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, Sunday 9 August 2026, two A Place in the Sun episodes fill 6pm and 7pm before Dover 24/7, Gogglebox and a late Greg Davies stand-up show.

4seven Schedule: Sunday 9 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 4seven schedule for Sunday 9 August 2026, on Freeview 49.

What’s on 4seven today

Sunday daytime runs Four in a Bed at 9am, Four in a Bed at 9:30am, Four in a Bed at 10am, Four in a Bed at 10:30am, before the evening schedule takes over.

The overnight run is a mix of true-crime and relationship documentaries rather than the usual factual filler. Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich opens just after midnight, followed by Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives at 1:45am and Secrets of the Celebrity Sex Tapes at 2:50am. An older Gogglebox episode, from series 26, carries the schedule to 4:50am, and teleshopping fills 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, Sunday 9 August 2026.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 6pm and 7pm

Two episodes back to back to open.

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

The port’s engineering team tackle the job they have been dreading all year, and Border Force spend their shift looking for meat that should not have crossed the Channel.

Gogglebox — 4seven, 9pm

The family-friendly compilation Channel 4 showed on Sunday evening.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — 4seven, 10pm

Friday’s Channel 4 episode repeated, with Jimmy Carr hosting.

Greg Davies: The Back of My Mum’s Head — 4seven, 11:05pm

Greg Davies’ live show, and the listings clip the title after “My”. It gets its name from his mother’s suggestion that the back of her head was her best feature.

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?

Extraordinary Extensions and Hotel Chocolat Unwrapped fill the 7pm and 8pm hours, each a repeat rather than a first broadcast. 24 Hours in A&E takes 9pm, and true crime series Don’t Date Brandon closes out the primetime run with two episodes 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 Don’t Date Brandon, with the first two episodes of the true crime series running back to back from 10pm, a fresher addition to the schedule than most of what surrounds it. 24 Hours in A&E at 9pm and Hotel Chocolat Unwrapped at 8pm are solid supporting repeats either side of it. Everything before that, 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.

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