
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. 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. Hours on Freeview had previously been cut, with transmissions finishing at 6 pm, but were restored on 1 June 2010. It is available on satellite through Sky, Freesat and through the digital terrestrial provider Freeview.

It launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History and relaunched in its current format on 2 March 2009. Yesterday is a British free-to-air history-oriented television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland. (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)ģ0 October 2002 20 years ago ( 30 October 2002)
