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

Published: 2 September 2026

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. Thursday’s schedule repeats three separate strands across the day: Rise of the Nazis at 10am and 4pm, The World at War at 11am and 5pm, and the same Antiques Roadshow visit to Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum at noon and again at 6pm, in primetime. Seven Worlds One Planet takes the 7pm hour, then Bangers & Cash brings a genuinely new episode at 8pm and Dream Car Fixers a new one at 9pm — the only two fresh hours in primetime. Bangers & Cash returns again at 10pm and 11pm, but both of those slots repeat the 2pm and 3pm episodes shown earlier that afternoon. Full breakdown below.

Yesterday Schedule: Thursday 3 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Yesterday schedule for Thursday 3 September 2026, on Freeview 27.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Yesterday today

Thursday’s schedule opens with Bangers & Cash at midnight and Find It, Fix It, Flog It at 1am, before The Architecture the Railways Built takes 2am and teleshopping fills the small hours through to just after 6am.

The Architecture the Railways Built runs its opening two episodes back to back at 6:10am and 7:10am, then Bangers & Cash holds 8am and 9am with a pair of earlier-series episodes, before Rise of the Nazis at 10am and The World at War at 11am — the first of two showings each.

Antiques Roadshow opens the afternoon at midday with a visit to Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, where the haul includes insect jewellery and a Boer War claymore, followed by a trip to Barrington Court in Somerset at 1pm, with a 1920s toy Noah’s Ark and an Elizabethan jug picked up at a car-boot sale. Bangers & Cash returns at 2pm and 3pm: first Derek collecting five veteran motorbikes from a rider still in his nineties, then a scarce Ford Capri Consul coupe from 1964 heading to auction, Paul at the wheel of a Leyland Comet lorry built in 1957, and Dave owning up to wanting a Citroen 2CV of his own — the same two episodes repeated at 10pm and 11pm tonight. Rise of the Nazis and The World at War repeat at 4pm and 5pm respectively, and Antiques Roadshow closes out the early evening at 6pm, repeating the Kelvingrove episode shown at midday, before Seven Worlds One Planet takes the 7pm hour.

Yesterday tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Yesterday primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 3 September 2026.

Only two of tonight’s six primetime hours are genuinely new. Everything either side of 8pm and 9pm has already been on the channel once already today.

Antiques Roadshow — Yesterday, 6pm

A third outing for the same Kelvingrove Art Gallery valuation day that opened the afternoon at noon (series 37, episode 21) — insect jewellery and a Boer War claymore among the finds. Nothing here that hasn’t already aired twice today.

Seven Worlds One Planet — Yesterday, 7pm

David Attenborough’s global wildlife series holds the 7pm hour (series 1, episode 6), the calm before the evening’s two new episodes.

Bangers & Cash — Yesterday, 8pm

Tonight’s first fresh hour. Series 14, episode 7 sends Derek Mathewson to Barnet chasing a Sierra XR4x4i for the Thornton-le-Dale saleroom.

Dream Car Fixers — Yesterday, 9pm

The second new episode of the night. Series 3, episode 3 has Sheldon and Will take on a battered 1991 VW Scirocco.

Bangers & Cash — Yesterday, 10pm

Back to repeats: this is the 2pm showing again, series 7, episode 14.

Bangers & Cash — Yesterday, 11pm

And the 11pm hour is 3pm’s episode a second time, series 7, episode 15, closing out a night built mostly from reruns.

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 produced Restoring Classics, 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:

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 repeats its Kelvingrove Art Gallery episode at 6pm, then Seven Worlds One Planet airs at 7pm. From 8pm it’s a new Bangers & Cash (series 14, episode 7), followed by a new Dream Car Fixers at 9pm (series 3, episode 3). Bangers & Cash closes the night at 10pm and 11pm, but both slots repeat the 2pm and 3pm episodes shown earlier that day.

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

Pound for pound, Yesterday remains one of the better-value channels on Freeview. The archive documentaries that built its reputation are still on air, and Bangers & Cash has grown into the channel’s biggest draw since it began in 2019.

Tonight leans on repetition more than most: Rise of the Nazis, The World at War and Antiques Roadshow all air twice apiece before primetime even starts, and Antiques Roadshow gets a third outing at 6pm, in primetime, repeating the same Kelvingrove Art Gallery episode shown at noon. The 10pm and 11pm Bangers & Cash slots are straight repeats too, of the 2pm and 3pm episodes shown earlier the same day. What’s actually new tonight is a two-hour run at 8pm and 9pm — a fresh Bangers & Cash followed by Dream Car Fixers — sandwiched between a 7pm Seven Worlds One Planet and a late slate that has already been on once already today.

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