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

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 at 4 on Freeview, and at 104 on Freeview HD, Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat. 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.

American Pickers opens the evening at 6pm, followed by Channel 4 News at 7pm. A new episode of Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich airs at 8pm, then 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown at 9pm, before a new Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits and Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live close out primetime at 10pm and 11:05pm.

Channel 4 Schedule: Friday 14 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Channel 4 schedule for Friday 14 August 2026, on Freeview 4.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Channel 4 today: the daytime schedule

Crime Scene Cleaners opens the graveyard slot at 12:10am, followed by Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives at 1:05am and Ramsay’s Hotel Hell, in which Gordon Ramsay tackles an Ohio hotel, at 1:55am. Dictator: The Hitler Interviews continues at 2:45am, then Fur Babies, Kirstie’s House of Craft and Couples Come Dine with Me carry the schedule through to Countdown at 5:50am.

Three episodes each of The King of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond carry the schedule to 9am, then Frasier runs across four episodes from 9:10am, before Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA and the lunchtime news summary. Find It, Fix It, Flog It and The Great House Giveaway fill the early afternoon, Countdown returns at 2:10pm, and A Place in the Sun, Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith and Chateau DIY run through to 6pm, ahead of American Pickers and the 7pm news.

Channel 4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Channel 4 primetime line-up for tonight, Friday 14 August 2026.

American Pickers — Channel 4, 6pm

American Pickers heads to the outskirts of Washington DC in this episode, titled Pedal Pushers (series 18, episode 4), where Mike and Frank stumble on an untouched trove of stock inside a bike and sporting-goods shop that’s been trading longer than almost any other in the country.

Channel 4 News — Channel 4, 7pm

Channel 4 News brings the day’s top stories and analysis, rounding off with the evening weather forecast.

Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich — Channel 4, 8pm

This new episode of Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich (series 1, episode 5) follows two more clients chasing a more youthful look: Roberto turns to plasma injections to keep his hair transplant looking fuller, while Emma pays close to £9,500 for a nano-fat treatment to smooth the shadows under her eyes.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — Channel 4, 9pm

Comedian Lou Wall takes the Dictionary Corner seat alongside Susie Dent in this episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (series 29, episode 2), as Rob Beckett and Kiell Smith-Bynoe go head-to-head with Roisin Conaty and Jon Richardson, with Jimmy Carr and Rachel Riley keeping the scores honest.

Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits — Channel 4, 10pm

Titled Ultimate Flops, this new compilation edition of Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits (series 2, episode 5) digs back through the show’s archive for its most spectacular blunders, with guests ranging from Micky Flanagan to Mel Giedroyc among those whose answers went badly wrong.

Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live — Channel 4, 11:05pm

Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live closes the schedule. Her stand-up stays rooted in small domestic pleasures, the sort where a brew taken in the bath qualifies as luxury, and she throws in some advice on married life along the way.

Popular shows on Channel 4

Comedy and entertainment

Gogglebox 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 is still going more than a decade later.

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 2023 Russell Brand investigation was made jointly with two national newspapers.

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 the sugar-work sculptures they produce are frankly ridiculous. Come Dine With Me just keeps going in the afternoons, held together entirely 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 is where the factual and lifestyle back catalogue goes to live a second life: property, true crime, acquired documentary series, and a great many daytime repeats. More4 is on Freeview 18, Sky 144 and Virgin Media 148.

Film4 is the free movie channel, and a genuinely good one: mainstream Hollywood in the evenings, world and independent cinema later on, no subscription anywhere in it. Film4 is on Freeview 15, Sky 313 and Virgin Media 428.

4seven replays the past week of Channel 4 and its sister channels at different times of day, for anyone who’d rather not use the app. 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’s produced by ITN and streams free on channel4.com and the Channel 4 app alongside the linear broadcast. Weekend bulletins are shorter and earlier: 6pm on Saturday and Sunday, running around thirty minutes.

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, Friday 14 August 2026: American Pickers opens the evening at 6pm, Channel 4 News follows at 7pm, and a new episode of Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich airs at 8pm. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown takes the 9pm slot, a new Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits follows at 10pm, and Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live closes primetime at 11:05pm.

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. It’s the same free service covered above at channel4.com and via the Channel 4 app, previously known as All 4 before Channel 4 dropped the separate branding in 2023.

Verdict

Friday’s schedule is built around a solid entertainment run rather than one standout premiere. Surgery Secrets of the Super Rich opens with a new episode at 8pm, unflinching about the price tags on its clients’ cosmetic work, before 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown takes the wordplay-and-insults format into its 29th series at 9pm.

Big Fat Quiz: Best Bits rounds up the format’s funniest disasters at 10pm, and Sarah Millican closes the night with stand-up built around small comforts rather than big statements. It’s a night for viewers who want to laugh rather than be gripped.

Watch

Related: What’s On TV Tonight | Channel 4 Schedule | BBC One TV Guide | Films on TV This Week