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

Blaze is a free-to-air factual channel that has run on Freeview since September 2016. Its schedule runs from military history documentaries to ancient-mystery programming, and factual entertainment formats set in pawn shops and storage units fill much of the rest of the day. Tonight, Friday 14 August 2026, two Storage Wars half-hours open the evening at 6pm and 6:30pm, then Dickinson’s Real Deal runs a second double bill at 7pm and 8pm. A new episode of History’s Most Shocking takes the 9pm hour, Weird Britain follows at 10pm, and Britain’s X-Files closes the night at 11pm.

Blaze Schedule: Friday 14 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Blaze schedule for Friday 14 August 2026, on Freeview 64.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Blaze today

Daytime Blaze is a loop, and the channel doesn’t pretend otherwise. The Curse Of Oak Island opens the day at midnight with the Lagina team pushing further down the Garden Shaft, and Mission Unexplained follows at 1am. Court Cam then holds 2am and 2:30am with a back-to-back half-hour pairing, before Storage Wars runs two more episodes from 3am and Hardcore Pawn takes three from 3:45am.

Dickinson’s Real Deal has a single hour at 5am, then Irish Pickers carries breakfast with four episodes back to back from 6am to 9:20am, as dealers Ian Dowling and Butzy work their way from Cork and Limerick over to England. Dickinson’s Real Deal returns for a longer stretch from 9:20am, four episodes running to 1:05pm, before Junk & Disorderly takes over the afternoon, five episodes from 1:05pm to 6pm, ending just as the evening schedule starts.

Blaze tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Blaze primetime line-up for tonight, Friday 14 August 2026.

Storage Wars — Blaze, 6pm & 6:30pm

Two back-to-back half-hours of Storage Wars open the evening, series 15 episode 20 at 6pm followed by the series 6 opener at 6:30pm, an older run slotted in straight after.

Dickinson’s Real Deal — Blaze, 7pm & 8pm

Dickinson’s Real Deal then runs a second double bill of the night, series 9 episodes 50 and 51 back to back at 7pm and 8pm, David Dickinson putting fresh collectors through their paces at both.

History’s Most Shocking — Blaze, 9pm

A fresh instalment of History’s Most Shocking lands at 9pm (series 1, episode 6), the newest addition to Blaze’s roster of near-miss and disaster footage. This one runs through a snowmobile avalanche, a stunt gone wrong once billed as a real-life Six Million Dollar Man moment, and a motorway blowout that sends a wheel spinning free of a car doing full speed.

Weird Britain — Blaze, 10pm

Weird Britain turns to folklore at 10pm (series 3, episode 10), with presenter Andy McGrath chasing down British tales of fairies and other beings said to live just out of sight. Expect more atmosphere than evidence, in keeping with the rest of the strand.

Britain’s X-Files — Blaze, 11pm

Britain’s X-Files closes out the night at 11pm (series 1, episode 5), digging through declassified government paperwork alongside oddities like a supposed ship-shaped satellite formation and a reputed ghost sighting near St James’ Park. It’s the usual mix of genuine archive material and looser speculation.

What kind of shows are on Blaze

Military and world history documentaries

This is the strand worth setting a reminder for, and it rewards anyone who has already worked through the more familiar documentaries elsewhere. Hitler’s Engineers and U-Boat Wargamers go after corners of the Second World War that don’t get the rotation the D-Day landings and the Battle of Britain do, and both are made with more care than the channel’s reputation would lead you to expect.

Ancient mysteries and the unexplained

Ancient Aliens, The UnXplained with William Shatner, Weird Britain and MonsterQuest account for more hours than anything else on Blaze. The evidence base is viral footage, satellite imagery and eyewitness account rather than anything that has been through review. Watch accordingly.

Factual entertainment and reality

Storage Wars Canada, Pawn Stars and Dickinson’s Real Deal hold the daytime. Ordinary people, real money, modest budgets, and nobody involved pretending it is anything more than that.

How to watch Blaze

Channel numbers

Blaze is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. Virgin Media and Freesat channel numbers may vary slightly depending on your box and region, so your on-screen guide is the definitive source if these don’t match.

Streaming online

Blaze streams live and free at watch.blaze.tv and via the free BLAZE app on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV and select smart TVs. No account, subscription or payment card is needed to watch the live stream.

Blaze streaming and catch-up

Blaze runs a Freeview +1 timeshift channel on 92, which is useful when you land on the 9pm show twenty minutes in and would rather start it properly. There is no +1 on Sky, Virgin or Freesat, so Freeview is the only route to a delayed watch.

The BLAZE app and website also carry a real catch-up library rather than a token one. New episodes are typically added daily and stay on demand for around 30 days.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is Blaze on Freeview?

Freeview channel 64, with Blaze +1 on channel 92.

What’s on Blaze tonight?

Storage Wars opens the evening with a double bill at 6pm and 6:30pm, and Dickinson’s Real Deal runs a second double bill at 7pm and 8pm. A new episode of History’s Most Shocking takes the 9pm hour, Weird Britain follows at 10pm, and Britain’s X-Files closes the night at 11pm.

Is Blaze free to watch?

Yes, entirely free to air on Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat, with no subscription fee. It carries advertising like any other commercial channel.

Who owns Blaze?

Blaze launched under A+E Networks UK in September 2016 and is now run by Hearst Networks UK, a joint venture between Hearst and Sky Group, following A+E Networks EMEA’s 2024 rebrand to Hearst Networks EMEA.

Verdict

Blaze knows what it is and doesn’t oversell it, which on most nights is enough. The military history slot is the reason to keep the channel in mind at all: Hitler’s Engineers would hold its own two hundred channel numbers lower down. The unexplained material is lighter, fine as entertainment provided you don’t go to it for evidence. The pawn shops and storage lockers ask nothing of you, which some evenings is the whole appeal.

Tonight leans on the pawn-shop and storage-locker staples early, then hands the back half to the unexplained strand. Two Storage Wars half hours and a second Dickinson’s Real Deal double bill fill the schedule to 9pm, familiar ground for anyone who has already caught the daytime loop. A new episode of History’s Most Shocking takes the 9pm hour, Weird Britain follows at 10pm with a look at British fairy folklore, and Britain’s X-Files closes out the night at 11pm with more declassified files and unexplained footage.

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