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

Published: 31 August 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 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.

Tuesday 1 September brings one genuine new commission to Channel 4: The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder returns for a third run at 9pm, re-enacting the real trial of two brothers accused of killing their stepfather. Around it, A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? is on its second episode at 6pm (the series itself opened the night before), Channel 4 News holds its usual 7pm slot, and The Dog House takes 8pm — a repeat of the series 9 opener rather than a new one. The documentary 9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America closes the evening from 10pm.

Channel 4 Schedule: Tuesday 1 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Channel 4 schedule for Tuesday 1 September 2026, on Freeview 4.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Channel 4 today: the daytime schedule

Tuesday daytime on Channel 4 runs its normal weekday grid. The overnight hours carry two more parts of The Murder Detective (12:05am and 12:55am), then Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives at 1:55am and the film Sick of Myself at 2:50am, before Kirstie’s House of Craft and the Hollyoaks Omnibus fill the run-up to breakfast.

Breakfast runs three episodes each of The King of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond, then four of Frasier, from 6:30am to 10:40am, with Countdown opening the day proper at 5:50am. Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back takes 11:10am, then Find It, Fix It, Flog It and The Great House Giveaway carry the early afternoon. A second Countdown airs at 2:10pm, followed by A Place in the Sun at 3pm, The Great B&B Challenge at 4pm and Chateau DIY at 5pm, running up to the evening’s opener.

Channel 4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Channel 4 primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 1 September 2026, led by a genuine new series arriving at 9pm.

A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? — Channel 4, 6pm

The strand’s second outing of the week checks in on Lesley-Ann and Mark, who run a tea shop in Spain and are trying their luck with something new out in the garden. Over in France, Ali and Huard are weighing up whether to give up on their gîte altogether. The actual series opener aired the night before, so this is a continuation rather than a fresh start.

Channel 4 News — Channel 4, 7pm

The usual hour of news and analysis at 7pm.

The Dog House — Channel 4, 8pm

Tonight’s edition, with cockapoo twins Milo and Mabel causing chaos and a stray lurcher called Floyd waiting for the right match, first aired back in March as the series 9 opener — so this is a repeat rather than a new launch, despite landing at the top of the hour.

The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder — Channel 4, 9pm

The re-enacted courtroom format returns for a third series, and it’s the one genuine new commission on Channel 4 tonight. This run puts two brothers in the dock over the killing of their stepfather, with the jury weighing whether the act was premeditated or born of desperation. Sober subject matter, handled with the format’s usual restraint rather than for entertainment value.

9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America — Channel 4, 10pm

A two-and-a-half-hour documentary built from contemporaneous New York footage, running through to 12:30am. It airs the same hour as a different 9/11 documentary on Channel 5, so worth checking you’ve got the right one queued up if you’re planning to watch.

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 Monday to Wednesday at 7pm 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, typically around 6:30-6:35pm and roughly twenty-five minutes long.

What time is Gogglebox on Channel 4?

Gogglebox’s home slot is Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4, with episodes available on the Channel 4 streaming service shortly after broadcast. The Celebrity Gogglebox spin-off turns up in other slots through the week, including some Monday nights, with a different line-up of famous faces reacting to the same shows.

What’s on Channel 4 tonight?

Tonight, Tuesday 1 September 2026, the one genuine new series on Channel 4 is The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder at 9pm, returning for a third run. Ahead of it, A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? has its second episode of the week at 6pm, Channel 4 News is at 7pm as usual, and The Dog House takes 8pm with a repeat of its series 9 opener rather than a new one. The evening closes with the documentary 9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America 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. 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 1 September has one thing worth planning around: The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder at 9pm, a genuine returning series and the only new commission on Channel 4 tonight. It’s serious, re-enacted courtroom television built on a difficult real case, and it deserves to be watched as such rather than as filler between the property shows.

Everything else is the schedule ticking over. A New Life in the Sun is mid-episode rather than mid-launch, The Dog House at 8pm is a repeat of its series opener from earlier in the year despite the prime slot, and the night ends with a lengthy 9/11 documentary rather than anything lighter. A solid rather than spectacular evening, with one show worth clearing your diary for.

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