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Yesterday (TV channel)

February 16, 2024

Yesterday is a British free-to-air history-oriented television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History and relaunched in its current format on 2 March 2009. It is available on satellite through Sky, Freesat and through the digital terrestrial provider Freeview. Hours on Freeview had previously been cut, with transmissions finishing at 6 pm, but were restored on 1 June 2010.

Yesterday
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom and Ireland
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift serviceYesterday +1
Ownership
OwnerBBC Studios
ParentUKTV
Sister channelsAlibi
Dave
Drama
Eden
Gold
W
History
Launched30 October 2002; 21 years ago (30 October 2002)
ReplacedPlay UK
Former namesUK History (2002–04)
UKTV History (2004–09)
Links
Websiteuktvplay.co.uk/channel/yesterday
Availability
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 27
Channel 75 (+1)

History edit

On 30 June 2002, UKTV announced the closure of Play UK at the end of the year, citing that the closure of ITV Digital was the reason for its demise.[1] On 13 September, UKTV announced the closure of the channel would be moved forward to the end of September, and that to prepare for the launch of Freeview, the bandwidth space would be replaced with a new channel - UK History.[2]

Play UK closed as planned at the end of September, and the following month on 30 October, the launch date for the Freeview platform itself, UK History launched, becoming an offshoot of UK Horizons with most of its factual and documentary programmes moving over; however, the launch of UK History allowed Horizons to broadcast more programmes in their schedule.

 
Yesterday+1 Logo

On 28 January 2004, a timeshift service - UK History +1 was launched on Sky Digital.[3] The channel broadcasts the UK History schedule one hour later than the main channel, but contains no special programming or branding, with the occasional exception of a different DOG. The channel launched on Telewest the following week on 4 February.[4] On 8 March 2004, the channel's "UK" prefix was changed to the full "UKTV" name, renaming the networks as UKTV History and UKTV History +1, as with the rest of the UKTV network.

The channel was available full-time on all platforms until 15 October 2007 when the hours were reduced on the Freeview platform, resulting in the channel stopping broadcasting at 6 pm each day. This was a result of the launch of Dave, which took over UKTV History broadcast capacity. UKTV History took over the slot used by the unsuccessful UKTV Bright Ideas that was sharing a slot with Virgin1 and Babestation.[5] The channel's inability to broadcast in prime time on Freeview resulted in a ratings drop. In November 2007, the channel had a 0.3 per cent share of all television viewing, compared to 0.5 per cent a year earlier.[6]

As part of a network-wide programme of relaunching all the UKTV channels under unique names and brands, UKTV History and UKTV History +1 were renamed as Yesterday and Yesterday +1, respectively, on 2 March 2009.[7] The new channel also took on extra programming including fictional historic series and programmes previously broadcast on UKTV Documentary concerning the natural history of the British Isles.

On 1 June 2010, Yesterday reinstated its full broadcast hours on Freeview,[8] following the closure of the Virgin1 +1 channel.

On 7 October 2011, Yesterday +1 was reinstated on Virgin Media.[9]

On 24 July 2012, Yesterday offers more entertainment-led content along with a design refresh, which includes a new logo and idents, in order to attract a wider and younger audience, along with a new slogan, "Entertainment Inspired By History".[10] For example, the channel has broadcast more repeats of situation comedies, such as Last of the Summer Wine or Butterflies. The network moved to channel 19 on 19 September 2012, swapping with sister channel Dave.

In late 2014, Yesterday began slowly decreasing the amount of comedy and drama shown on the channel and branching out into more factual content, with notable additions including natural history, science and engineering alongside the classic slate of history programming.

On 8 December 2015, Yesterday became available on Freesat together with two of its UKTV sister channels Drama and former sister channel, Really.[11]

Yesterday +1 launched on Freeview channel 99 on 22 November 2018 but was removed on 16 January 2019.

On 10 June 2019, Yesterday moved to channel 25 on Freeview, a space previously occupied by its former sister channel Home, which Discovery, Inc. acquired along with Good Food and Really as part of a deal with its current owner BBC Studios.

