UKTV Orders Record Amount of Bangers & Cash Content

UKTV has recommissioned Bangers & Cash for its Yesterday channel and UKTV Play, with 46 new episodes across four seasons, as well as 12 episodes of Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics.

The franchise follows the work of the Mathewsons Classic Car Auction team, which discovers and auctions over 4,000 classic and rare vehicles per year. UKTV’s recommission represents the highest number of episodes ever ordered by the network for one program at one time.

“I’m so pleased we can demonstrate our commitment to Air TV, the Mathewsons and our viewers with such a large order of episodes for Bangers & Cash,”  said Kirsty Hanson, commissioning editor at UKTV. “It’s such a pleasure to work on the Bangers & Cash franchise, and I’m personally very excited to continue our collaboration across the next few years.”

“I’m delighted that UKTV have committed to creating so many new series of Bangers & Cash and Restoring Classics,” commented Andy Joynson, executive producer of the series for Air TV. “There really is a limitless supply of astonishing cars out there for the Mathewsons to feature, restore and auction. It’s a privilege to be able to spend more time making a program we love making.”

Gerald Casey, director of Yesterday, added, “Bangers is at the heart of the Yesterday schedule, and it’s a phenomenal achievement to be able to recommission so many new series at once. We’re proud that we can continue to make a program that resonates with such a large audience and continues to excite both Yesterday and UKTV Play viewers.”

Derek Mathewson, head of the Mathewson family, said, “More Bangers & Cash? Well, it’s amazing, isn’t it? Who would have thought it? I thought we’d have done a series. Two would have been a bonus. But then again, now I realize the popularity of the show. The amount of people who visit us and say they’ve come specifically to see the place from TV, and they’re so enthusiastic about it. And to this day I still get people say that the program got them through lockdown–that means an awful lot to us.”