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, Tuesday 18 August 2026, A Place in the Sun carries the channel into the evening, ahead of a primetime built around The Dog House, Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox back to back, 999: On the Front Line, and the film Alice, Darling closing out the night.

4seven Schedule: Tuesday 18 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 4seven schedule for Tuesday 18 August 2026, on Freeview 49.

Overnight

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 4seven today

Tuesday’s schedule opens overnight with Celebrity Gogglebox at 12:05am, Naked Attraction at 1:05am, Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives at 2:05am and Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich at 3:05am. 24 Hours in A&E closes out the overnight run at 4:05am, before teleshopping takes over until 9am.

American Pickers opens the daytime proper at 9am, followed by Find It, Fix It, Flog It at 10am and The Great B&B Challenge at 11am. A Place in the Sun then settles in for three editions from midday, handing over to Come Dine with Me at 3pm for a run of five half-hour episodes that carries the channel to 5:30pm. A Place in the Sun closes out the afternoon with two more editions either side of 6pm, the second of which opens tonight’s primetime schedule.

4seven tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 4seven primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 18 August 2026.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 6pm

A second A Place in the Sun edition rounds off the afternoon at 6pm before primetime proper gets going.

The Dog House — 4seven, 7pm

The Dog House opens the evening at 7pm, matching a rescue dog with whoever’s come looking for one. This is series 7’s seventh outing, one of the steadier feel-good imports 4seven pulls back from Channel 4’s main schedule.

Gogglebox — 4seven, 8pm

Gogglebox keeps its usual 8pm berth, now well into series 27. The households react to whatever’s dominated the week’s television rather than anything filmed fresh for this repeat.

Celebrity Gogglebox — 4seven, 9pm

An hour later, familiar faces take over the format for Celebrity Gogglebox’s second outing this series, sitting in for the regular households to comment on the same run of clips.

999: On the Front Line — 4seven, 10pm

999: On the Front Line opens its twelfth series at 10pm, following West Midlands Ambulance Service crews call to call as they find out what’s waiting for them.

Alice, Darling — 4seven, 11pm

Alice, Darling closes the night. Mary Nighy’s 2022 psychological thriller casts Anna Kendrick as a woman starting to recognise, with her friends’ help, that her relationship isn’t a healthy one. It runs close to two hours in this slot, so it carries well past midnight.

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 leads into the evening at 6pm, then The Dog House at 7pm, Gogglebox at 8pm, Celebrity Gogglebox at 9pm and 999: On the Front Line at 10pm, before the film Alice, Darling closes out primetime at 11pm. 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.

Tonight’s line-up pairs Gogglebox straight into Celebrity Gogglebox at 8pm and 9pm, bracketed by The Dog House beforehand and 999: On the Front Line after, with the film Alice, Darling closing out the night. The daytime runs the same trick as ever, with A Place in the Sun and Come Dine with Me repeating in blocks right through the afternoon. Every one of them is a second pass at something the network already broadcast earlier in the week.

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