Yesterday +1 returned on Freeview on channel 75 on 15 April 2020, with the channel moving up one slot, next to UKTV's newly acquired sister channel CCXTV, on 7 December 2020 (though channel 74 is only currently used for two hours of teleshopping a night rather than broadcasting any of Yesterday's programmes).[12][13] On 4 November 2020, the channel moved to channel 26 as part of a move up where every channel from channel 24 to 54 on the platform moved up one place to allow BBC Four to move to channel 24 in Scotland due to new Ofcom rules regarding certain PSB channels requiring greater prominence on EPGs.

On 8 July 2022, test transmissions for the HD feed of Yesterday commenced, using the frequency 12226 H 27500 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK.[14] A month later, on 8 August 2022, Yesterday's HD feed officially launched on Sky Q and Sky HD channel 155 where it replaced the standard definition feed on the EPG.[15] The HD feed was added to Virgin Media on 14 December 2022.

Logo history edit

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    UK History logo used from 30 October 2002 to 7 March 2004
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    UKTV History logo used from 8 March 2004 to 1 March 2009
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    Yesterday logo used from 2 March 2009 to 23 July 2012

Programming edit

The majority of the channel's programmes are sourced from the BBC programme archives; however, some are bought in from other terrestrial stations and some productions are commissioned by UKTV themselves. Programmes previously shown on terrestrial channels like BBC One, Two and Four are usually edited for timing, to accommodate the current three commercial breaks within each hour-long programme. The most obvious example of this is for programmes originally broadcast on the BBC, as material lasting 58 minutes will be edited down to 42 minutes when shown on Yesterday. Some of Yesterday's notable programmes include:

UKTV/Yesterday Originals edit

Programmes from the BBC and other broadcasters edit

Previous edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "BBC - Worldwide Press Office - UKTV to close Play UK".
  2. ^ "UKTV pulls Play in favour of History".
  3. ^ "UK History +1 launches on Sky". Digital Spy. 28 January 2004.
  4. ^ "Two UKTV +1s launch on Telewest". Digital Spy. 4 February 2004.
  5. ^ "UKTV G2 becomes Dave, joins Freeview". Digital Spy. 20 September 2007.
  6. ^ "BARB – Monthly Viewing Summary". barb.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. ^ Shepherd, Robert (12 November 2008). "UKTV History becomes Yesterday". Broadcast. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  8. ^ Laughlin, Andrew (25 May 2010). "UKTV extends Yesterday Freeview hours". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  9. ^ . Virgin Media. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  10. ^ O'Reilly, Lara (10 July 2012). "UKTV rebrands Yesterday channel". Marketing Week. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Yesterday, Drama and Really join Freesat". UKTV. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  12. ^ @a516digital (30 November 2020). "CCXTV moves to channel 73 on 7th..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Updates and alerts". 21 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Yesterday - LyngSat". LyngSat. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Yesterday channel goes HD on Sky". RXTV Info. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Abandoned Engineering | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  17. ^ "Abandoned Engineering | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Abandoned Engineering, Series 1, Episode 1 - Silent Cities on UKTV Play". UKTV Play.
  19. ^ "Bangers and Cash | Yesterday Channel".
  20. ^ . Archived from the original on 21 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Uktv Order Bangers & Cash Spin-Off Series". 20 October 2021.
  22. ^ "Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  23. ^ "Great British Landmark Fixers | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  24. ^ "Hornby: A Model World | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  25. ^ "Hornby: A Model World | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  26. ^ "UKTV's Yesterday channel steams in with new Hornby series by Rare TV | News | UKTV Corporate Site". corporate.uktv.co.uk.
  27. ^ "Murder On The Railway | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  28. ^ "Restoration Workshop | Yesterday Channel".
  29. ^ "True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  30. ^ "War Factories | Yesterday Channel".

