4seven TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On 4seven Tonight

4seven is Channel 4’s catch-up channel. It commissions nothing. What it does instead is take whatever from across the Channel 4 stable (Channel 4, E4, More4 and Film4) got people talking over the previous seven days and put it out again, which is where the name comes from.

It launched on 4 July 2012, Channel 4’s first new linear channel since More4 in 2005, and the premise hasn’t shifted since. Everything in the table below has already gone out somewhere else on the network. Tonight, Wednesday 5 August 2026, A Place in the Sun runs through to 7pm before Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations with Si King takes the slot, Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port repeats at 8pm, The Piano holds the 9pm hour, and Erin Brockovich leads into the later schedule from 10pm.

4seven Schedule: Wednesday 5 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 4seven schedule for Wednesday 5 August 2026, on Freeview 49.

What’s on 4seven today

Wednesday’s daytime is property and factual-format heavy. Find It, Fix It, Flog It opens at 9am with Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien working an Oxford second-hand shop, American Pickers follows at 10am and Saving Country Houses with… Penelope Keith takes 11am, before A Place in the Sun runs three times back to back at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm. Come Dine with Me then fills the whole 3pm-to-5pm stretch across five half-hour episodes from an old Glasgow celebrity week, and A Place in the Sun returns for two more slots at 5:30pm and 6pm ahead of the evening schedule.

The overnight run is quieter. 24 Hours in A&E opens the small hours just after midnight, followed by Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits at 1:05am and Naked Attraction at 2:05am. Two back-to-back editions of Gogglebox, from series 27 and series 26, carry the schedule to 5am, and four hours of teleshopping fill the gap through to 9am. That’s the trade-off for a channel with nothing of its own to broadcast.

4seven tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 4seven primetime line-up for tonight, Wednesday 5 August 2026.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 6pm

A repeat from earlier this year sends Deb and Steve looking for a permanent home in Almería, Spain, with Ben Hillman trying to stretch a £130,000 budget into something that suits retirement life abroad.

Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations with Si King — 4seven, 7pm

Si King, joined by Siddy and Damion, works through Glasgow Central’s hidden tunnels and a forgotten platform before taking in Yatton’s community hub and Accrington’s eco-station. A repeat from the current run rather than a new instalment.

Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port — 4seven, 8pm

This repeat follows engineers tackling their biggest job of the year at the port, while Border Force officers search for smuggled meat and police mount a stake-out for a suspected criminal.

The Piano — 4seven, 9pm

Jools Holland joins Claudia Winkleman and Mika at London Bridge station for another repeat outing, with a 10-year-old getting the whole concourse singing and an engineer turning surprisingly romantic over a Charles Aznavour number.

Erin Brockovich — 4seven, 10pm

The 2000 legal drama gets another airing, with Julia Roberts’s Oscar-winning turn as the unqualified single mother who took on a Californian power company still the reason it keeps getting repeated.

What kind of shows are on 4seven

The week’s biggest talking points, repeated

Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox turn up constantly, alongside whatever drama or documentary dominated the week. Miss something on a Tuesday and there’s a decent chance it’s back by Friday.

Property and renovation favourites

Property does most of the heavy lifting. A Place in the Sun, Grand Designs and George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations all repeat well, partly because the audience for them doesn’t much mind having seen the episode before. Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids sits in the same bracket, though it’s family factual rather than a competition.

Panel shows, food formats and factual filler

The rest of the day is 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Come Dine with Me, and clip-led factual like Car S.O.S and American Pickers. Cheap to re-run, all of it.

How to watch 4seven

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find 4seven across the main UK television platforms:

4seven is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. As with any Freeview or Freesat channel, your on-screen guide is the definitive source if your box shows a different number.

Streaming online

4seven streams live and free at channel4.com/now/4s and via the Channel 4 app on smart TVs, iOS, Android and Amazon Fire TV. You’ll need a free Channel 4 account, which costs nothing to set up. Many of the individual shows that have aired on 4seven also turn up on demand through Channel 4’s streaming platform, though not everything broadcast stays available indefinitely.

4seven sister channels

4seven is one of four channels in the Channel 4 network, all run by Channel Four Television Corporation. Channel 4 itself carries the original commissions everyone talks about first. E4 leans younger, with US imports and reality formats. More4 handles the documentaries and factual output, a fair amount of which ends up back on 4seven in the daytime. Film4 is the film channel.

Frequently Asked Questions

What channel is 4seven on Freeview?

4seven is on Freeview channel 49, part of the main line-up. No subscription is needed beyond a standard Freeview tuner.

What’s on 4seven tonight?

A Place in the Sun runs through to 7pm, then Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations with Si King and Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port fill the 7pm and 8pm hours, each a repeat rather than a first broadcast. The Piano takes 9pm, and the film Erin Brockovich closes out the primetime run from 10pm. The schedule table above has the full day.

Is 4seven free to watch?

Yes, completely free on every platform, though it does carry advertising breaks during its schedule.

Can I watch 4seven online for free?

Yes. It streams live at channel4.com/now/4s and through the Channel 4 app; you’ll need a free Channel 4 account. Many shows also turn up on demand afterwards, though not every title stays available.

Verdict

4seven does one job. It’s the closest thing British television has to a weekly highlights reel, and it costs nothing. The 7pm to 10pm run is where it earns its place; the daytime is wallpaper, though pleasant enough wallpaper if you like other people’s kitchens.

Tonight’s headline slot goes to The Piano at 9pm, Jools Holland and company back at London Bridge station for a repeat that still holds up on a second viewing. Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations with Si King and Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port either side of it are solid supporting repeats, and Erin Brockovich rounds off the primetime run from 10pm. Everything before it, from the run of A Place in the Sun editions to Saving Country Houses with… Penelope Keith at 11am, is doing exactly what 4seven was built to do: a second pass at something that already had its moment elsewhere on the network.

Related: Channel 4 TV Guide | E4 TV Guide