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

Published: 17 September 2026

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 18 September 2026, Junk & Disorderly opens early evening at 6pm, then two Dickinson’s Real Deal episodes run back to back from 7pm and 8pm ahead of a two-episode My Strange Arrest block at 9pm and 9:30pm. Two editions of What On Earth? close the night at 10pm and 11pm.

Blaze Schedule: Friday 18 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Blaze schedule for Friday 18 September 2026, on Freeview 64.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Blaze today

The Curse Of Oak Island opens the overnight run at midnight, then two Close Encounters episodes at 1am and 1:30am lead into a new Killer Britain case at 2am, presented by Dermot Murnaghan, and a Junk & Disorderly episode at 3am. Three Hardcore Pawn episodes carry the schedule from 3:45am into two Dickinson’s Real Deal episodes at 5am and 6am, then two Pawn Stars episodes, two Storage Wars Canada episodes and two Storage Hunters episodes fill breakfast to 9:20am, where eight Container Wars episodes take over the rest of the morning into early afternoon.

Two more Pawn Stars episodes and two more Storage Wars Canada episodes take early afternoon, before Ancient Aliens and Ancient Aliens 17 run from 3:05pm and In Search Of Aliens carries the schedule from 5pm to 6pm, where Junk & Disorderly opens early evening ahead of the primetime line-up below.

Blaze tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Blaze primetime line-up for tonight, Friday 18 September 2026.

Junk & Disorderly — Blaze, 6pm

Henry Cole and the team call in on the Fairford Steam and Classic Car Show to open the evening.

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

Two episodes filmed in Caernarfon run back to back. The first sees valuer Michael Hogben accused of driving too hard a bargain while Karen Dalmeny meets an owner keen to sell a sword; the second turns up a Tracey Emin piece and an antique toast rack among the items on the table.

My Strange Arrest — Blaze, 9pm-9:30pm

Two fresh cases rather than a new format launch: a shoplifter who turned the crime into an odd game of chance, then a fugitive who bolts through moving traffic with officers close behind.

What On Earth? — Blaze, 10pm-11pm

Satellite imagery drives both editions. The first pores over the Nile Valley for relics buried in a long-lost city of the dead; the second looks at a strange spiral formation some have floated as a candidate for the lost city of Atlantis.

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?

Junk & Disorderly opens early evening at 6pm, then two Dickinson’s Real Deal episodes run from 7pm and 8pm ahead of a two-episode My Strange Arrest block at 9pm and 9:30pm. Two editions of What On Earth? close the night at 10pm and 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’s evening opens with Junk & Disorderly at 6pm, then two Dickinson’s Real Deal episodes hold 7pm and 8pm ahead of a two-episode My Strange Arrest block at 9pm and 9:30pm. Two editions of What On Earth? close the night at 10pm and 11pm. The daytime is the usual rotation: The Curse Of Oak Island, Close Encounters and Killer Britain overnight, then Hardcore Pawn, Pawn Stars, Storage Wars Canada, Storage Hunters, Container Wars and more Dickinson’s Real Deal carrying breakfast through into the afternoon.

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