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

Published: 11 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, Saturday 12 September 2026, an episode of Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake opens the evening at 6pm — flagged new in the listings, though the series/episode number attached to it doesn’t line up with the show’s current run elsewhere on the schedule, so treat any premiere claim as unverified until checked against a live guide. Three Gavin and Stacey episodes then run wall to wall from 7pm to 8:40pm, and three Not Going Out episodes fill primetime from 9pm to 10:15pm, ahead of two closing Would I Lie To You? episodes. Channel numbers are further down the page.

Dave Schedule: Saturday 12 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Dave schedule for Saturday 12 September 2026, on Freeview 19.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Dave today

Overnight opens with Mock the Week at midnight, then two Would I Lie To You? episodes from 12:40am, QI XL at 2am and Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish at 3am, before Teleshopping runs from 4am to just after seven.

Pointless opens the broadcast day proper at 7:10am, then two new episodes of East Harbour Heroes fill 8am and 9am. From 10am, Would I Lie To You? takes over for a long daytime run — twelve episodes back to back carrying the schedule all the way to 6pm, when this evening’s line-up begins.

Dave tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Dave primetime line-up for tonight, Saturday 12 September 2026.

Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake — Dave, 6pm

An episode of Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake opens the evening. The listings flag it new, but the series/episode number attached doesn’t square with where the show is up to elsewhere on the schedule, so this is one to check against a live guide before calling it a genuine launch.

Gavin and Stacey — Dave, 7pm

The first of three Gavin and Stacey episodes running back to back through to 8:40pm (series 3, episode 4).

Gavin and Stacey — Dave, 7:40pm

The middle instalment of tonight’s run (series 3, episode 5).

Gavin and Stacey — Dave, 8:20pm

The third and last Gavin and Stacey episode of the night, closing out the run before Not Going Out takes over (series 3, episode 6).

Not Going Out — Dave, 9pm

Three Not Going Out episodes fill the rest of primetime, starting here (series 10, episode 3).

Not Going Out — Dave, 9:40pm

The middle episode of tonight’s Not Going Out run (series 10, episode 4).

Not Going Out — Dave, 10:15pm

The last of tonight’s three Not Going Out episodes (series 10, episode 5).

Would I Lie To You? — Dave, 10:55pm

Would I Lie To You? closes the night with two more episodes, starting here (series 12, episode 3).

Would I Lie To You? — Dave, 11:35pm

The second and final episode of the night (series 12, episode 4).

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?

An episode of Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake opens the evening at 6pm, then three Gavin and Stacey episodes run back to back from 7pm. Three Not Going Out episodes fill 9pm to 10:15pm, and two closing Would I Lie To You? episodes take the night through to 11:35pm.

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 leans hard on sitcom reruns rather than Dave’s usual panel-show staples. Three Gavin and Stacey episodes run wall to wall from 7pm, then three Not Going Out episodes take over for the rest of primetime — six sitcom episodes back to back is a heavier rerun night than the channel usually runs.

Would I Lie To You? still gets the last word, closing out with two episodes from 10:55pm. Ahead of all that, an episode of Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake opens the evening at 6pm; whether it’s a genuine new instalment is worth checking against a live guide before taking the listing’s new flag at face value.

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