U&Yesterday
Logo used since 2024 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | U&Yesterday +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Studios |
| Parent | UKTV |
| Sister channels | U&Alibi U&Dave U&Drama U&Eden U&Gold U&W |
| History | |
| Launched | 30 October 2002 |
| Replaced | Play UK |
| Former names | UK History (2002–04) UKTV History (2004–09) Yesterday (2009–24) |
| Links | |
| Website | u |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 27 |
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U&Yesterday is a British free-to-air television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland specialising in history, documentaries, and culture.
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.