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

GREAT! TV is a free-to-air channel that lives on vintage British and American drama and sitcoms, and it sits at Freeview 34 with three sister channels for company. It has been through four names and one full closure since Sony launched it in 2011; Narrative Entertainment has run it since 2021.

Tonight, Thursday 15 October 2026, is a classic-TV evening with one film in it: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman at 6pm, four MAS*H episodes from 7pm, then The Pure Hell of St Trinian’s at 9pm. A live listing matches the feed on every evening start time.

What’s on GREAT! TV today

The small hours open with MAS*H at 12:15am, then Rising Damp at 12:45am and two Man About The House episodes from 1:15am. Air Rescue is at 2:25am and Highway To Heaven at 3am and 4am, with short Good News on GREAT! Extra bulletins between them, and shopping takes over from 5am.

Daytime picks up with Highway To Heaven at 8am and Bramwell at 9am, then Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman at 10am and 11am. Little House on the Prairie is on at midday and 1pm, The Waltons at 2pm and 3pm, and Little House again at 4pm and 5pm, which leads into tonight’s primetime below.

GREAT! TV tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

A western drama, a long MAS*H block, one old British comedy film and a pair of sitcom episodes to close.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — GREAT! TV, 6pm

Jane Seymour’s Boston doctor, practising in 1860s Colorado Springs, is the opener. It is a gentle hour, built around a community slowly deciding to trust her. The channel is mid-run with it, so this is not a first episode.

MAS*H — GREAT! TV, 7pm

Four half-hours of the Korean War sitcom run back to back, 7pm to 9pm. The feed numbers them as late season nine, but the numbering is not something we can vouch for, so we have left episode numbers out. Alan Alda, Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit are the faces you will see throughout.

The Pure Hell of St Trinian’s — GREAT! TV, 9pm

The one film is a 1960 sequel in the St Trinian’s series, directed by Cyril Frankel, with Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell and George Cole in the cast. The feed splits it in two: the first part runs from 9pm, a short Good News on GREAT! bulletin sits at 9:52pm, and the film picks up again at 9:57pm.

Robin’s Nest — GREAT! TV, 11pm

Richard O’Sullivan and Tessa Wyatt in the Man About the House spin-off, as a couple running a bistro. Two episodes close the night, at 11pm and 11:30pm.

GREAT! TV Schedule: Thursday 15 October 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete GREAT! TV schedule for Thursday 15 October 2026, on Freeview 34.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

Also on TV tonight at 9pm

• BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
• ITV1: Long Lost Family
• BBC Two: Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
• Channel 4: Our Tiny Islands (from 8pm)
• Channel 5: Love Nature
• Film4: Wrath of Man
• E4: Gogglebox
• ITV2: Big Brother
• ITV3: Vera (from 8pm)
• ITV4: Benidorm

Every channel tonight, side by side · Films on TV tonight · Tomorrow’s TV

What kind of shows are on GREAT! TV

American family drama and rural nostalgia

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven carry the daytime and overnight hours, and two of the three are largely Michael Landon’s doing. He starred in and directed much of Little House, and created Highway to Heaven outright. The register barely shifts between them: slow, sincere, usually ending on a lesson learned.

British classic drama and sitcom

The British side is thinner but sharper. Ballykissangel and Doctor Finlay handle the gentle end. Rising Damp handles the other, with Leonard Rossiter’s Rigsby prowling a shabby Yorkshire bedsit house being appalling about more or less everything.

Stripped US sitcoms and evening films

M*A*S*H is the one the channel leans on hardest, sometimes ten episodes deep in a single night. Films turn up most evenings (war pictures, old British comedies, the odd action thriller) and the seams get filled with the short Good News on GREAT! bulletins.

How to watch GREAT! TV

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find GREAT! TV across the main UK television platforms:

All four are free, with no subscription of any kind. Freesat is the exception: GREAT! TV was pulled from it on 7 February 2024 along with eight other Narrative Entertainment channels, and it has not come back since.

Streaming online

GREAT! TV streams free through Great! Player at great-player.com, no account or sign-in needed. The app is also available on Freeview Play, YouView, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung and LG smart TVs, plus dedicated apps on the App Store and Google Play. It carries content from GREAT! TV alongside GREAT! Movies and GREAT! Action, so you can browse the whole network from one place.

GREAT! sister channels

Four channels carry the GREAT! banner, all run by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited, and the split between them is straightforward enough.

A seasonal fifth, GREAT! Movies Christmas, runs festive films from September to December, and GREAT! Real joined the line-up in 2024 with unscripted programming. The year-round channels all share the free Great! Player service.

Frequently Asked Questions

What channel is GREAT! TV on Freeview?

GREAT! TV is on channel 34 on Freeview, free and with no subscription. It moved onto the COM6 multiplex in June 2023, which took its coverage to nearly every Freeview household.

What channel is GREAT! TV on Sky, Virgin Media and Freely?

GREAT! TV is on Sky channel 157, Virgin Media channel 170 and Freely channel 32, all free to watch. It has not returned to Freesat since being dropped in February 2024.

What’s on GREAT! TV tonight?

Tonight, Thursday 15 October 2026: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman at 6pm, then four MAS*H episodes (7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm and 8:30pm), followed by The Pure Hell of St Trinian’s at 9pm with a Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 9:52pm and the film resuming at 9:57pm. Robin’s Nest has two episodes at 11pm and 11:30pm. A live listing matches the feed’s start times.

Why does GREAT! TV show so much M*A*S*H?

Because 251 episodes across eleven seasons is enough to strip nightly for years without a viewer noticing the loop. The channel applies the same maths to Dr. Quinn, Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven during the day.

Is GREAT! TV free to watch, and does it carry adverts?

Yes, entirely free on Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and Freely, with no subscription. It is funded by advertising, which is also why the short Good News on GREAT! bulletins turn up between programmes.

Who owns GREAT! TV?

Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. It launched as Sony Entertainment Television in 2011, became Sony Channel in 2016, shut down in 2018, came back in 2019, and took the GREAT! TV name in May 2021 after Narrative Capital bought Sony’s UK free-to-air channels.

What are the GREAT! sister channels?

GREAT! TV sits alongside GREAT! Movies, GREAT! Action and GREAT! Romance, plus the seasonal GREAT! Movies Christmas and the unscripted GREAT! Real, which joined in 2024. All are owned by Narrative Entertainment and stream through the same free Great! Player app.

Can I watch GREAT! TV online for free?

Yes, through Great! Player at great-player.com, with apps on Freeview Play, YouView, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung and LG smart TVs. No account is needed.

Verdict

GREAT! TV knows precisely who is watching and rarely deviates from what keeps them there, and tonight is a textbook case: a Dr. Quinn lead-in, a four-episode MAS*H block, then an old British comedy film.

The Pure Hell of St Trinian’s is the one scheduled film, so it is the pick for anyone not after sitcoms. The Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 9:52pm is a break in the film, not the end of it.

Related: Freeview Channel Guide | Talking Pictures TV Guide | Tonight’s Films on Freeview