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.

It’s a full weekday run on Tuesday 18 August, with Channel 4 News back in its usual 7pm slot. A new documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, takes the 8pm hour, followed by a new Celebrity Hunted at 9pm. Gogglebox airs at 10pm, and Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives closes the night at 11:05pm.

Channel 4 Schedule: Tuesday 18 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Channel 4 schedule for Tuesday 18 August 2026, on Freeview 4.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Channel 4 today: the daytime schedule

The overnight run opens with the Walter Presents strand: French crime drama Everybody Lies launches at 12:05am, followed by a repeat of Ramsay’s Hotel Hell at 1am and the film Blue Bayou at 1:50am. Levison Wood: Walking with Polar Bears airs at 3:45am, the Hollyoaks Omnibus follows at 4:40am, and Countdown opens proper daytime viewing at 5:50am.

Breakfast belongs to sitcom reruns: three episodes of The King of Queens from 6:30am, then three of Everybody Loves Raymond from 7:45am, then four of Frasier carrying the schedule through to 11:10am, when Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA takes over. A Channel 4 News Summary lands at 12:05pm, ahead of Find It, Fix It, Flog It at 12:10pm and The Great House Giveaway at 1:10pm. Countdown returns for its afternoon edition at 2:10pm, A Place in the Sun follows at 3pm, and The Great B&B Challenge runs from 4pm. Chateau DIY closes out the afternoon at 5pm before American Pickers opens the evening at 6pm and Channel 4 News at 7pm.

Channel 4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Channel 4 primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 18 August 2026.

American Pickers — Channel 4, 6pm

Mike Wolfe and his crew are still working their way through American barns and lock-ups, buying up whatever’s rusted, dusty or oddly valuable enough to resell. Series 18 knows its own rhythm by now, but the finds keep the format honest.

Channel 4 News — Channel 4, 7pm

The nightly hour-long bulletin from ITN.

The Great ADHD Myth? — Channel 4, 8pm

Dr Max Pemberton, an NHS psychiatrist, presents a new one-off documentary questioning how far ADHD diagnoses have outrun the evidence behind them. Channel 4 had already drawn criticism from ADHD charities before this went to air, so expect an argument rather than a straightforward explainer.

Celebrity Hunted — Channel 4, 9pm

Series seven keeps its twice-weekly pace with episode six, the hunters closing in on whichever of this year’s famous fugitives has slipped up. This is a different chase from Monday’s instalment, not a repeat of it.

Gogglebox — Channel 4, 10pm

The sofas deliver their verdict on the week’s television, unfiltered as always.

Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives — Channel 4, 11:05pm

Episode five finds Trewley’s present for her mother going down badly, so she tries a speed dating night instead. The slot has shifted an hour later than last night and no longer carries a premiere flag.

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, Tuesday 18 August 2026: Channel 4 News is at 7pm as usual, followed by a new documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, at 8pm and a new episode of Celebrity Hunted at 9pm. Gogglebox airs at 10pm, and Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives closes out the night 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

Tuesday’s schedule gives Channel 4 an actual talking point rather than just another returning format. The Great ADHD Myth? is the one likely to generate headlines, given the pushback it drew from campaigners before it even aired. Celebrity Hunted holds its twice-weekly pace with a fresh chase, while Gogglebox and Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives fill out the hours either side of eleven without needing to be anything other than themselves.

It’s a stronger night than most: one genuine premiere with an edge to it, plus three dependable regulars doing what they always do.

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