U&Yesterday TV Guide — Sunday, 19 July 2026

Browse the full U&Yesterday TV guide for Sunday, 19 July 2026. 23 programmes listed , including 7 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics

S1 · E1 · Astra

A sun-bleached red Vauxhall Astra GTE gives the team a headache

A sun-bleached red Vauxhall Astra GTE gives the team a headache. They also buy a classic French moped and catch up on the restoration of a Mini Cooper S that was found in a barn

01:00 1h

Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics

S1 · E2 · Vanden Plas

The team gamble on restoring a Vanden Plas saloon from the 1970s

The team gamble on restoring a Vanden Plas saloon from the 1970s and a child's tricycle from the 1960s. Plus, catch up on the restoration of a rare Sunbeam Lotus

02:00 25m

Robson Green's Weekend Escapes

S1 · E11

The actor tries out landscape painting

The actor joins forces with his brother David and his uncle Matheson to try out landscape painting in the fresh air on the hunt for ways to relax that do not cost a fortune. A trip to an organised tree-top adventure park follows before they return to the family favourite of fly-fishing on a picturesque Northumbrian lake

02:25 35m

Robson Green's Weekend Escapes

S1 · E12

Robson and Rosie Ramsey enjoy a bushcraft lesson in Northumberland

Robson and podcaster Rosie Ramsey visit a forest camp in Northumberland set up to help Army veterans, where they sign up for a bushcraft lesson, attempt to build a shelter and make a fire. They also enjoy a buggy race, before Robson meets the horses whose company can help in the treatment of anxiety

03:00 3h 10m

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:10 1h

Abandoned Engineering

S7 · E12 · Global Icons

Neglected huts in India, once home to global icons

Bizarrely shaped huts in India, once home to global superstars, which are now eerily quiet and neglected, and a shattered compound in Colombia linked to a criminal mastermind

07:10 50m

Abandoned Engineering

S8 · E1 · The Rumble in the Jungle

The facility that held apartheid's greatest critic

The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic are abandoned, but still have unique stories to tell

08:00 1h

Great American Railroad Journeys

S4 · E8 · Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré to Winnipeg

Michael Portillo explores the Province of Quebec

Michael Portillo explores the Province of Quebec, taking the Charlevoix train along the north bank of the St Lawrence River to La Malbaie. Along the way he flies over the Laurentian Mountains in a seaplane, fishes for trout and views the waterfall at Montmorency from a zipwire - and that's just the first half of this leg

09:00 1h

Great American Railroad Journeys

S4 · E9 · Portage La Prairie to Saskatoon

Michael Portillo strikes west across Manitoba into the province of Saskatchewan

Michael Portillo strikes west across Manitoba into the province of Saskatchewan. High above the Prairie at Riding Mountain, he discovers how a middle-class British boy from Hastings transformed himself into an influential indigenous naturalist called Grey Owl. Deep in the Prairie, he finds a network of railways that once served the wheat farmers of Saskatchewan, and learns how communities grew up around the grain elevators used to load the crops on to rail wagons

10:00 1h

Great American Railroad Journeys

S4 · E10 · Edmonton to Jasper

Michael Portillo visits the Rocky Mountains on the final leg of his journey

The final leg of Michael Portillo's journey begins in Edmonton, where he learns about the people who 300 years ago travelled huge distances by foot and canoe to trade with indigenous people. He also admires the city's early 20th-century streetcars, preserved by the Radial Railway Society, and its light rail system. Moving on, he views the Rocky Mountains, marvels at the scale of Canada's forestry industry and discovers how the beaver, once slaughtered for its fur, is now pampered

11:00 1h

Planet Earth III

S3 · E3 · Deserts and Grasslands

Life in some of the many deserts and grasslands around the world

Life in some of the many deserts and grasslands around the world, including in the baked Namib desert, where a pair of ostriches raise their family in the searing heat to keep them safe from predators. One troop of desert baboons are on a continual quest to find water and a young mother who is low in the pecking order must battle for her right to drink. Closer to the equator, in the grassland paradise of the Cerrado in Brazil, lives the rare, fruit-eating maned wolf, a bizarre creature about whom little is known

Daytime

12:00 1h

Planet Earth III

S3 · E5 · Forests

David Attenborough journeys into the hidden world of forests

David Attenborough journeys into the hidden world of forests, from the temperate rainforests of Canada, where rarely seen spirit bears fish for salmon, to the teak forests of India, where whistling wild dogs work together to bring down prey three times their size. In the misty mountainous forests of China, male tragopan have developed a comical dance routine, whilst in the dense tropical rainforest, treehoppers form surprising alliances to fight off assassin bugs and oriental pied hornbills go to incredible lengths to protect their young

