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

Published: 29 August 2026

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, Sunday 30 August 2026, the evening runs on films rather than the usual sitcom strip. Carry On Spying (1964) carries the schedule from 4:50pm to 6:45pm, split by a five-minute Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 5:42pm, before The Duel (2016), with Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth, takes the 6:45pm slot uninterrupted. Last Knights (2015), starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, then runs from 9pm, breaking for another Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 9:52pm before picking back up at 9:57pm, and two episodes of Man About The House close out the night from 11:25pm.

GREAT! TV Schedule: Sunday 30 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete GREAT! TV schedule for Sunday 30 August 2026, on Freeview 34.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on GREAT! TV today

Sunday opens with four episodes of MAS*H from 12:30am, still in series two, followed by a Rising Damp instalment and two episodes of Highway To Heaven, each break marked by a short Good News on GREAT! Extra bulletin. TJC’s teleshopping then fills the schedule from 5am to 8am.

A Fine Romance opens the morning proper at 8:10am, and from 8:50am The Waltons takes over for the rest of the day, running eight episodes back to back to 4:50pm. The run closes out series seven inside the first hour and spends the rest of the day in series eight, before Carry On Spying starts the evening at 4:50pm.

GREAT! TV tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the GREAT! TV primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 30 August 2026.

Carry On Spying — GREAT! TV, 4:50pm

The 1964 entry sends Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Cribbins after a stolen secret formula, sending up the Bond films that were still new at the time. It holds the schedule through the 6pm hour, with a five-minute Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 5:42pm splitting it roughly in half.

The Duel — GREAT! TV, 6:45pm

Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth face off in this 2016 western, an ex-lawman sent to investigate a string of disappearances in a Texas town run by Harrelson’s messianic patriarch. It runs straight through to 9pm with no break.

Last Knights — GREAT! TV, 9pm

Clive Owen leads a disgraced band of warriors seeking revenge on the corrupt official who executed their master, played by Morgan Freeman, in this 2015 action drama. A Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 9:52pm splits the film before it resumes five minutes later and runs on to 11:25pm.

Man About The House — GREAT! TV, 11:25pm

Two episodes of the 1970s sitcom close out the night, series six’s The Sunshine Boys at 11:25pm followed by Mum Always Liked You Best at 11:55pm, both built around Robin Tripp’s flat-share with Chrissy and Jo and landlords George and Mildred Roper next door.

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

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, Sunday 30 August 2026, Carry On Spying (1964) runs from 4:50pm to 6:45pm, split by a five-minute Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 5:42pm. The Duel (2016), with Woody Harrelson and Liam Hemsworth, follows uninterrupted from 6:45pm to 9pm, then Last Knights (2015), starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, closes out primetime from 9pm, pausing for another Good News on GREAT! bulletin at 9:52pm before resuming at 9:57pm, and two episodes of Man About The House run from 11:25pm.

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 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.

Sunday runs on films rather than sitcoms: Carry On Spying carries the schedule to 6:45pm, split by a Good News on GREAT! bulletin, then The Duel and Last Knights hold the rest of primetime between them, the latter also broken by a bulletin before running through to 11:25pm. Two episodes of Man About The House close the night. It won’t suit anyone wanting a run of sitcoms across the evening, but three films in one night gives it more shape than most on this channel.

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