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

Published: 22 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. Tonight, Wednesday 23 September 2026, Antiques Roadshow opens primetime at 6pm, then Frozen Planet takes 7pm and Guy Martin’s D-Day Landing runs a two-hour special from 8pm. Two further Bangers & Cash episodes close out the night from 10pm. Full breakdown below.

Yesterday Schedule: Wednesday 23 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Yesterday schedule for Wednesday 23 September 2026, on Freeview 27.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Yesterday today

Overnight opens with Bangers & Cash just after midnight, then Find It, Fix It, Flog It at 1am and Secrets of the London Underground at 2am, before Teleshopping fills the schedule from 3am until ten past six.

Secrets of the London Underground runs two episodes from ten past six, then Bangers & Cash takes over with two episodes from 8am. Adolf Hitler’s War and Last Heroes of D-Day with Dan Snow carry the late morning, before two Antiques Roadshow episodes, a further Bangers & Cash double bill and a repeat of Adolf Hitler’s War fill the afternoon ahead of this evening’s schedule.

Yesterday tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Yesterday primetime line-up for tonight, Wednesday 23 September 2026.

Antiques Roadshow — Yesterday, 6pm

Series 38, episode 23 of Antiques Roadshow opens the evening at 6pm, a repeat of the edition that also ran earlier in the day.

Frozen Planet — Yesterday, 7pm

Frozen Planet moves in at 7pm with the opening episode of the series, David Attenborough’s polar survey giving the channel’s natural-history strand its primetime slot.

Guy Martin’s D-Day Landing — Yesterday, 8pm

Guy Martin takes over from 8pm with a two-hour special, Guy Martin’s D-Day Landing, running through to 10pm — tonight’s longest single item and the closest thing to a headline booking.

Bangers & Cash — Yesterday, 10pm

The Mathewson family’s auction house returns at 10pm, with series 10 episode 6 of Bangers & Cash.

Bangers & Cash — Yesterday, 11pm

A second episode, series 10 episode 7, closes the night at 11pm — the only other Bangers & Cash outing tonight, rather than a longer run.

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 opens the evening at 6pm, then Frozen Planet takes 7pm and Guy Martin’s D-Day Landing runs a two-hour special from 8pm. Two further Bangers & Cash episodes close out the night from 10pm.

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 natural history and military history rather than the motoring strand: Antiques Roadshow and Frozen Planet open the evening, then Guy Martin’s D-Day Landing fills a two-hour slot from 8pm. Bangers & Cash gets a smaller showing than usual, with just two episodes closing out the night from 10pm rather than taking over the back half of the schedule.

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