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

Updated: 21 July 2026

Channel 4 is the UK’s publicly owned but ad-funded broadcaster, free to watch and responsible for a fair chunk of the odder British television of the past forty years. You’ll find it on Freeview 4 (HD: 104), Sky 104, Virgin Media 104 and Freesat 104. It streams live and on demand for free at channel4.com and through the Channel 4 app. Channel 4 News runs weeknights at 7pm; Gogglebox is the Friday 9pm fixture.

Tuesday 21 July keeps to the usual weekday shape. Cheers and Everybody Loves Raymond carry the early sitcom slots, Frasier takes over mid-morning, and Countdown airs twice, once before 6am and again after lunch.

Primetime tonight is led by The Undeclared War, back at 9pm with Simon Pegg and Siân Brooke reprising their roles in the GCHQ-set thriller. Channel 4 News opens the evening at 7pm, Bake Off: The Professionals reaches the semi-final at 8pm with a new episode, and Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox round out the night from 10pm.

Channel 4 Schedule: Tuesday 21 July 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Channel 4 schedule for Tuesday 21 July 2026, on Freeview 4.

What’s on Channel 4 Today — The Daytime Schedule

Tuesday mornings on Channel 4 run on sitcom reruns. Cheers takes the slots either side of 6:30am, Everybody Loves Raymond fills 7:45am to 9am, and Frasier carries the schedule through to 11am, when American Pickers takes over for the hour before Channel 4 News at 12:05pm.

The afternoon belongs to property and daytime staples. The Great House Giveaway follows the lunchtime news, Countdown returns at 2:10pm, and A Place in the Sun leads into a run of factual programming, Narrow Escapes and Chateau DIY, that carries the schedule up to Four in a Bed at 6pm.

Channel 4 Tonight — Primetime and the Evening Schedule

Here’s the Channel 4 primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 21 July 2026.

Four in a Bed — Channel 4, 6pm

Twin hoteliers Sara and Paula welcome their touring rivals to their boutique stay in Devon for judgement, as usual, over breakfast.

Come Dine with Me — Channel 4, 6:30pm

The Belfast week continues, with finance worker Andrea taking her turn to host on the second night of dinner parties.

Channel 4 News — Channel 4, 7pm

The nightly news and current affairs bulletin, with sport and weather.

Bake Off: The Professionals — Channel 4, 8pm

Bake Off: The Professionals reaches the semi-final tonight, and the brief is a punishing one: summer holiday showpieces built around choux buns that have to match down to the finish. It’s the round that tends to separate the finalists from everyone else, with little room left for a shaky bake.

The Undeclared War — Channel 4, 9pm

The Undeclared War is back for a new run, with Simon Pegg and Siân Brooke reprising their roles in the GCHQ-set thriller about a team of analysts caught in the middle of a state-level cyber threat. Channel 4’s drama commissioning has leaned hard into topical, tech-anxious thrillers over the past few years, and this one still has the sharpest premise of the bunch. Tonight’s opening episode sets up the new series’ stakes.

Gogglebox — Channel 4, 10pm

The sofa critics turn their attention to The Celebrity Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing among tonight’s viewing, with the usual mix of blunt one-liners and genuine warmth.

Celebrity Gogglebox — Channel 4, 11:05pm

The celebrity edition covers The Piano, Only Connect and Emmerdale, closing out the night on Channel 4’s most dependable format.

Popular Shows on Channel 4

Comedy and Entertainment

Gogglebox (Fridays, 9pm) has been running since 2013, filming regular families and friends reacting to the week’s telly from their own sofas. When something big happens in the culture, their reactions often land harder than any think-piece. It won the BAFTA for Reality and Constructed Factual in 2014 and has kept going while most reality formats burn out in three series.

Taskmaster moved to Channel 4 from Dave in 2020 and has run a new series most years since. Greg Davies’s mock authority and Alex Horne’s deadpan make for a double act that never feels forced. Series 21 began in April 2026 with Amy Gledhill, Armando Iannucci, Joanna Page, Joel Dommett and Kumail Nanjiani.

Factual and Documentary

24 Hours in A&E films inside a working NHS hospital, originally St George’s in Tooting and later King’s College, with fixed cameras and no presenter. It trusts the patients and staff to carry it, which they do. Dispatches, running since 1987, does the investigative work few other British programmes go near; its Russell Brand exposé in 2023 was a joint investigation with national newspaper partners.

Baking, Lifestyle and Food

The Great British Bake Off can make an entire nation care about proving times and choux pastry. It moved from the BBC to Channel 4 in 2017 and still pulls some of the biggest entertainment audiences of the year each autumn. Bake Off: The Professionals swaps the amateurs for trained pastry chefs and raises the technical bar. Come Dine With Me is the daytime format that refuses to age, helped along by Dave Lamb’s narration.

