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
07:00 - 08:00
Great Canal Journeys
Rideau Canal, Canada
Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on an epic adventure along Canada's Rideau Canal, a world heritage site. Tim and Pru follow its 125-mile course, from the backwoods of Ontario, all the way to Canada's capital.
08:00 - 09:00
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Switzerland
Michael Portillo travels to Basel and Zurich, as well as the Alps and Lake Lucerne.
09:00 - 10:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Aynho Wharf to Bablock Hythe
Robbie navigates the Oxford Canal, bumps into a hire boat and a hedge and tackles large river locks on the scenic Upper River Thames.
10:00 - 11:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Oxford to Reading
Robbie's narrowboat gets a makeover before he explores the River Thames. He moors in Abingdon and tackles an emergency DIY repair to fix a leak.
11:00 - 12:00
Martin Clunes: Islands of America
The first port of call on Martin's journey is Hawaii. His exploration looks beyond Hawaii's image as a tourist paradise, crammed with sun-kissed beaches and world-class surfing, and into the havoc wreaked by advancing lava fields and smoking craters.
12:00 - 13:00
Martin Clunes: Islands of America
Martin's travels take him 1,500 miles to the San Juan Islands in Washington State. From the San Juan Islands, Martin travels down America's West coast to visit the Channel Islands National Park, which is known as `America's Galápagos'.
13:00 - 14:00
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.
14:00 - 15:00
Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve
Episode 3
Simon focuses on some of the incredible wildlife stories he's encountered, from the eccentric Yorkshireman who founded a giant tortoise sanctuary on his island in the Seychelles to the armed conservationists defending a forest in Belize.
15:00 - 16:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Aynho Wharf to Bablock Hythe
Robbie navigates the Oxford Canal, bumps into a hire boat and a hedge and tackles large river locks on the scenic Upper River Thames.
16:00 - 17:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Oxford to Reading
Robbie's narrowboat gets a makeover before he explores the River Thames. He moors in Abingdon and tackles an emergency DIY repair to fix a leak.
17:00 - 18:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Reading to Windsor
Robbie visits a former Beatle's home in Henley, uncovers horror history in Marlow and struggles to find a mooring in Maidenhead on the River Thames.
18:00 - 19:00
Canal Boat Diaries
Windsor to Godalming
While exploring the Wey and Godalming Navigations, Robbie gets caught in a storm and falls off his narrowboat. He also uncovers rock history in Guildford.
19:00 - 20:00
Dream Car Fixers
Ford Capri
Sheldon and Peter search for the Ford Capri Mark 1 that is client Brian's teenage dream, and attempt to bring its performance roaring into the twenty-first century.
20:00 - 21:00
Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics
Cortina/Maxi
The team opt for a 1965 Ford Cortina Estate, supposedly owned by a South African Chief of Police, and take on one of Dave's guilty pleasures: a 1980s Austin Morris Max.
21:00 - 22:00
Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics
Matra Murena / Wetbike
The guys buy a confusing 1984 French Matra Murena and send it to Citroën specialists. Next, they take on a Bond classic - no, not that one - a 1977 Arctic Wetbike!
22:00 - 23:00
Bangers and Cash
Aston DB2/Merc SL
Jack's off to East Yorkshire for an iconic 80s motor, where a Ford enthusiast is thinning out his herd of nine Escorts.
23:00 - 00:00
Bangers and Cash
Aston Martin DB6; Toyota Supra
Derek's in Bromsgrove on the trail of a rare mark 2 Aston Martin DB6. Plus, Jack and Charlie collect an even rarer Toyota Celica Supra in Cheshire.