External links edit

  • Official website
  • UK History at TVARK
  • Yesterday at TVARK

February 16, 2024
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Yesterday is a British free to air history oriented television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland It launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History and relaunched in its current format on 2 March 2009 It is available on satellite through Sky Freesat and through the digital terrestrial provider Freeview Hours on Freeview had previously been cut with transmissions finishing at 6 pm but were restored on 1 June 2010 YesterdayCountryUnited KingdomBroadcast areaUnited Kingdom and IrelandProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 16 9 576i for the SDTV feed Timeshift serviceYesterday 1OwnershipOwnerBBC StudiosParentUKTVSister channelsAlibiDaveDramaEdenGoldWHistoryLaunched30 October 2002 21 years ago 30 October 2002 ReplacedPlay UKFormer namesUK History 2002 04 UKTV History 2004 09 LinksWebsiteuktvplay wbr co wbr uk wbr channel wbr yesterdayAvailabilityTerrestrialFreeviewChannel 27 Channel 75 1 Contents 1 History 2 Logo history 3 Programming 3 1 UKTV Yesterday Originals 3 2 Programmes from the BBC and other broadcasters 3 3 Previous 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editOn 30 June 2002 UKTV announced the closure of Play UK at the end of the year citing that the closure of ITV Digital was the reason for its demise 1 On 13 September UKTV announced the closure of the channel would be moved forward to the end of September and that to prepare for the launch of Freeview the bandwidth space would be replaced with a new channel UK History 2 Play UK closed as planned at the end of September and the following month on 30 October the launch date for the Freeview platform itself UK History launched becoming an offshoot of UK Horizons with most of its factual and documentary programmes moving over however the launch of UK History allowed Horizons to broadcast more programmes in their schedule nbsp Yesterday 1 LogoOn 28 January 2004 a timeshift service UK History 1 was launched on Sky Digital 3 The channel broadcasts the UK History schedule one hour later than the main channel but contains no special programming or branding with the occasional exception of a different DOG The channel launched on Telewest the following week on 4 February 4 On 8 March 2004 the channel s UK prefix was changed to the full UKTV name renaming the networks as UKTV History and UKTV History 1 as with the rest of the UKTV network The channel was available full time on all platforms until 15 October 2007 when the hours were reduced on the Freeview platform resulting in the channel stopping broadcasting at 6 pm each day This was a result of the launch of Dave which took over UKTV History broadcast capacity UKTV History took over the slot used by the unsuccessful UKTV Bright Ideas that was sharing a slot with Virgin1 and Babestation 5 The channel s inability to broadcast in prime time on Freeview resulted in a ratings drop In November 2007 the channel had a 0 3 per cent share of all television viewing compared to 0 5 per cent a year earlier 6 As part of a network wide programme of relaunching all the UKTV channels under unique names and brands UKTV History and UKTV History 1 were renamed as Yesterday and Yesterday 1 respectively on 2 March 2009 7 The new channel also took on extra programming including fictional historic series and programmes previously broadcast on UKTV Documentary concerning the natural history of the British Isles On 1 June 2010 Yesterday reinstated its full broadcast hours on Freeview 8 following the closure of the Virgin1 1 channel On 7 October 2011 Yesterday 1 was reinstated on Virgin Media 9 On 24 July 2012 Yesterday offers more entertainment led content along with a design refresh which includes a new logo and idents in order to attract a wider and younger audience along with a new slogan Entertainment Inspired By History 10 For example the channel has broadcast more repeats of situation comedies such as Last of the Summer Wine or Butterflies The network moved to channel 19 on 19 September 2012 swapping with sister channel Dave In late 2014 Yesterday began slowly decreasing the amount of comedy and drama shown on the channel and branching