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

Updated: 20 September 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 20 September 2026, Hook takes the early evening from 6:05pm, split by a five-minute Good News on GREAT! bumper at 6:50pm and resuming at 6:55pm. Dante’s Peak takes over at 9pm, broken the same way at 9:52pm before picking back up at 9:57pm, and two MAS*H episodes close out the night from 11:15pm.

GREAT! TV Schedule: Sunday 20 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete GREAT! TV schedule for Sunday 20 September 2026, on Freeview 34.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on GREAT! TV today

Sunday’s overnight run opens with Man About The House at 1:20am (series 1, episode 1), then two Air Rescue instalments from 2am (series 1, episodes 2 and 3) and two editions of Highway To Heaven at 3am and 4am (series 2, episodes 12 and 13), each followed by a Good News on GREAT! Extra bulletin, before TJC’s teleshopping fills 5am to 8am.

The Waltons then runs eight episodes back to back from 8am to 4pm, closing out its ninth series at midday (series 9, episodes 17 to 21) before restarting from the beginning (series 1, episodes 1 to 3) through the early afternoon. The 1957 comedy Brothers in Law fills the rest of the afternoon from 4pm, running up to Hook’s evening start below.

GREAT! TV tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the GREAT! TV primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 20 September 2026.

Hook — GREAT! TV, 6:05pm

Hook opens the early evening from 6:05pm, Steven Spielberg’s take on a grown-up Peter Pan, played by Robin Williams, drawn back to Neverland to get his children back from Dustin Hoffman’s Captain Hook. The regular five-minute Good News on GREAT! bulletin breaks it once at 6:50pm, and it resumes at 6:55pm to run on into primetime.

Dante’s Peak — GREAT! TV, 9pm

Dante’s Peak airs from 9pm, Pierce Brosnan’s 1997 volcano disaster film. The same bulletin interrupts it at 9:52pm, picking back up at 9:57pm to close out primetime.

MAS*H — GREAT! TV, 11:15pm

Two M*A*S*H episodes close the night back to back from 11:15pm: The Most Unforgettable Characters (series 5, episode 15), then 38 Across (series 5, episode 16) from 11:45pm, both from deep in the sitcom’s Korean War-set run.

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 20 September 2026, Hook takes the early evening from 6:05pm, split by a five-minute Good News on GREAT! bumper at 6:50pm and resuming at 6:55pm. Dante’s Peak takes over at 9pm, broken the same way at 9:52pm before resuming at 9:57pm, and two MAS*H episodes close out the night from 11:15pm.

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.

Tonight is film-led rather than the usual sitcom strip: Hook takes the early evening from 6:05pm, breaking once for the regular Good News on GREAT! bulletin, before Dante’s Peak takes the 9pm slot the same way. Two MAS*H episodes close out the night from 11:15pm, a shorter dose than the channel’s usual multi-episode strip. The small hours keep to the usual formula, with Man About The House, Highway To Heaven and TJC’s teleshopping filling the overnight before The Waltons takes over the entire daytime schedule.

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