13:00 1h 20m

Mammals

S1 · E1 · Dark

David Attenborough narrates a look into the lives of mammals

David Attenborough narrates a look into the lives of mammals, exploring how they have adapted to their changing surroundings and have found ways to create homes in the wild. The first episode focuses on animals that thrive in the dark, from leopards that use night vision to hunt their prey to bats using echolocation to navigate the night skies

14:20 1h 20m

Mammals

S1 · E2 · The New Wild

How mammals are adapting to the changes in their environment

A look at mammals which have adapted to the changes humans have made to their environment, from sea lions competing with stray dogs for food in the fish markets of Chile to pig-tailed macaques in palm oil plantations in south east Asia. Plus, a look at how elephants have learnt to use the cover of darkness to venture into towns, and how the chances of cheetah cubs making it to adulthood is severely reduced in areas of high tourism

15:40 1h 20m

Mammals

S1 · E3 · Water

How air-breathing mammals have adapted to a life in water

How air-breathing mammals have found remarkable ways to overcome the many challenges of a life in water, from freshwater jungle ponds to the dark depths of the open ocean. Featuring footage of the birth of a huge sperm whale calf, never-before-filmed orca hunting behaviour, and coastal coyotes in Mexico that have learnt they can benefit from the daily offerings washed up on the shore with each new tide

17:00 1h

Mammals

S1 · E4 · Cold

Mammals that have adapted to survive in cold conditions

From ice-covered seas to snow-capped mountains, mammals have conquered the cold, living in the harshest places on earth thanks to their remarkable intelligence and adaptations. The programme features polar bears on the Arctic islands of Svalbard, arctic foxes in Canada's Hudson Bay, and snow leopards in the lofty mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Mammals

S1 · E5 · Heat

The different ways mammals survive the hottest places on earth

David Attenborough reveals how, by pushing themselves and their bodies to the limit, mammals have found remarkable ways to survive in the hottest places on earth. In South America, thirsty capuchins need all their natural curiosity as they search for water on the forest floor. Camels roam the vast outback of Australia, where they can go for weeks without water thanks to their distinctive hump as an energy store. White sifaka lemurs hug trees to avoid the heat in Madagascar's spiny forest and the echidna has an even stranger way of keeping cool - it blows snot bubbles

19:00 1h

Mammals

S1 · E6 · Forest

David Attenborough reveals why forests are the ultimate test of survival for mammals

David Attenborough reveals why forests are the ultimate test of survival for mammals, including a tiger whose stealth and hunting strategies are put to the test in the heat of an Indian summer. The programme also features footage of young chimpanzees learning how to get honey without angering bees and Siberian flying squirrel gliding elegantly and effortlessly from tree to tree

20:00 1h

Bangers & Cash

S13 · E6 · Tesla Model X/Showman's Caravan

Dave takes a test drive in Tesla Model X

Paul, Mick and Charlie are in Hull for one of their biggest collections. Dave test-drives a Tesla Model X and Derek is bowled over by a classic vintage motorbike from the 1930s

21:00 1h

Bangers & Cash

S13 · E7 · Austin A30 Seven/Hillman Imp

Charlie heads off on his first solo collection, to pick up an Austin van from the North York Moors

The Mathewson family business starts a new era as Charlie heads off on his first solo collection, to pick up an Austin van from the North York Moors

22:00 1h

Bangers & Cash

S13 · E9 · Willys Jeep/Austin A35/Case Tractor/Hummer

Paul extracts a vintage tractor from a Yorkshire barn

Derek picks up some very special working vehicles. Charlie feels the pull of a gargantuan Hummer and Paul extracts a vintage tractor from a Yorkshire barn

23:00 40m

One Foot in the Grave

S4 · E2 · Descent into the Maelstrom

Margaret collapses with exhaustion

Long-suffering Margaret finally collapses with exhaustion, so Victor tries to nurse her back to health - but his bedside manner only makes matters worse. Comedy, starring Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie

23:40 40m

One Foot in the Grave

S4 · E3 · Hearts of Darkness

The Meldrews spend a day on the river

The Meldrews, Mrs Warboys and Nick Swainey spend a day boating on the river, but get marooned - so Victor sets out alone to fetch help and stumbles across a disturbing secret at an old people's home. Richard Wilson stars

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