out into more factual content with notable additions including natural history science and engineering alongside the classic slate of history programming On 8 December 2015 Yesterday became available on Freesat together with two of its UKTV sister channels Drama and former sister channel Really 11 Yesterday 1 launched on Freeview channel 99 on 22 November 2018 but was removed on 16 January 2019 On 10 June 2019 Yesterday moved to channel 25 on Freeview a space previously occupied by its former sister channel Home which Discovery Inc acquired along with Good Food and Really as part of a deal with its current owner BBC Studios Yesterday 1 returned on Freeview on channel 75 on 15 April 2020 with the channel moving up one slot next to UKTV s newly acquired sister channel CCXTV on 7 December 2020 though channel 74 is only currently used for two hours of teleshopping a night rather than broadcasting any of Yesterday s programmes 12 13 On 4 November 2020 the channel moved to channel 26 as part of a move up where every channel from channel 24 to 54 on the platform moved up one place to allow BBC Four to move to channel 24 in Scotland due to new Ofcom rules regarding certain PSB channels requiring greater prominence on EPGs On 8 July 2022 test transmissions for the HD feed of Yesterday commenced using the frequency 12226 H 27500 2 3 DVB S2 8PSK 14 A month later on 8 August 2022 Yesterday s HD feed officially launched on Sky Q and Sky HD channel 155 where it replaced the standard definition feed on the EPG 15 The HD feed was added to Virgin Media on 14 December 2022 Logo history edit nbsp UK History logo used from 30 October 2002 to 7 March 2004 nbsp UKTV History logo used from 8 March 2004 to 1 March 2009 nbsp Yesterday logo used from 2 March 2009 to 23 July 2012Programming editThe majority of the channel s programmes are sourced from the BBC programme archives however some are bought in from other terrestrial stations and some productions are commissioned by UKTV themselves Programmes previously shown on terrestrial channels like BBC One Two and Four are usually edited for timing to accommodate the current three commercial breaks within each hour long programme The most obvious example of this is for programmes originally broadcast on the BBC as material lasting 58 minutes will be edited down to 42 minutes when shown on Yesterday Some of Yesterday s notable programmes include UKTV Yesterday Originals edit Abandoned Engineering 16 17 18 Bangers and Cash 19 20 Bangers amp Cash Restoring Classics a spin off series featuring Derek Paul and Dave Mathewson 21 Great British Landmark Fixers 22 23 Hornby A Model World 24 25 26 Railway Murders 27 Retro Electro Workshop Restoration Workshop 28 Secrets of the London Underground Secrets of the Transport Museum The Architecture the Railways Built True Evil The Making of a Nazi 29 War Factories 30 Programmes from the BBC and other broadcasters edit Allo Allo Antiques Roadshow Auf Wiedersehen Pet Bargain Hunt Battleplan Cash in the Attic Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life Chemistry A Volatile History Coast The Dark Ages An Age of Light David Attenborough s Life Collection Fawlty Towers Re Opened Find My Past Genius of Britain Goodnight Sweetheart Great British Railway Journeys Keeping Up Appearances Life in Cold Blood Museum Secrets Ocean Giants The Queen s Sister The Re Inventors Secret History The Secret Life Of Secrets of War Shock and Awe The Story of Electricity The Sixties The Beatles Decade Stonewall Uprising Open All Hours The Two Ronnies Porridge Time Team To the Manor Born Top Gear Treasure Detectives Walking Through History Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads Wild Canada Wonders of the Solar System Wonders of the Universe The World at War Yes Prime Minister Previous edit 10 Things You Don t Know About Above and Beyond Africa All Creatures Great and Small Ancient Rome The Rise and Fall of an Empire Andrew Marr s History of the World Animal House Atlantis End of a World Birth of a Legend Attenborough and the Giant Egg Auschwitz The Nazis and The Final Solution Australia with Simon Reeve Ballykissangel Bargain Hunt Bergerac The Best of Men Birdsong Blackadder The Blue Planet Bottom Boom Bang a Bang 50 Years of Eurovision Brave New World with Stephen Hawking