3am.
Great Continental Railway Journeys returns at 6:10am and 7:10am, followed by two Bangers & Cash episodes at 8am and 9am. The Buildings That Fought Hitler is on at 10am and Rise of the Nazis at 11am. Antiques Roadshow runs at noon and 1pm, Bangers & Cash at 2pm and 3pm, and the Hitler buildings and Rise of the Nazis episodes both come round again at 4pm and 5pm.
Yesterday tonight — primetime and the evening schedule
Here’s the Yesterday primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 15 October 2026.
Antiques Roadshow — Yesterday, 6pm
The 40th-anniversary series stops at Castle Howard, near York, in the first of two parts. Among the finds are a letter from Darwin, a valuable brooch and a painting that may be a lost Renoir.
Caribbean with Simon Reeve — Yesterday, 7pm
Simon Reeve’s island-hopping continues with Barbados and St Vincent before he heads to the mainland coasts of Venezuela and Colombia. Along the way he meets the Kogi people, who live in the Colombian mountains.
Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics — Yesterday, 8pm
The spin-off opens its ninth series with two projects in the workshop, a 1965 Ford Cortina Estate with a questionable history and a 1980s Austin Morris Maxi. The main Bangers & Cash series comes back at 10pm.
Dream Car Fixers — Yesterday, 9pm
Sheldon and Peter are hunting for a Mark 1 Ford Capri for a client, Brian, then tuning it up. It is episode three of series two.
Bangers & Cash — Yesterday, 10pm
Two auction-house episodes close the night. At 10pm, Jack collects an 1980s car from a Ford fan in East Yorkshire who is selling part of an Escort collection. At 11pm, Derek goes to Bromsgrove after an Aston Martin DB6 of the scarcer Mark 2 type, and Jack and Charlie drive to Cheshire for a Toyota Celica Supra.
What kind of shows are on Yesterday
Classic motoring and Bangers & Cash
Motoring is the growth area, and it is essentially one family: the Mathewsons of Thornton-le-Dale. Bangers & Cash is the anchor, and the channel has built a wider strand around them with Flipping Bangers and Find It, Fix It, Flog It.
Military and social history
Archive war documentaries are what the channel was founded on. The World at War still anchors a run of conflict and social history titles pulled from decades of British broadcast archive.
Natural history and engineering
The rest is natural history and engineering: A Perfect Planet, plus Abandoned Engineering and Secrets of the London Underground, which are really infrastructure documentaries wearing a history badge.
How to watch Yesterday
Channel numbers
Here’s where to find Yesterday across the main UK television platforms:
| Platform | Channel |
|---|---|
| Freeview | 27 |
| Yesterday +1 on Freeview | 26 |
| Sky | 155 |
| Virgin Media | 129 |
| Freesat | 155 |
Yesterday is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat channel numbers can vary slightly by region and box, so your on-screen guide is the definitive source if these don’t match.
Streaming online
Yesterday streams live and free on u.co.uk and via the U app on smart TVs, iOS, Android and most streaming boxes. U is UKTV’s streaming service, formerly known as UKTV Play, and it’s free to sign up for. Most Yesterday shows are also available to catch up on demand once they’ve broadcast, though older archive series can come and go from the library.
Yesterday +1 and sister channels
Yesterday +1 runs the main schedule exactly an hour behind, on Freeview channel 26. Miss the start of a Bangers & Cash episode on the main channel and +1 lets you pick it up from close to the beginning an hour later instead.
Yesterday sits within the wider UKTV stable alongside Dave, Drama, Really and Alibi. If you enjoy Yesterday’s history and documentary output, Dave carries more panel shows and sitcoms, while Really leans towards true crime and paranormal programming.
Frequently asked questions
What channel is Yesterday on?
Freeview 27, Sky 155, Virgin Media 129 and Freesat 155. Yesterday +1 is on Freeview 26. All are free to watch.
What’s on Yesterday tonight?
Antiques Roadshow is on at 6pm, Caribbean with Simon Reeve at 7pm, Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics at 8pm and Dream Car Fixers at 9pm. Bangers & Cash fills the last two hours, at 10pm and 11pm.
Is Yesterday free to watch?
Yes, on every major UK platform, with advertising breaks but no subscription fee.
Can I watch Yesterday online for free?
Yes, live and on demand via u.co.uk and the U app, UKTV’s free streaming service.
Verdict
Antiques Roadshow into Simon Reeve in the Caribbean makes an easy start, and the 8pm Cortina and Maxi restoration is the one to catch if you only watch one. Dream Car Fixers follows at 9pm, then two Bangers & Cash episodes. The 8pm show is flagged new, but it is the opening episode of the ninth run of a spin-off, so treat it as a return rather than a debut.
Daytime is Great Continental Railway Journeys, Bangers & Cash and two history documentaries, with Antiques Roadshow at lunchtime.
Related: Freeview Channel Guide | Dave TV Guide | Tonight’s Films on Freeview
