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
The Architecture The Railways Built
Wharncliffe
Tim Dunn explores Brunel's first and last railway projects and looks at a Scottish station with a royal connection.
08:10 - 09:00
The Architecture The Railways Built
Charing Cross
Tim Dunn uncovers the secrets above, below and inside London's Charing Cross Station. He also looks at the modern wonder of the Ordsall Chord in Manchester.
09:00 - 10:00
Bangers and Cash
Mini Pickup/Rover P5B
Derek, with help from the Mathewson clan, drag a mini pickup out of the barn where it's been for 20 years, and a 350cc Douglas Mark V motorbike from 1950 goes under the hammer.
10:00 - 11:00
Bangers and Cash
Reliant Scimitar GTC/VW Camper
Four VW camper vans pitch up at the auction house looking for a new home and Derek picks up an Austin 16 that goes like stink and has some unusual modern modifications.
11:00 - 12:00
Rise of the Nazis
Into the Abyss
In April 1945, the Nazis organise one of the final acts of the Third Reich, a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, including the last scene of the opera Die Götterdämmerung, which features a suicide at its centre.
12:00 - 13:00
The World at War
Japan
Looking at Japan's involvement in the Second World War, and how many Japanese came to believe that their spiritual strength and discipline would prevail over the Allies.
13:00 - 14:00
Antiques Roadshow
The Royal William Yard 1
Fiona Bruce presents from the Royal William Yard in Plymouth where finds include doorknobs said to have belonged to Lord Nelson, a psychedelic painting of a band that played at Woodstock and a diamond necklace the length of a skipping rope.
14:00 - 15:00
Antiques Roadshow
The Royal William Yard 2
The `Antiques Roadshow' makes a return visit to the Royal William Yard in Plymouth where treasures include a unique book of garden designs by a renowned landscape gardener.
15:00 - 16:00
Bangers and Cash
Austin Morris Minor
Up for sale at the Mathewson's auction is a 1275 Mini GT that hails from just down the road and could be a future British icon.
16:00 - 17:00
Bangers and Cash
Swift/Toyota Corona/Bedford Van
Derek heads to North Yorkshire to pick up a veteran London-to-Brighton car. There's an emotional farewell to a 1980s Bedford HA van, and a Toyota Corona finds a new home.
17:00 - 18:00
Rise of the Nazis
Into the Abyss
In April 1945, the Nazis organise one of the final acts of the Third Reich, a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, including the last scene of the opera Die Götterdämmerung, which features a suicide at its centre.
18:00 - 19:00
The World at War
Japan
Looking at Japan's involvement in the Second World War, and how many Japanese came to believe that their spiritual strength and discipline would prevail over the Allies.
19:00 - 20:00
Antiques Roadshow
The Royal William Yard 1
Fiona Bruce presents from the Royal William Yard in Plymouth where finds include doorknobs said to have belonged to Lord Nelson, a psychedelic painting of a band that played at Woodstock and a diamond necklace the length of a skipping rope.
20:00 - 21:00
Mammals
Heat
By pushing themselves and their bodies to the limit, mammals have found remarkable ways to survive in the hottest places on earth. In baking deserts, harsh dry spiny forests, barren desolate salt pans and even bush fires, mammals beat the heat.
21:00 - 22:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Hunton Bridge to Aylesbury
Robbie navigates the wintry Grand Union Canal while preparing for Christmas and narrowly avoids flooding his boat in a tricky staircase lock.
22:00 - 23:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Braunston to Lapworth
Robbie Cumming journeys through Royal Leamington Spa and the historic town of Warwick with its medieval castle.
23:00 - 00:00
Bangers and Cash
Austin Morris Minor
Up for sale at the Mathewson's auction is a 1275 Mini GT that hails from just down the road and could be a future British icon.