| Yesterday | |
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| Launched | 30 October 2002 |
| Owned by | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive) |
| Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.7% 0.0% (+1) (June 2011, BARB) |
| Slogan | "Where the past is always present" |
| Country | United Kingdom Republic of Ireland |
| Formerly called | UK History (2002-2004) UKTV History (2004-2009) |
| Replaced | Play UK |
| Sister channel(s) | Alibi Blighty Dave Eden GOLD Good Food Home Really Watch |
| Timeshift service | Yesterday +1 |
| Website | visityesterday.co.uk |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 12 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 537 Channel 538 (+1) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 203 Channel 204 (+1) |
| Smallworld Cable | Channel 537 |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 115 |
| Internet television | |
| TVCatchup | Watch live (UK only) |
Yesterday is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 30 October 2002 and relaunched in its current format on 2 March 2009. The channel is available on satellite through Sky, cable services primarily through Virgin Media, through TalkTalk TV and the digital terrestrial provider Freeview. The channel is available through subscription on the two former services, but is available as standard on the latter two platforms. Hours on Freeview had previously been cut, with transmissions finishing at 18:00, but were restored on 1 June 2010.
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The channel originally launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History, a channel for the networks historic documentaries. These were previously found on the channel UK Horizons, however the launch of UK History allowed the channel to broadcast more programmes in their schedule. The majority of programming on the channel is sourced from the BBC programme archive, through the part ownership of the channel by BBC Worldwide. The launch of the channel also co-incided with the launch of the new digital terrestrial provider Freeview, following the collapse of the former provider ITV Digital. The service remained unchanged until 8 March 2004, when the channel changed its name in line with the rest of the UKTV network to UKTV History.
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 6pm each day. This was a result of the launch of Dave in the channels EPG slot and the resultant move of the channel to the former UKTV Bright Ideas timeshare slot.[1] This move resulted in a ratings drop of 0.2% in the space of a year,[2] due to the channels inability to broadcast in prime time on Freeview. This restriction remained until 1 June 2010, when broadcast time was extended until 1am each day,[3] following the closure of the Virgin1 +1 channel on Freeview. As a result, the channel can now broadcast fully from 6am to 1am daily.
As part of a network wide programme of relaunching all the UKTV channels under unique names and brands, the channel was renamed as Yesterday on 2 March 2009.[4] 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.
The channel also operates a time shift channel called Yesterday +1, and UKTV History +1 before it, that is available on Sky and Virgin Media. 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 Digital on-screen graphic (DOG).[5]
When UK History originally launched, the channel used a simple name logo, stylised to appear as UK History, over an ident featuring the flicking pages of a book with images from history appearing on the outside edges of the pages. This ident featured numerous periods of history and numerous colours and was reused following the channels name change to UKTV History. Following the name change, the new two line logo was alligned to the left of the screen, replacing the old logo. The station also adopted a colour, in line with the remaining UKTV channels, for use in promotions on the channel and across the UKTV network. UKTV History's chosen colour was a green of a similar shade to olive drab, and would appear in three different shades at the end of promotions.
The new idents for Yesterday feature footage, overlaid with different audio from a different period, followed by a version of the Yesterday logo flipping over from the middle of the screen before the green and white Yesterday logo flips over. The video/audio is such arranged that an authentic vintage video is accompanied by modern music and vice versa, with a connection made between the first end caption and the music and the general theme of the music. For example, a video of a hooded gang is accompanied by medieval monks singing and a medieval style end caption, or a video of the first flying machines is overlaid with audio from the space missions and heralded by a computer style caption.
The majority of the channels programmes are sourced from the BBC programme archives, however some are bought in from other terrestrial stations and some productions are commisioned by UKTV themselves. Programmes previously shown on terrestrial channels 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:
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