YESTERDAY [UK] TV guide for the week

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YESTERDAY [UK]

TV guide for 23 May

YESTERDAY TV guide for 23 May

  1. Flipping Bangers

    Gus and Will want to buy an MGB roadster but the cheaper GT version is the one they find. It's got a few rust patches, and back in the workshop they realise beauty is skin deep.

  2. Flipping Bangers

    Will and Gus want to buy a BMW, and Will says he likes the 'feminine' Z3. There's a trade-in up the road which might fit the bill, but it's a high price.

  3. Flipping Bangers

    Gus and Will go for the once-maligned Austin Maestro. The car they want to buy has already been sold but the seller has another - his own - on the driveway. Can they do a deal.

  4. Porridge

    Another of Ronnie Barker's array of classic comedy characters. The inimitable Fletch has to help Lennie out after he gets involved in a fight a week before his parole.

  5. Citizen Smith

    Wolfie Smith is a man who leads two lives - one as the self-styled Che Guevara of Tooting, and the other pushing back the tide of domesticity.

  6. Citizen Smith

    Shirley invites Wolfie round to finally meet her parents. Predictably, Dad takes an instant dislike to the young Smith.

  7. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie begins a new canal adventure in Wales and encounters towering aqueducts and stunning scenery along the way.

  8. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie's journey on the Llangollen Canal takes an unexpected turn when his boat gets stuck in silt and a passing hire boat comes to the rescue.

  9. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie Cumming navigates the scenic Oxford Canal onboard Naughty Lass, explores its twists and turns, and helps tow a stranded broken-down boater.

  10. Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

    Simon finds out about battles in Sri Lanka, then moves on to Bangladesh, where he hears about the fast-growing industry providing prawns for the West.

  11. Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

    Simon travels from Indonesia to Australia, visiting the epicentre of the 2004 tsunami, investigating the trade in illegal pets and meeting a crocodile hunter.

  12. Equator with Simon Reeve

    Author and broadcaster Simon Reeve travels around the equator, beginning by visiting African countries including Gabon and Kenya.

  13. Bangers & Cash

    The Two Mercs/Fiesta ST: This week tells the tale of the two Mercs, but what will the moral of the story be? Plus, the team get stuck into a moddable favourite - a 2006 Ford Fiesta ST.

  14. Bangers & Cash

    Derek checks out an abandoned 1985 Renault 4 and an MGB Roadster that hasn't seen the light of day for 36 years, and Jack heads to Rotherham to pick up a pair of rar.

  15. Train Truckers

    A CBD80 battery-powered loco needs to be hauled 20 miles from a factory in Burton-on-Trent to the heritage Chasewater Railway in Staffordshire.

  16. Bangers & Cash

    Derek brings a small army of military hardware to Thornton le Dale including a Studebaker Weasel tracked vehicle and a WWII-era Willys Jeep.

  17. Bangers & Cash

    Paul collects a cherished 1924 Rover 9 that's been in the same family since the 1950s and only had one previous owner before that.

  18. Bangers & Cash

    Derek heads north to pick up a 1954 Morgan Plus 4 coupe in mint condition and believed to be just one of three still on the road.

  19. Bangers & Cash

    Derek waxes lyrical about a pristine Jaguar XJ8 and a Ford Model T van tests his driving skills.

  20. Teleshopping

    Shopping from Home.

  21. Make It At Market

    Dominic Chinea helps glass-blower Mark and potter Victor turn their crafty hobbies into money-making businesses.

  22. Make It At Market

    Dominic Chinea helps artist Jack and potter Jeanet turn their crafty hobbies into money-making businesses.

  23. Great Australian Railway Journeys

    Michael Portillo travels from Canberra to Melbourne, hearing the history of the cricket Ashes, and visiting the home of soprano Dame Nellie Melba.

About YESTERDAY

YESTERDAY [UK] is a British factual channel from UKTV, focused on history, culture and heritage. It launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History and moved to the Yesterday brand on 2 March 2009.

The schedule is built around documentary strands on major eras, biographies, war history, technology, architecture, travel and cultural memory. The channel does not treat history as a dry timeline only. It frames the past through people, places, archives, everyday details and larger turning points.

YESTERDAY keeps a calm factual tone rather than the pace of noisy entertainment. Its line-up is shaped by history strands, evening documentary blocks, repeats and themed marathons, giving the channel a distinct place within British factual television.