How to Watch Channel 4 Live and On Demand

Channel Numbers

Here’s where to find Channel 4 depending on your platform:

All of these are free-to-air, no subscription needed. Channel 4 takes no money from the TV Licence; it runs on advertising and commercial partnerships, which is why you get ad breaks on both the linear channel and the stream.

Channel 4 Streaming Service

Channel 4 streams live and on demand for free at channel4.com and through the Channel 4 app, which runs on smart TVs, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and most major streaming sticks. You need a free account to watch; registration takes a couple of minutes. Alongside the live feed there’s the full on-demand library, box sets, and some series that never appear on linear TV. Most programmes stay up for at least 30 days after broadcast. The service used to be called All 4 before Channel 4 folded it under its own name in 2023.

The Channel 4 Family of Channels

Channel 4 runs a group of free-to-air digital channels alongside the main service.

E4 is the entertainment and comedy channel aimed at younger viewers. It’s the linear home of Hollyoaks, which airs weeknights on E4, with the omnibus appearing on Channel 4 overnight on Tuesdays. E4 also carries American imports including The Big Bang Theory and Friends. It’s on Freeview 28, Sky 140 and Virgin Media 144.

More4 carries factual, lifestyle and documentary programming pulled from the wider Channel 4 library: property shows, true crime, acquired documentary series, and a lot of daytime repeats. More4 is on Freeview 18, Sky 144 and Virgin Media 148.

Film4 is the family’s free movie channel, mixing mainstream Hollywood with independent and world cinema and the odd classic. No premium subscription. Film4 is on Freeview 15, Sky 313 and Virgin Media 428.

4seven shows programmes from the previous seven days of Channel 4 and its sister channels, usually slotted at different times. If you missed something and don’t fancy the app, it’s the linear way to catch up. It’s on Freeview 47 and Sky 149.

Frequently Asked Questions

What channel number is Channel 4 on Freeview?

Channel 4 is on channel 4 on Freeview. If you have a Freeview HD receiver or a TV with a built-in Freeview HD tuner, Channel 4 HD is on channel 104. Both carry the same programmes.

What channel is Channel 4 on Sky?

Channel 4 is on channel 104 on Sky, which covers Sky Q, Sky Stream and Sky Glass. Channel 4 HD is the default feed at 104.

What channel is Channel 4 on Virgin Media?

Channel 4 is on channel 104 on Virgin Media.

What channel is Channel 4 on Freesat?

Channel 4 is on channel 104 on Freesat. If you’re in Wales you may find S4C at 104 on some tuners; check your regional listing accordingly.

What time is Channel 4 News on?

Channel 4 News is on Monday to Friday at 7pm, running until 7:55pm. It is produced by ITN and is available to watch live on the linear channel or to stream free on channel4.com and the Channel 4 app. Weekend bulletins run at different times — on Saturday and Sunday the news is at 6pm and runs for around thirty minutes, shorter than the weeknight programme.

What time is Gogglebox on Channel 4?

Gogglebox airs on Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4. Episodes are one hour long and are available on the Channel 4 streaming service shortly after broadcast.

What’s on Channel 4 tonight?

Tonight, Tuesday 21 July 2026: Four in a Bed and Come Dine with Me fill the early evening, Channel 4 News is at 7pm, and Bake Off: The Professionals reaches the semi-final with a new episode at 8pm. The Undeclared War returns with a new series opener at 9pm, then Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox close out the night from 10pm.

Can I watch Channel 4 online for free?

Yes. Channel 4 streams live and on demand for free at channel4.com and through the Channel 4 app. A free account is required to watch. The service is available on smart TVs, phones, tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and most streaming sticks. Channel 4 is ad-supported, so adverts are included in the stream.

Does Channel 4 have a streaming service?

Yes. Channel 4’s free streaming service is available at channel4.com and through the Channel 4 app. It carries live TV, catch-up, full series box sets, and some exclusive content not shown on the linear channel. The service was previously known as All 4 before being rebranded under the Channel 4 name.

Verdict

Tuesday 21 July is a genuine two-hander, and The Undeclared War at 9pm is the pick if you only watch one thing. Simon Pegg and Siân Brooke back in a GCHQ thriller with real topical bite is a rarer treat than another factual strand, and the opening episode of a new run is the easiest place to jump on.

Bake Off: The Professionals at 8pm shouldn’t be overlooked either. Semi-final week raises the technical demands sharply, and choux work exposes any pastry chef who’s coasted this far. Gogglebox at 10pm rounds off a solid, unshowy night rather than defining it.

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