Quest
Suisse
Quest is a television channel available in Switzerland, focusing on factual entertainment and documentary-style programming. Its content typically covers topics such as science, technology, history, engineering, and natural history, often featuring series that explore how things are made, the workings of the natural world, or historical events. The channel broadcasts in English, serving an audience interested in non-fiction television. Viewers in Switzerland can access Quest through various local cable and satellite providers, with programming scheduled around themed blocks that highlight specific subjects like construction, survival, or space exploration.
Programme
00:00 - 00:30
How Do They Do It?
Make Military Helicopters, Design Metro Systems, Engineer Artificial Reefs
Find out how they make military helicopters, how they design metro systems, and how they engineer artificial reefs.
00:30 - 01:00
How Do They Do It?
Unmanned Aircraft Hot Sauce Decaffeinated Coffee
How do engineers build and control high-tech, unmanned aircraft? Plus, the process of removing caffeine from coffee is revealed.
01:00 - 01:30
How Do They Do It?
Fugu; Freight Trains; Scottish Tartan
How do Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish and avoid killing their customers? How do Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts?
01:30 - 02:00
How Do They Do It?
Island Prison; Mailboxes; Jam
How do they run Riker's Island, one of the biggest jails in the world? How do they make the famous Royal Mail post box? What is the process of turning fruit into jam?
02:00 - 03:00
Salvage Hunters
Rich Grounds in Clacton
Drew and Tee head to a salvage yard in Clacton-on-Sea and unearth a quirky enamel advertising sign. And, Drew nabs the deal of the century on a work of art in London.
03:00 - 04:00
Salvage Hunters
Across the Channel
Drew is thrilled to look through an oddball collection of military antiques in Nantes, France. Plus, he takes an interest in a de Sede sofa bed in the Netherlands.
04:00 - 05:00
Salvage Hunters: The Restorers
Dealer, Saxon Durrant asks joiner Robin to give a 1930s kitchen cabinet a new sleek transformation. Meanwhile, Blacksmith, Nev manages to turn a fire grate into a modern piece of art.
05:00 - 05:30
How It's Made
Table Tennis Tables, Plastic Model Kits, and Light Microscopes
More everyday items go under the microscope, revealing their production. How are objects such as plastic model kits and light microscopes made?
05:30 - 06:00
How It's Made
Handmade Hammers, Gummy Vitamins, Boat Trailers, Tea Lights & Jar Candles
More everyday items go under the microscope, revealing their production. How are objects such as gummy vitamins and boat trailers made?
06:00 - 06:30
Teleshopping
Presenting the latest products live on television that can be ordered directly. The product range extends from vacuum cleaners and bath towels to sports equipment.