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

Updated: 20 September 2026

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, though not always at the same distance behind. Sunday 20 September 2026 runs an unusually long Four in a Bed block through the morning and early afternoon, before two more editions of A Place in the Sun open primetime at 6pm and 7pm. The Dog House follows at 8pm, a Gogglebox repeat airs at 9pm, and the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow closes out the night from 10pm.

4seven Schedule: Sunday 20 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 4seven schedule for Sunday 20 September 2026, on Freeview 49.

Overnight

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 4seven today

Overnight runs two Gogglebox repeats back to back, then 999: What Happened Next, 24 Hours in A&E and Millionaire Hoarders carry the small hours, before a long teleshopping block takes over from 5am to 9am.

Four in a Bed then dominates the entire morning and early afternoon: eleven editions in a row, drawn from two different series runs, filling the schedule from 9am through to 2pm. Location, Location, Location and a repeat of Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds follow, before three more editions of A Place in the Sun carry the schedule from 4pm to the edge of tonight’s line-up.

4seven tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 4seven primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 20 September 2026.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 6pm

A couple search for a home in Charente, France, working with a budget of around £150,000.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 7pm

A second helping of the property format, this time following a mother and daughter house-hunting for a holiday home in Chania, Crete.

The Dog House — 4seven, 8pm

A repeat of the rehoming format, in which two teenage brothers visit the centre to consider taking on a Chihuahua cross.

Gogglebox — 4seven, 9pm

A repeat of the week’s Gogglebox, the sofa-based reaction show that anchors 4seven’s Sunday schedule.

The Day After Tomorrow — 4seven, 10pm

Roland Emmerich’s 2004 disaster film, starring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal, closes the night with a sudden global freeze triggered by climate collapse.

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 earlier in the week and there’s a decent chance it’s back on 4seven within a few days.

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 opens primetime with two editions at 6pm and 7pm, then The Dog House runs at 8pm and a Gogglebox repeat at 9pm. The disaster film The Day After Tomorrow closes the night 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. Sunday leans further into that idea than most days, running eleven Four in a Bed episodes back to back through the entire late morning and afternoon — closer to background radio than appointment viewing, but exactly what the channel is for.

The evening is a watchable rerun run rather than a standout one: two A Place in the Sun editions at 6pm and 7pm, The Dog House at 8pm and a Gogglebox repeat at 9pm, none of it demanding a first watch. The Day After Tomorrow closing the night from 10pm is the one booking here with any scale to it, a mid-2000s disaster blockbuster that still plays fine as a Sunday-night rerun two decades on.

Related: Channel 4 TV Guide | E4 TV Guide | Films on TV Tonight