Brazil with Michael Palin The Challenger Disaster Countryfile The Country House Revealed The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler David Attenborough s Natural Curiosities The Diamond Queen Dickinson s Real Deal Digging for Britain dinnerladies Earth The Power of the Planet Edwardian Farm Egypt Empire Flog It Frozen Planet Galapagos Ganges Great Barrier Reef Great British Ghosts The Great British Story A People s History The Green Green Grass Hattie Have I Got News for You Hidden Kingdoms History Cold Case Hitler The Rise of Evil Human Planet Ice Age Giants Inside Nature s Giants Island at War Japan Earth s Enchanted Islands Jeeves and Wooster Kenneth Williams Fantabulosa King George and Queen Mary Krakatoa The Last Days Land Girls The Last Day of World War One Last of the Summer Wine Life Life in the Undergrowth The Life of Birds The Life of Mammals Life on Earth Life on Fire The Lost Gods of Easter Island Lost Land of the Jaguar Lost Land of the Tiger Lost Land of the Volcano Lovejoy Madagascar Meet the Romans with Mary Beard Michael Wood s Story of England Miss Marple Mountain Gorilla Mummies Alive Museum of Life Mysteries at the Museum Nature s Great Events The Nazis A Warning from History New Tricks Nuremberg Oceans The Old Grey Whistle Test 70s Gold Only Fools and Horses Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas Oz and James Drink to Britain Parade s End Planet Earth The Planets The Private Life of Plants The Queen s Palaces Rise of the Continents The Royle Family Sharpe The Sixties Steptoe and Son Tenko One Foot in the Grave The Thin Blue Line Timewatch Timothy Spall at Sea Top of the Pops TOWN with Nicholas Crane Treasures of Ancient Rome Victorian Farm Vikings Waiting For God The War Wartime Farm Wild Africa Wild Arabia Wild Caribbean Wild China Wild Colombia with Nigel Marven Who Do You Think You Are Wonders of Life YellowstoneSee also editUKTV Television in the United KingdomReferences edit BBC Worldwide Press Office UKTV to close Play UK UKTV pulls Play in favour of History UK History 1 launches on Sky Digital Spy 28 January 2004 Two UKTV 1s launch on Telewest Digital Spy 4 February 2004 UKTV G2 becomes Dave joins Freeview Digital Spy 20 September 2007 BARB Monthly Viewing Summary barb co uk Retrieved 12 November 2018 Shepherd Robert 12 November 2008 UKTV History becomes Yesterday Broadcast Retrieved 28 October 2011 Laughlin Andrew 25 May 2010 UKTV extends Yesterday Freeview hours Digital Spy Retrieved 26 May 2010 Virgin TV just got even bigger Virgin Media Archived from the original on 11 October 2011 Retrieved 4 October 2011 O Reilly Lara 10 July 2012 UKTV rebrands Yesterday channel Marketing Week Retrieved 10 July 2012 Yesterday Drama and Really join Freesat UKTV Retrieved 8 February 2016 a516digital 30 November 2020 CCXTV moves to channel 73 on 7th Tweet via Twitter Updates and alerts 21 June 2023 Yesterday LyngSat LyngSat Retrieved 8 August 2022 Yesterday channel goes HD on Sky RXTV Info 8 August 2022 Retrieved 8 August 2022 Abandoned Engineering Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk Abandoned Engineering Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk Abandoned Engineering Series 1 Episode 1 Silent Cities on UKTV Play UKTV Play Bangers and Cash Yesterday Channel Bangers amp Cash Mathewsons Archived from the original on 21 April 2020 Uktv Order Bangers amp Cash Spin Off Series 20 October 2021 Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk Great British Landmark Fixers Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk Hornby A Model World Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk Hornby A Model World Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk UKTV s Yesterday channel steams in with new Hornby series by Rare TV News UKTV Corporate Site corporate uktv co uk Murder On The Railway Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk Restoration Workshop Yesterday Channel True Evil The Making Of A Nazi Yesterday Channel yesterday uktv co uk War Factories Yesterday Channel External links editOfficial website UK History at TVARK Yesterday at TVARK Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yesterday TV channel amp oldid 1205055784, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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