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

Published: 22 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. Wednesday 23 September 2026 carries three editions of A Place in the Sun through the afternoon and an early repeat at 6pm, then The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down opens primetime properly at 7pm ahead of a second A Place in the Sun repeat at 8:15pm. 24 Hours in A&E and 999: What Happened Next carry the back half of the evening, and Celebrity Gogglebox closes out the night from 11:05pm.

4seven Schedule: Wednesday 23 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete 4seven schedule for Wednesday 23 September 2026, on Freeview 49.

Overnight

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on 4seven today

Overnight opens with Tempting Fortune just after 1am, then two Gogglebox repeats and a Grand Designs episode carry the small hours, before a four-hour teleshopping block takes the schedule through to 9am.

A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now?, Find It, Fix It, Flog It and Help! We Bought a Village fill the morning, then three editions of A Place in the Sun run back to back from midday. Four editions of Come Dine with Me carry the mid-afternoon, and a fifth, older repeat leads into Four in a Bed at 5:30pm ahead of tonight’s line-up.

4seven tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the 4seven primetime line-up for tonight, Wednesday 23 September 2026.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 6pm

Craig Rowe helps a pair of dancers search for a holiday home in eastern Crete on a £130,000 budget, a repeat from earlier in the series’ current run.

The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down — 4seven, 7pm

Liza Tarbuck hosts as contestants including Lucy Beaumont, Richard Herring and Paul Merson turn their hand to a children’s desk set.

A Place in the Sun — 4seven, 8:15pm

An older repeat this time: Jean Johansson helps brothers Peter and David look for a shared holiday home in Torrevieja on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

24 Hours in A&E — 4seven, 9pm

Cameras return to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, where one of tonight’s cases is a woman with a spinal fracture from a fall while riding.

999: What Happened Next — 4seven, 10pm

Tonight’s cases include a woman stabbed in her own home at Christmas and a burglary gang that targeted a run of affluent properties.

Celebrity Gogglebox — 4seven, 11:05pm

The celebrity sofas close out the night with opinions on Love Island, Strictly Come Dancing, This Morning and The Yorkshire Vet.

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 at 6pm, then The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down at 7pm and a second A Place in the Sun repeat at 8:15pm. 24 Hours in A&E takes the 9pm slot, and the night closes with 999: What Happened Next at 10pm and Celebrity Gogglebox 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. Wednesday runs true to that pattern: two separate A Place in the Sun repeats bookend a Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down rerun at 7pm, and 24 Hours in A&E and 999: What Happened Next carry the second half of the evening. Celebrity Gogglebox closes out the night at 11:05pm, giving the day’s talking points one more airing before bed.

Daytime leans hard on property: three editions of A Place in the Sun before lunch and five of Come Dine with Me through the afternoon, 4seven doing its usual job of filling the schedule with whatever’s been getting attention across the network.

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