Film4 TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On Film4 Tonight
Film4 is the UK’s free-to-air film channel, on Freeview 14. It dropped its subscription fee on 23 July 2006 and has run on advertising ever since. Tonight, Sunday 6 September 2026, a quieter three-film evening runs from 6:40pm: Steel Magnolias (1989), Seriously Red (2022) and The Other Woman (2014), with a short interview special tied to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ahead of the first.
Film4 Schedule: Sunday 6 September 2026 (Full Listings)
Here is the complete Film4 schedule for Sunday 6 September 2026, on Freeview 14.
Overnight
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 3:25am | Teleshopping |
Morning
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 11am | Spartacus |
Afternoon
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2:50pm | Titanic |
Early evening
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 6:35pm | Three Billboards Interview Special | |
| 6:40pm | Steel Magnolias |
Primetime
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 9pm | Seriously Red |
Late night
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10:55pm | The Other Woman |
What’s on Film4 today
It’s about as lean as Film4 gets by programme count, just eight slots across the full day once the near-eight-hour teleshopping block is folded in — that runs from 3:25am to 11am.
From there the day belongs to two long-runners shown almost back to back: Spartacus (1960), Kirk Douglas’s slave-revolt epic, opens at 11am and runs close to four hours, then Titanic (1996) takes the whole mid-afternoon from 2:50pm. The evening’s three films start with Steel Magnolias at 6:40pm.
Film4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule
Here’s the Film4 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 6 September 2026.
Three Billboards Interview Special — Film4, 6:35pm
A five-minute cast interview tied to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, ahead of tonight’s films rather than a screening of it.
Steel Magnolias — Film4, 6:40pm
Sally Field, Dolly Parton and a cast of Southern women trade one-liners and grief in a Louisiana beauty parlour. Released in 1989, it’s aged into a genuine tearjerker rather than the sentimental comedy its trailer once sold.
Seriously Red — Film4, 9pm
A 2022 Australian comedy: Krew Boylan plays a failed real estate agent who reinvents herself as a professional Dolly Parton tribute act. Lighter company than the film either side of it.
The Other Woman — Film4, 10:55pm
Cameron Diaz discovers her boyfriend is married, then teams up with his wife — and a third lover — to get even. A 2014 revenge comedy, closing out a night that’s leaned unexpectedly heavily on Dolly Parton.
What kind of films are on Film4?
Hollywood and recent theatrical releases
A good chunk of the schedule is mainstream Hollywood: films that played UK multiplexes and reached television a couple of years later. The bigger, more recent titles go in the 9pm and 6.30pm slots, where the audience is widest.
British cinema and Film4 Productions
Film4 Productions, the channel’s film-funding arm, has backed British cinema since 1982, originally trading as Channel Four Films. Four Weddings and a Funeral, Trainspotting, This Is England, 12 Years a Slave, Poor Things. Four decades of co-productions, and the reason the channel gets more benefit of the doubt than its commercial rivals.
World cinema, independent and cult film
Film4 shows more subtitled film than any other British free-to-air channel, mostly after 11pm, alongside cult American independents and things that never got a proper UK release. That late shift is the best thing about it.
How to watch Film4
Channel numbers
Where to find Film4 on the main UK platforms:
| Platform | Channel |
|---|---|
| Freeview | 14 |
| Sky (Q, Stream, Glass) | 313 |
| Sky HD | 855 |
| Film4 +1 on Freeview | 47 |
| Film4 +1 on Sky | 314 |
| Virgin Media | 428 |
| Freesat | 300 |
Film4 is free on all of the above, with no subscription required. Virgin Media and Freesat numbers can vary by box and region, so check your on-screen guide if these don’t match.
Streaming online
Film4 streams live and free at channel4.com/now/f4 and via the Channel 4 app on smart TVs, iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire TV. You’ll need a free Channel 4 account, which takes a couple of minutes to set up. Films that have aired often turn up on demand in the Film4 collection afterwards, but licensing means plenty of them never do, and the ones that make it don’t stay long.
Film4 +1 and catching a film you missed
Film4 +1 runs the same schedule an hour behind, on Freeview 47 and Sky 314. Sit down at 10:15pm with the 9pm premiere already 75 minutes gone and +1 lets you start it near the beginning instead of writing the evening off.
If you miss a film outright and it never appears on demand, wait. Film4 reruns titles fairly regularly, usually in themed seasons or when a director or actor is back in the news, so searching a week or two ahead in your on-screen guide often turns one up.
Frequently asked questions
What’s on Film4 tonight?
Steel Magnolias (1989) opens the evening at 6:40pm, Seriously Red (2022) follows at 9pm, and The Other Woman (2014) closes the night from 10:55pm. Full times for the rest of the day, including Spartacus (1960) at 11am and Titanic (1996) from 2:50pm, are in the schedule table above.
What time do films start on Film4?
Typically around 11am, 2pm, 4pm, 6.30pm, 9pm, and 11pm to midnight. Running lengths shift the exact times day to day, so your on-screen guide has the most accurate information.
Is Film4 free to watch?
Yes, and it has been since it left subscription in July 2006. Expect ad breaks during films, but no fee on any platform.
Can I watch Film4 online for free?
Yes, live at channel4.com or through the Channel 4 app, with a free account.
Verdict
I rate Film4, with reservations. The 9pm slot and the run after 11pm are what keep me coming back: recent releases, the odd Productions title, and foreign-language cinema you’d rarely stumble across on any other free channel. Daytime is mostly the same forty-odd Hollywood titles on rotation, and the ad breaks mid-film wear thin some nights.
Tonight is a lighter evening, built around three films that share more than the schedulers probably intended: Steel Magnolias and Seriously Red both trade on Dolly Parton, one straight, one as tribute-act comedy, before The Other Woman closes on a different kind of revenge entirely. None is a Film4 Productions title, and it’s not the channel’s sharpest night, but Steel Magnolias earns its reputation and the run is easy company. Daytime keeps things simple: Spartacus and Titanic, two of the biggest studio epics ever made, filling most of the afternoon between them.
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