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, Tuesday 11 August 2026, GREAT! TV plays the MASH finale: after The Irish R.M. at 6pm, MASH: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen runs from 7pm to 9:20pm, the feature-length episode that closed the series in 1983. Three episodes of Brush Strokes follow from 9:20pm, then two of Robin’s Nest from 11:20pm.

GREAT! TV Schedule: Tuesday 11 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete GREAT! TV schedule for Tuesday 11 August 2026, on Freeview 34.

What’s on GREAT! TV today

Daytime opens with The Waltons at 8am (series 6, episode 11), followed by Bramwell’s Victorian medical drama at 9am (series 1, episode 2) and a new outing for The Irish R.M. at 10am, flagged New in the schedule (series 1, episode 2). Little House on the Prairie takes over from 11am with two episodes back to back (series 2, episodes 19 and 20), then The Waltons runs three more from 1pm (series 6, episode 17, followed by the two-part “The Ordeal”, series 6, episode 19, split across 2pm and 3pm). The schedule then loops back on itself: the same two Little House on the Prairie episodes repeat at 4pm and 5pm, and The Irish R.M.’s 10am episode airs again at 6pm, right before MAS*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen takes over for the night.

The small hours mix sitcoms in with MASH rather than running the comedy alone. A single MASH episode opens the day at 12:25am (series 11, episode 12), followed by Rising Damp at 12:55am (series 1, episode 4) and Man About the House at 1:25am (series 5, episode 6). Two editions of the rescue documentary Air Rescue follow from 1:55am (series 3, episodes 5 and 6), then two hours of Highway to Heaven from 3am (series 3, episodes 19 and 20), with a Good News on GREAT! Extra bulletin after each one. TJC fills the breakfast slot from 5am to 8am.

GREAT! TV tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the GREAT! TV primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 11 August 2026.

The Irish R.M. — GREAT! TV, 6pm

The Irish R.M. repeats “Trinket’s Colt” at 6pm (series 1, episode 2), the gentle West of Ireland comedy built on Somerville and Ross’s stories. Flurry’s grandmother descends on the courtroom with a dinner invitation for the Major, who has his own plan brewing: a horse, presented to Philippa as a wedding gift.

MAS*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen — GREAT! TV, 7pm

At 7pm, MAS*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen takes over the schedule (series 11, episode 16). The feature-length episode closed the sitcom’s eleven-season run in 1983, which is why it holds the slot until 9:20pm rather than the usual half hour.

Brush Strokes — GREAT! TV, 9:20pm, 10pm and 10:40pm

Three episodes of Brush Strokes run back to back from 9:20pm (series 3, episodes 6 and 7, then series 4, episode 1). Jacko’s job troubles carry through the run, ending with a decision that changes his life.

Robin’s Nest — GREAT! TV, 11:20pm and 11:50pm

Robin’s Nest closes the night with two episodes from 11:20pm (series 3, episodes 5 and 6), moving from a regimental reunion at the bistro to Robin and Vicky weighing up a new restaurant in Brighton.

What kind of shows are on GREAT! TV

American family drama and rural nostalgia

Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons and Highway to Heaven carry the daytime 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

MAS*H is the one the channel leans on hardest, sometimes ten episodes deep in a single night. Films turn up most evenings (disaster pictures, old British comedies) and the seams get filled with Air Rescue and 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, Tuesday 11 August 2026, The Irish R.M. plays at 6pm, then GREAT! TV hands the evening to MAS*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, the feature-length series finale, from 7pm to 9:20pm. Three episodes of Brush Strokes follow from 9:20pm, then two of Robin’s Nest from 11:20pm.

Why does GREAT! TV show so much MAS*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 Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons 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.

The Irish R.M. takes the 6pm slot for the second time that day, then MAS*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen holds the schedule from 7pm to 9:20pm, the feature-length finale that brought the sitcom’s Korean War setting to a close in 1983. Brush Strokes and Robin’s Nest see out the rest of the night in three- and two-episode runs. The daytime schedule works on its own loop, cycling The Waltons, Bramwell and Little House on the Prairie through the morning and afternoon before handing over to the evening’s main event.

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