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

Dave is UKTV’s comedy and entertainment channel, and almost everything it broadcasts belongs to somebody else. The exception is Red Dwarf, which Dave revived in 2009 with the original cast and has been trading on ever since. UKTV became a wholly owned subsidiary of BBC Studios in 2021 and renamed the channel U&Dave in July 2024, when it pushed the whole portfolio under a single “U” brand. Nobody calls it that. Tonight, Monday 10 August 2026, the line-up runs from Rick Stein’s Cornwall through Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, a Would I Lie To You? double, Have I Got a Bit More News for You, QI XL and Taskmaster. Channel numbers are further down the page.

Dave Schedule: Monday 10 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Dave schedule for Monday 10 August 2026, on Freeview 19.

What’s on Dave today

Monday daytime on Dave starts with a late-night stretch of Live at the Apollo and QI XL running into the small hours, then Top Gear at 7:25am and two episodes of Border Force America’s Gatekeepers from 8:20am. Rick Stein’s Cornwall gets its first outing at 10:20am and 10:55am, ahead of Yukon Gold at 11:20am and a Top Gear double from 12:20pm. Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing airs at 2:20pm, Man and Beast with Martin Clunes at 3pm, and Hairy Bikers’ Best of British closes the afternoon at 4pm, before the evening schedule takes over.

Dave tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Dave primetime line-up for tonight, Monday 10 August 2026.

Rick Stein’s Cornwall — Dave, 6pm

Rick catches up with Barry Humphries in this repeat (series 1, episode 5), the actor and comedian who fell for Cornwall in the 1960s and used it as an escape from London while developing Dame Edna Everage.

Rick Stein’s Cornwall — Dave, 6:30pm

The run continues at 6:30pm (series 1, episode 6) with a trip along the Camel Estuary to one of the county’s vineyards, and an attempt to land Britain’s fastest fish.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing — Dave, 7pm

Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fish the River Ure at 7pm (series 2, episode 6), a repeat of the episode Dave already showed at 2:20pm. The pair meet the surgeon who carried out Bob’s heart bypass and talk through the operation.

Would I Lie To You? — Dave, 7:40pm

The 7:40pm edition (series 7, episode 9) is a clip compilation, gathering outtakes and unseen material from series 7 rather than a full new episode. Rob Brydon hosts as usual, with David Mitchell and Lee Mack captaining.

Would I Lie To You? — Dave, 8:20pm

Next up is a Christmas special (series 7, episode 10), an odd choice for an August broadcast. Guest faces include Miranda Hart and Stephen Mangan, plus Barry Cryer and Miles Jupp, alongside the regular team.

Have I Got a Bit More 2021 News for You — Dave, 9pm

This 9pm edition (series 62, episode 62) is a best-of, pulling together the standout moments from the show’s run through 2021 rather than a fresh episode.

QI XL — Dave, 10pm

Stephen Fry hosts Alan Davies, Suggs, Claudia O’Doherty and Jimmy Carr as they work through lichen and lettuce among other tangents (series 12, episode 15). It’s the same extended edition Dave aired at 2am.

Taskmaster — Dave, 11pm

Greg Davies sets the tasks in this “Look At Me” episode (series 4, episode 2), with Lolly Adefope attempting long-distance painting and Hugh Dennis defeated by an egg.

What kind of shows are on Dave

Panel shows and comedy institutions

This is the channel’s whole personality. Would I Lie to You?, QI, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week when it’s in rotation: two decades of British panel comedy, nearly all of it bought in from the BBC and Channel 4 rather than commissioned here. What Dave adds is the scheduling. Episodes come in blocks you can drop into at any point and leave whenever you like, which is a different way of watching television and, on a weeknight, not the worst one.

Sitcoms: archive and revivals

Red Dwarf is the one thing Dave can properly call its own. The channel brought it back in 2009, a decade after the BBC finished with it, and got Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn all to return. Not Going Out is the other long runner, still in production after more than fifteen years.

Factual entertainment and documentaries

A thinner strand of observational and scripted-reality shows fills the gaps: Highland Cops, Meet the Richardsons and similar, mostly parked in daytime. It’s ballast between the comedy blocks.

How to watch Dave

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find Dave across the main UK television platforms:

Dave is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. Channel numbers can vary slightly by region and set-top box, so your on-screen guide is the definitive source if these don’t match.

Streaming online

Dave streams live and on demand for free on U, UKTV’s streaming service, at u.co.uk and through the U app on smart TVs, iOS, Android and Amazon Fire TV. U was called UKTV Play until the 2024 rebrand. You need a free account, and there are ad breaks, the same ones you’d sit through on a TV set.

Dave ja vu and sister channels

Dave ja vu is the timeshift channel, running the main schedule an hour behind under a pun that has somehow survived since the 2000s. It’s on Freeview 74, and coverage is patchier than the main signal because it shares broadcast capacity with local TV services in parts of the country. Where reception is thin, the U app is the better fallback for anything you’ve missed.

The rest of the family: U&Drama, U&Yesterday and U&W free to air, with U&Gold, U&Alibi and U&Eden behind pay-TV. All of them sit in the same app.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is Dave on Freeview?

Dave is on Freeview channel 19, and Dave ja vu on 74.

What’s on Dave tonight?

Tonight, Monday 10 August 2026: Rick Stein’s Cornwall runs from 5pm to 6:30pm, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing follows at 7pm, then Would I Lie To You? twice from 7:40pm, Have I Got a Bit More News for You at 9pm, QI XL at 10pm and Taskmaster at 11pm.

Who hosts QI and Would I Lie to You??

QI is hosted by Sandi Toksvig, with Alan Davies the permanent panellist since 2003. Would I Lie to You? is hosted by Rob Brydon, with David Mitchell and Lee Mack as team captains since the show began in 2007.

Can I watch Dave online for free?

Yes, free on U at u.co.uk or in the U app. You’ll need an account, and it’s ad-supported.

Verdict

Nothing in tonight’s line-up is a new episode. The two Would I Lie to You? slots are archive rather than fresh material: a clip compilation of series 7 outtakes at 7:40pm, then a Christmas special at 8:20pm that sits oddly in an August schedule. QI XL at 10pm repeats the edition Dave already showed at 2am.

Have I Got a Bit More News for You at 9pm is a 2021 best-of rather than a topical compilation. Gone Fishing at 7pm is the one worth catching on its own merits. Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer reunite with the surgeon who operated on Bob, and it gives the episode more weight than the panel shows around it. Taskmaster closes the night at 11pm, with Greg Davies setting Lolly Adefope and Hugh Dennis loose on typically strange tasks.

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