YESTERDAY [UK] TV guide for the week

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YESTERDAY [UK]

TV guide for 12 June

  1. Bangers & Cash

    A series of head-turning supercharged cars head to the Mathewson's auction room. Plus, going under Derek's hammer - a Ford Escort XR3 and a beautiful MGA.

  2. The World at War

    A milestone in TV history: Laurence Olivier tells the story of WWII. Hitler turns his tanks towards Russia. After a succession of victories, the Germans delay fatally.

  3. Secret Nazi Bases

    Germany's preparations for WW2 began years before 1939. Under various guises, Germany began work on what would become their most technologically advanced front.

  4. Antiques Roadshow

    Fiona Bruce and the experts pay a second visit to Hopetoun House in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, valuing items including Victorian dresses.

  5. Antiques Roadshow

    Fiona Bruce and the experts head to the British Museum in London to value more of the public's keepsakes including a pair of wooden pillars from HMS Victory.

  6. Bangers & Cash

    Up for auction this week is a 1980 Ford Escort, a hand-built 1946 Bedford 12 electric car, and a beautiful, red 1957 Austin Healey.

  7. Bangers & Cash

    Derek collects a beautifully restored and carefully modified 1936 Wolseley 14/56. Meanwhile, a Batman-inspired Chrysler Crossfire is dropped off at the Thornton le Dale garage.

  8. The World at War

    A milestone in TV history: Laurence Olivier tells the story of WWII. Hitler turns his tanks towards Russia. After a succession of victories, the Germans delay fatally.

  9. Secret Nazi Bases

    Germany's preparations for WW2 began years before 1939. Under various guises, Germany began work on what would become their most technologically advanced front.

  10. Antiques Roadshow

    Fiona Bruce and the experts pay a second visit to Hopetoun House in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, valuing items including Victorian dresses.

  11. Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie Cumming takes a tumble at Buckby Locks in Northamptonshire and has a problem with his power supply and battery bank.

  12. Citizen Smith

    When Shirley's dad loses his job, Wolfie is determined to win it back - along with the old man's favour. However, nothing ever goes to plan in a Wolfie Smith campaign. E.

  13. Citizen Smith

    Wolfie and the Tooting Popular Front find themselves terrified by local criminal Fenning over an issue of stolen stereos.

  14. Citizen Smith

    Wolfie is shell-shocked to be given a job despite his best efforts otherwise, but Dad is delighted that Yeti is joining the honest working classes.

  15. Bangers & Cash

    Up for auction this week is a 1980 Ford Escort, a hand-built 1946 Bedford 12 electric car, and a beautiful, red 1957 Austin Healey.

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.