YESTERDAY [UK] TV guide for the week

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YESTERDAY [UK]

TV guide for 26 July

  1. Bangers & Cash

    Austin Westminster: The team purchase a 1950s Austin Westminster rally car in the hope that seasoned competitor Dave Mathewson can win a race.

  2. Great British Railway Journeys

    Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey from East Yorkshire to Caernarfon, beginning by travelling from Hull to Malton.

  3. Great British Railway Journeys

    Michael Portillo conducts important research in an historic York tea room, discovers Leeds' textile heritage, and investigates Bradford's musical heritage.

  4. Teleshopping

    Shopping from Home.

  5. Abandoned Engineering

    Exploring the remains of a pioneering industry town in Ohio, a once beautiful Croatian resort bombarded by enemy fire, and an otherworldly garden of Eden in Mexico.

  6. Abandoned Engineering

    This episode features remains of a correctional facility in Atlanta, USA, forgotten remnants of fraud and fusion in Argentina and an ancient complex in Cambodia.

  7. Great Continental Railway Journeys

    Armed with his 1913 guide, Michael Portillo follows the most popular Edwardian route through France, stopping at Paris and the Cote D'Azur along the way.

  8. Great Continental Railway Journeys

    Michael Portillo explores the once-great empire of Austria-Hungary.

  9. Great Continental Railway Journeys

    Passing through the Harz Mountains, Michael Portillo travels from Berlin to the Rheingau.

  10. Seven Worlds One Planet

    David Attenborough narrates a look at life on each continent, revealing how each distinct land mass has shaped the creatures found there, beginning with Antarctica.

  11. Seven Worlds One Planet

    David Attenborough looks at life in Asia, with footage of walruses gathering in huge numbers in the frozen north and brown bears roaming around remote Russian volcanoes.

  12. Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve presents highlights of his journeys around the world, and catches up with the people he met, including a Burmese undercover human rights campaigner.

  13. Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve

    Simon recalls some of the most dangerous experiences of his travels, from coming under fire in war-torn Mogadishu to squaring off with a female wrestler in Mexico City.

  14. Explore with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve leads a team researching the hidden side of international tourist locations, beginning with the landscapes of Argentina.

  15. Explore with Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve traces the ancient Rift Valley down the eastern side of Africa, where he discovers a US military base leading the war on terror.

  16. Stanley Tucci

    New. Tuscany: Stanley explores Tuscany, with Renaissance scholar Elisabetta Di Giugno taking him on a tour of Florence's wine bars, before he attends a threshing festival.

  17. Stanley Tucci

    New. Sicily: Stanley heads to Sicily, where he meets artisanal winemaker Arianna Occhipinti and dines with Princess Stefania di Raffadali in Palermo.

  18. Stanley Tucci

    New. Milan: Stanley visits Milan, the capital of Lombardy, where he goes for aperitivo with a social media star and tries some of the Missoni family's favourite dishes.

  19. Bangers & Cash

    Derek picks up a one owner Mark 1 Cortina that's been holed up in a garage for over a quarter of a century. Paul and daughter Kate collect a Reliant Sc.

  20. Bangers & Cash

    Derek has to extract a vintage car from its bizarre resting place, while Charlie picks up a Vauxhall Viva from a man who has owned it for over half a century.

  21. Bangers & Cash

    Jack's baby Max makes his podium debut with Great Grandad Derek. Paul visits a former stock car racer and finds a Pinto pimped Anglia and a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus.

  22. One Foot in the Grave

    I don't believe it! Victor is called up for jury service and ends up home alone, with only grumbling to occupy him. Richard Wilson provides a perfect comic monologue.

  23. Red Dwarf

    Cosmic laughs in the interstellar sitcom with Craig Charles, who's since propped up The Rovers Return. The nanobots recreate Red Dwarf and bring back the crew.

  24. Red Dwarf

    A classic episode of the futuristic sitcom. Rimmer douses himself with a 'sexual magnetism virus', making him irresistible to the female crew.

  25. Bangers & Cash

    Derek acquires a collection of pre and post war classics, including a Vincent Rapide, a 1928 Alvis, a Ford Pilot and an Indian Scout with sidecar.

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.

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