U&Yesterday
Switzerland
U&Yesterday is a television channel available in Switzerland, focusing on factual and historical programming. Its schedule typically includes documentaries covering past events, cultural heritage, and scientific discoveries, often drawing on archival footage and expert commentary. The channel also airs lifestyle and nature content, with an emphasis on educational storytelling. Viewers in Switzerland can access U&Yesterday through local cable and digital platforms, with programming primarily in English or with subtitles. The channel’s output is designed for an audience interested in learning about history and the world without sensationalism, offering a steady stream of non-fiction series and films. Broadcast times and specific titles vary, but the overall tone remains informative and straightforward, avoiding dramatic reenactments or celebrity-driven formats.
Schedule
04:00 - 07:10
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.
07:10 - 08:10
Abandoned Engineering
Jungle Fantasy Land
Exploring the remains of a pioneering industry town in Ohio, in the United States, a once beautiful Croatian resort bombarded by enemy fire, and an otherworldly garden of Eden in Mexico.
08:10 - 09:00
Abandoned Engineering
The Beached Leviathan
Featuring the remains of a correctional facility in Atlanta, USA, the forgotten remnants of fraud and fusion in Argentina, as well as an ancient complex that is based in Cambodia.
09:00 - 10:00
Great Continental Railway Journeys
London to Monte Carlo
Leaving London behind, armed with his 1913 guide, Michael follows the most popular route of the Edwardian traveller through France. His first stop is Paris where he absorbs the atmosphere of La Belle Époque.
10:00 - 11:00
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Hungary to Austria
Michael Portillo explores the once great empire of Austria-Hungary, domain of the famous Habsburg monarchs. Starting in Budapest, he travels via Bratislava in Slovakia, to the beautiful and elegant city of Vienna.
11:00 - 12:00
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Berlin to the Rhein
Michael begins this journey in Berlin, and heads west via the picturesque Harz Mountains to the industrial Ruhr Valley. He then travels south along the Rhein river and ends his journey in the Rheingau to taste the wines of its age-old vineyards.
12:00 - 13:00
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Antarctica
Antarctica, a land of survivors enduring the most hostile conditions on Earth. Ninety-eight per cent of the mainland is covered by ice on which virtually nothing can live. Even the sea freezes over, but the Weddell seal manages to survive here.
13:00 - 14:00
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Asia
Asia is the largest and most extreme continent on the planet, stretching from the Arctic Circle to the tropical forests on the equator. The animals here face the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains found anywhere on Earth.
14:00 - 15:00
Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve
Episode 1
Simon focuses on the incredible characters he's met while travelling the globe and catches up with a ten-year-old boy he met working in terrible conditions in Bangladesh.
15:00 - 16:00
Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve
Episode 2
Simon focuses on some of the dodgiest and most dangerous situations he's found himself in while travelling the globe, from coming under fire in war torn Mogadishu to squaring off with a female wrestler in Mexico City.
16:00 - 17:00
Explore
Patagonia to the Pampas
Simon Reeve leads presenters on a journey through Argentina.
17:00 - 18:00
Explore
The Rift Valley
Simon Reeve and a team of journalists take a journey through East Africa's Rift Valley.
18:00 - 19:00
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Tuscany
Stanley Tucci explores his former home: Tuscany. Stanley does a wine bar crawl, celebrates the importance of the lowly loaf and samples dishes that use stale bread as the key ingredient.
19:00 - 19:55
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Sicily
Stanley Tucci visits Sicily. Here, Stanley tries a salty and crunchy sensation, tastes the grapes grown in the region's unique soils, and reflects on the nature of Sicilian hospitality.
19:55 - 20:55
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Milan
Stanley Tucci eats and drinks his way around Milan. Here, Stanley enjoys an aperitivo, feels inspired to make pizzoccheri, a noodle made from buckwheat, and enjoys classic Milanese veal chops and risotto.
20:55 - 21:55
Bangers and Cash
Ford Cortina Mk1; Reliant Scimitar; Nissan Figaro
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 Scimtar and a Nissan Figaro.
21:55 - 22:55
Bangers and Cash
Austin 7; Bently Arnage
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.
22:55 - 23:55
Bangers and Cash
Focus; Fiesta; Sunbeam
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.
23:55 - 00:35
One Foot in the Grave
The Trial
While on call for jury service, Victor spends a whole day at home alone, but somehow ends up being the one on trial.