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 changed since. Everything in the table below has already gone out somewhere else on the network. Tonight, Sunday 16 August 2026, four editions of A Place in the Sun carry the channel from 4pm into early evening, ahead of a primetime built around Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port, Gogglebox and a late-night stand-up special from Bill Bailey.

4seven Schedule: Sunday 16 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 4seven schedule for Sunday 16 August 2026, on Freeview 49.

Overnight

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 4seven today

Sunday’s schedule clears out overnight with Gogglebox at 12:05am, running into Celebrity Gogglebox at 1:05am, then a run of factual and true-crime formats: Social Media Monsters at 2:05am, Crime Scene Cleaners at 3:05am and Murder Case: The Digital at 4:05am, before teleshopping takes the channel through the small hours.

Four in a Bed returns at 9am and runs ten editions back to back until half past one, drawn from two different series of the format. Location, Location, Location follows at 2pm and Grand Designs at 3pm, before A Place in the Sun opens a four-episode run at 4pm that carries straight through into the evening’s primetime schedule.

4seven tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 4seven primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 16 August 2026.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 4pm–7pm

Four episodes run back to back through the afternoon and into early evening, moving from a Lanzarote search through Florida and Tenerife before finishing on Spain’s south-east coast. It’s the standard shape of a 4seven Sunday afternoon: one property format given the whole run before the evening’s bigger titles take over.

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

Series 2 wraps up with its eighth and final episode, looking at how staff at the port mark its history through two world wars. It’s a rerun of Channel 4’s fly-on-the-wall series following the operation behind one of the country’s busiest ferry and freight crossings.

Gogglebox — 4seven, 9pm

Gogglebox holds its regular Sunday slot, a rerun from series 27 as the sofa panel work their way through another week of television. It’s the channel’s most dependable draw, reliably the one show strong enough to anchor 4seven’s whole evening around it.

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

Series 29’s second edition repeats the format’s now-familiar mash-up: two teams of comedians working through Countdown’s numbers, letters and conundrum rounds, with Dictionary Corner along for the ride.

Bill Bailey Live: Part Troll — 4seven, 11:05pm

The night closes with an older recording: Bill Bailey’s stand-up set from 2004, filmed live at Hammersmith Apollo and built around his usual mix of musical detours and observational riffs. At an hour and forty minutes, it’s the longest single item in tonight’s schedule.

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 four times over from 4pm to 7pm, then Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port at 8pm, Gogglebox at 9pm, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown at 10pm and a Bill Bailey stand-up special closing out primetime at 11:05pm. 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 filler for anyone who likes property shows and dinner parties.

Sunday’s headline slot goes to Gogglebox at 9pm, framed by a primetime built entirely from earlier-in-the-week Channel 4 network hits. The daytime runs the same trick, with A Place in the Sun and Four in a Bed repeating in blocks right through the afternoon. Every one of them is a second pass at something the network already broadcast this week.

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