YESTERDAY [UK] TV guide for the week

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YESTERDAY [UK]

TV guide for 30 May

  1. Mega Metro

    The project's most daunting challenge - tunnelling under Sydney Harbour - begins. At Martin Place, engineers juggle skyscraper construction above and station excavation below.

  2. Mega Metro

    With deadlines looming, crews race to install tracks, cabling, ventilation, safety systems and 900,000 plants. The first driverless train arrives in Sydney for testing.

  3. Flipping Bangers

    Will and Gus want to do a 4x4, but their dream list of cars is short as they can't afford much on their budget. However, Will has a plan, and steers them towards a friend's Suzuki SJ. Ep.

  4. Flipping Bangers

    Gus and Will want a classic Morris Minor, and they find an ex-police car in a lovely shade of blue. But the seller wants them to bid online - they can't pay and take it away.

  5. Flipping Bangers

    Gus and Will want an 'Eastern Bloc' car to see whether the old Skoda jokes were deserved. Bidding low they win an orange Estelle, but how can they add any value to it.

  6. Flipping Bangers

    Gus twists Will's arm when he spies a super-rare Renault 5, but back at the workshop they realise they have one heck of a problem to fix.

  7. Citizen Smith

    Wolfie and Ken are evicted from their dingy hovel. There's a self-contained flat at Shirley's that's empty, but she'll have to get the idea past her dad first.

  8. Citizen Smith

    Ken falls in love with the girlfriend of one of Wolfie's prison-bound friends and arranges to take her away for the weekend, but Wolfie tags along to keep an eye on things.

  9. Citizen Smith

    Following a by-election humiliation in which he gained a mere 6 votes, Wolfie plans to kidnap the Conservative who beat him. There's nothing as bad as democracy.

  10. Canal Boat Diaries

    As Robbie leaves the scenic Llangollen Canal, he faces a journey of running repairs and narrowboat maintenance on the old Naughty Lass.

  11. Canal Boat Diaries

    With the Anderton Boat Lift out of action, Robbie explores the scenic River Weaver onboard a borrowed narrowboat called 'Tench'.

  12. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie navigates the Oxford Canal, bumps into a hire boat and a hedge and tackles large river locks on the scenic Upper River Thames.

  13. Equator with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve heads to Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation - home to 220 million people speaking 700 different languages on a collection of 18,000 islands.

  14. Equator with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve visits South America, where he learns how the Galapagos Islands are under threat from tourists and meets remote indigenous tribes in Brazil.

  15. This World

    Simon Reeve travels to East African countries Kenya and Uganda to meet some of the millions of people involved in producing tea and learn more about the processes involved.

  16. Bangers & Cash

    1999 Morgan/Monkey Bike: The guys are drawn by the curves of a stunning 1999 Morgan with an incredible 4.6 V8 engine, but things aren't as good as they seem when they get to the garage.

  17. 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.

  18. Train Truckers

    In Shropshire a Great Western Railway 'Modified Hall' steam engine and its tender is being taken out of service as it needs a safety inspection.

  19. Bangers & Cash

    Derek travels to the Yorkshire coast to pick up a 1963 Austin J2 Paralanian campervan described as the Rolls Royce of campervans.

  20. Bangers & Cash

    Derek heads to Sunderland to pick up a real Italian beauty - a 1972 Lancia Fulvia Zagato. Red and racy, the car has seen better days but Derek's still impressed.

  21. Bangers & Cash

    Up for sale at the Mathewson's auction is a 1275 Mini GT that's come from just down the road and could be a future British icon.

  22. Bangers & Cash

    Derek goes to pick up a veteran 1904 Swift, there's an emotional farewell to a 1980s Bedford HA van, and a Toyota Corona finds a new home.

  23. Teleshopping

    Shopping from Home.

  24. Mega Metro

    An extension is now underway to get people into the centre of Australia's biggest city, including a new tunnel crossing deep under Sydney Harbour.

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.