YESTERDAY [UK] TV guide for the week

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YESTERDAY [UK]

TV guide for 6 June

YESTERDAY TV guide for 6 June

  1. Flipping Bangers

    Will and Gus find a Reliant Kitten that an engineer has given up on - the body is detached, it doesn't run and most of the bits it needs are in boxes in the boot.

  2. D-Day

    The recollections of those involved in D-Day on June 6, 1944, including a British sailor, French resistance fighters and German defenders.

  3. D-Day

    New. The recollections of those involved in D-Day on June 6, 1944, including a British sailor, French resistance fighters and German defenders.

  4. Antiques Roadshow

    Fiona Bruce presents a special edition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, filmed in Normandy, France, and the D-Day Museum Portsmouth.

  5. 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.

  6. Train Truckers

    A cherished wartime iron workhorse needs to be hauled 160 miles from the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire to a winter extravaganza in Oxfordshire.

  7. Churchill's Toy Shop

    Documentary examining how Winston Churchill brought together a group of scientists and engineers to come up with ingenious secret weapons during the Second World War.

  8. Guy Martin's Battle of Britain

    Guy Martin experiences the training of a Second World War fighter pilot. In this first part of the programme, he learns how to fly in a Tiger Moth biplane.

  9. Guy Martin's Battle of Britain

    Guy Martin's training ramps up at the UK's only aerial combat school, where he must master dogfighting at 200mph, handling extreme g-force, and flying upside down.

  10. Guy Martin's D-Day Landing

    The history fan restores a Dakota plane, undergoes brutal training with the Red Devils parachute display team, and parachutes into Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

  11. Robson Green

    Normandy Beaches, France: An emotional Robson walks along the north coast of Normandy in France to trace the footsteps of brave soldiers of the D-Day landings.

  12. Bangers & Cash

    Matra Murena/Wetbike: The guys buy a confusing 1984 French Matra Murena and send it to Citroen specialists. Next, they take on a Bond classic - no, not that one - a 1977 Arctic Wetbike.

  13. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie sets off from Runcorn on the Bridgewater Canal, but a series of unfortunate mishaps soon tests his patience - from lost camera footage to closed canals.

  14. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie slips and falls overboard on Heartbreak Hill. Also, Eddie 'the Stove Man' and his enormous German Shepherd fix the fireplace on the old Naughty Lass.

  15. Bangers & Cash

    Derek travels to the Lancashire coast to pick up a rare 1972 Citroen SM, and Dave admires a two-decade-old Punto with just 42 miles on the clock.

  16. Bangers & Cash

    Derek is on the road to pick up a funky little Nissan Figaro and a sublime Ferrari 250 GT tribute car, and Paul gets to try out his spanking new Scania T Cab.

  17. 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.

  18. Teleshopping

    Shopping from Home.

  19. How Britain Worked

    Guy Martin helps with the restoration of the oldest surviving Brixham sailing trawler and discovers how Britain acquired its taste for fish and chips.

  20. How Britain Worked

    Guy Martin helps with the restoration of Birmingham Botanical Gardens while learning how to blow glass and trying to rebuild one of the first lawnmowers.

  21. Great Indian Railway Journeys

    In Lucknow, Michael Portillo tastes the kebabs, stops off at Bodh Gaya, and in Kolkata, he glimpses colonial Calcutta in the grand Great Eastern Hotel.

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.