YESTERDAY [UK] TV guide for the week

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YESTERDAY [UK]

TV guide for 26 May

YESTERDAY TV guide for 26 May

  1. Bangers & Cash

    Derek, with help from the Mathewsons, drags a mini pickup out of the barn where it's been for 20 years, and a 350cc Douglas Mark V motorbike goes under the hammer.

  2. The Buildings That Fought Hitler

    Rob Bell looks at how the greatest invasion in human history was being prepared in Southern England and the buildings that helped with D-Day and Operation Overlord.

  3. World War 2 From Above

    Experts uncover a WWII German trench system revealing a daring commando raid to capture it. And, the sunken remains of a tank show how dangerous preparations for D-Day were.

  4. Antiques Roadshow

    The team values rarities at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes. Objects under scrutiny include an ornate vase, an art deco brooch and a teddy bear.

  5. Antiques Roadshow

    Fiona Bruce and the team visit Burghley House, near Stamford in Lincolnshire, where objects receiving valuations include a rare medal awarded to a heroic pigeon.

  6. Bangers & Cash

    There's an unlikely arrival at the North Yorkshire car auction - an Argentinian Army Mercedes G wagon that saw action in the Falklands War.

  7. Bangers & Cash

    Derek has three scooters to collect, while also finding room for a Daimler and a teardrop caravan.

  8. The Buildings That Fought Hitler

    Rob Bell looks at how the greatest invasion in human history was being prepared in Southern England and the buildings that helped with D-Day and Operation Overlord.

  9. World War 2 From Above

    Experts uncover a WWII German trench system revealing a daring commando raid to capture it. And, the sunken remains of a tank show how dangerous preparations for D-Day were.

  10. Antiques Roadshow

    The team values rarities at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes. Objects under scrutiny include an ornate vase, an art deco brooch and a teddy bear.

  11. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie Cumming begins a new 170-mile journey across the north of England but soon runs into difficulty with a problem with his craft's propeller in Wigan.

  12. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie Cumming crosses the Pennines on the picturesque Leeds and Liverpool Canal before lending a hand to hire boaters in Gargrave in North Yorkshire.

  13. Bangers & Cash

    On the way to pick up two lovely '70s Lotus sports cars, Derek takes to the skies for his first ever helicopter flight in a 1967 Bell 47 chopper.

  14. 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.

  15. Bangers & Cash

    There's an unlikely arrival at the North Yorkshire car auction - an Argentinian Army Mercedes G wagon that saw action in the Falklands War.

  16. Bangers & Cash

    Derek has three scooters to collect, while also finding room for a Daimler and a teardrop caravan.

  17. Bangers & Cash

    Dave gets a nasty surprise when he opens the bonnet of a fast Ford, and an Austin Heavy 12 nearly a century old sets off a bidding war at the auction.

  18. Find It, Fix It, Flog It

    Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien head to Newark, where items include an antique European threshing board and a ship's porthole.

  19. A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    Learn about the boom in detective fiction during the interwar era, a time of Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock. Lucy Worsley's chronology of killing climaxes.

  20. Teleshopping

    Shopping from Home.

  21. The Warship

    The Enemy Within: HMS Queen Elizabeth stops off in Cyprus, but a sailor contracts Covid-19 while on shore leave and the virus spreads quickly leaving nearly 400 crew in isolation.

  22. The Warship

    Pride of the Fleet: In the South China Sea, the warship launches anti-submarine helicopters to see off an unwelcome visit from the Chinese Navy.

  23. Bangers & Cash

    Four VW camper vans pitch up at the auction house looking for a new home and Derek picks up an Austin 16 that - goes like stink and has modern modifications.

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.