UKTV’s Yesterday Orders More Bangers & Cash

UKTV has commissioned Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics, a spin-off of Bangers & Cash, as well as more episodes of the original series for its Yesterday channel.

Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics will follow a vehicle purchased at a Mathewsons classic car auction as it is repaired, restored to its former glory and re-auctioned. Derek, Paul and Dave Mathewson will share their advice and observations on the different jobs, which will include a 1980s Vauxhall Astra GTE.

Produced by Air TV, the new series is filming now and is set to air on Yesterday in 2022. It will be made available on UKTV Play as well. Also coming to Yesterday and UKTV Play is the fifth season of Bangers & Cash, set for release in January 2022.

Kirsty Hanson, commissioning editor for UKTV, said: “I’m really looking forward to getting under the bonnet of some of the wonderful vehicles that come through a Mathewsons auction. The Bangers team clearly love their cars, and their authentic restoration attempts are sure to resonate with Yesterday viewers who perhaps have that project on the go themselves.”

Andy Joynson, executive producer and director of Air TV, commented: “Auctioneer Derek Mathewson has told me many times that buying, restoring and selling classic cars is not for the fainthearted, and you can’t make money at it unless you do a lot of the work yourself. I think I know he’s right, but we thought we would give it a go anyway. I keep saying to myself, ‘It’s all about a love and passion for the cars,’ but this is very real, and when the money is yours it doesn’t half focus the mind!”

Gerald Casey, channel director of Yesterday, said: “It makes perfect sense for Air TV to expand the world of the Mathewsons beyond the collections and the auction room and into the workshop. The whole team behind Bangers are classics mad, so we know they’ll deliver another genuine classic car show, which is exactly what Yesterday viewers want to see on screen too.”