YESTERDAY [UK] TV guide for the week

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YESTERDAY [UK]

TV guide for 31 May

YESTERDAY TV guide for 31 May

  1. Great Indian Railway Journeys

    Michael Portillo travels from Jodhpur to Delhi, heading into the desert to take a camel ride to a village where life has changed little in centuries.

  2. Great Indian Railway Journeys

    Michael Portillo travels from Mysuru to the first stronghold of the East India Company in Chennai.

  3. 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.

  4. Canal Boat Diaries

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

  5. 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.

  6. Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve travels along the Yangtze in China, seeing ancient rock carvings and the biggest power station on the planet before arriving in Shanghai.

  7. Cornwall with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve travels through Cornwall as the county emerges from the first Covid-19 lockdown and discovers the impact of the disease on its tourist industry.

  8. Cornwall with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve investigates the environmental challenges facing Cornwall and the rest of the country and also encounters some of the county's iconic wildlife.

  9. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie returns to where his boating life began, exploring London's canals on Naughty Lass. He travels through Little Venice and moors in Paddington Basin.

  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. Bangers & Cash

    As a teenager, all Dave wanted for his first car was a 2 litre Ghia Cortina, and today he's off to Nottinghamshire to collect just that, alongside a Mark 1 Capri.

  13. Bangers & Cash

    Paul and daughter Kate collect a Series 1 Land Rover, while Jack collects an unusual wartime paratrooper's bike in Scarborough.

  14. 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.

  15. I Am Ali

    New. Documentary exploring the life of Muhammad Ali, featuring access to the heavyweight champion's personal archives, and interviews with family, friends and fellow boxers.

  16. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

    The first episode of the classic sitcom about the unlucky but well-meaning Frank Spencer. His search for work leads him to become a wholesale ironmongery salesman.

  17. Whatever Happened to the Likely...

    1973 sitcom sequel, by the creators of Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Terry has a golden rule: 'Do unto others as they would do unto you, but do it first'.

  18. Villages By The Sea

    Ben Robinson visits Northumberland's Craster to find out how a family who shares the name have had their lives and fortunes intertwined with the village for more than 800 years.

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.