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

Published: 9 September 2026

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, Thursday 10 September 2026, Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey closes the early evening at 6pm, then Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing at 7pm leads into two episodes of Would I Lie To You? from 7:40pm. Hit Point takes 9pm, Have I Got a Bit More News for You follows at 10pm, and 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mock the Week close out the night. Channel numbers are further down the page.

Dave Schedule: Thursday 10 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Dave schedule for Thursday 10 September 2026, on Freeview 19.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Dave today

Overnight opens with two Would I Lie To You? episodes from 12:30am, then QI XL at 1:50am and Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish at 2:50am, before Teleshopping runs from 4am to half past seven.

Pointless opens the broadcast day proper at 7:25am, then two Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers episodes lead into two Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey episodes through the late morning. Two Top Gear episodes fill the early afternoon, then Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Speed with Guy Martin and Hairy Bikers’ Best of British carry into early evening, where two further Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey episodes lead into tonight’s line-up.

Dave tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Dave primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 10 September 2026.

Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey — Dave, 6pm

Rick Stein continues his journey through south-east Asia (series 1, episode 4), closing out a second run of the travel and food series that opened the early evening at 5pm.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing — Dave, 7pm

Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse head out with rod and line again (series 6, episode 4), the gentle riverbank chat doing as much work as the fishing itself.

Would I Lie To You? — Dave, 7:40pm and 8:20pm

Two episodes run back to back. The 7:40pm edition (series 12, episode 1) has Dion Dublin, Debbie McGee, Bob Mortimer and Lucy Porter on the panel; the 8:20pm edition (series 12, episode 6) brings in Daisy May Cooper, Diane Morgan, Richard Osman and Rory Reid instead.

Hit Point — Dave, 9pm

Dave’s own crime drama returns for a fifth episode (series 1, episode 5). A murder leaves Leo dealing with the fallout, Dylan starts acting out, and Lucas begins to doubt where his loyalties lie. It’s a returning weekly instalment of a series that launched on the channel in August, not a new show despite the unfamiliar title.

Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Dave, 10pm

The extended cut of the week’s topical panel show (series 66, episode 2) runs an hour rather than the terrestrial half-hour.

8 Out of 10 Cats — Dave, 11pm

Another outing for the topical panel format (series 18, episode 4) ahead of the night’s final booking.

Mock the Week — Dave, 11:50pm

Mock the Week (series 17, episode 10) closes out the night just before midnight.

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, Taskmaster: 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. Dave’s daytime sitcom rotation runs deep too, with long-running BBC and Channel 4 comedies filling the hours between panel shows.

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?

Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey closes the early evening at 6pm, then Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing at 7pm leads into two Would I Lie To You? episodes from 7:40pm. Hit Point follows at 9pm, Have I Got a Bit More News for You at 10pm, and 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mock the Week close out the night.

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

Tonight is Dave’s usual shape: gentler factual programming into panel shows, with one difference. Rick Stein and Mortimer & Whitehouse’s travel and fishing hours lead into two Would I Lie To You? episodes back to back, then Hit Point takes the 9pm slot instead of the channel’s usual factual comedy, giving the night an actual drama booking before Have I Got a Bit More News for You carries the back half of primetime.

8 Out of 10 Cats and Mock the Week close things out, familiar panel-show reruns rather than anything built specifically around tonight.

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