ITV2 TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On ITV2 Tonight

ITV2 has been ITV’s channel for the 16-34 crowd since December 1998, and since the 2015 Love Island revival it has essentially been the Love Island channel. Free on Freeview, free to stream live on ITVX. Saturday 29 August 2026 has no Love Island and no gameshow hour tonight — the whole evening from 5pm is three films back to back, each broken by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin: Nanny McPhee, Coyote Ugly and The Dark Knight, running through to 12:05am.

ITV2 Schedule: Saturday 29 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Saturday 29 August 2026, on Freeview 6.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Saturday’s ITV2 day opens on overnight reruns — a single Family Guy at 12:20am, two helpings of American Dad! and two of Bob’s Burgers — before Unwind with ITV and then three hours of Teleshopping fill the small hours through to 6am. Deal or No Deal gets the schedule properly under way at 6am, and two episodes of In for a Penny take the half-hour slots either side of 7am ahead of a Dress to Impress double from 8am.

Deal or No Deal returns for a further three episodes back to back from 10am to 1pm, Wheel of Fortune takes the early afternoon at 1pm and Celebrity Catchphrase follows at 2pm. The Croods holds the mid-afternoon slot from 3:05pm, breaking briefly for FYI Daily at 4:05pm before resuming to 5pm and the start of tonight’s run of films.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Saturday 29 August 2026. There’s no gameshow hour and no Love Island this evening — the whole night is three films, each split once by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin.

Nanny McPhee — ITV2, 5pm

Emma Thompson’s 2005 fantasy comedy opens the evening, with the title nanny arriving to knock seven unruly Brown children into shape for their widowed father, played by Colin Firth. ITV2 pauses for FYI Daily at 6pm and picks the film back up five minutes later, running through to 6:55pm.

Coyote Ugly — ITV2, 6:55pm

Piper Perabo plays an aspiring songwriter who takes a job behind the bar at a rowdy Manhattan dive in this 2000 musical drama. A second FYI Daily break at 7:55pm splits the film before it wraps at 9pm.

The Dark Knight — ITV2, 9pm

Christopher Nolan’s 2008 sequel closes out the night, with Christian Bale’s Batman up against Heath Ledger’s Joker in the performance that won a posthumous Oscar. The film breaks once more for FYI Daily at 10pm and then runs uninterrupted to 12:05am, ITV2’s longest single booking of the evening.

What kind of shows are on ITV2

Reality TV and dating formats

Love Island is what the channel is built around, but the daytime schedule runs on the same fuel at lower stakes: Dress to Impress, Dinner Date, TOWIE, and imported American Real Housewives by the yard. Most of it is repeated within the same day, which tells you how it is meant to be watched.

Comedy and US animation

Family Guy, American Dad! and Bob’s Burgers hold up the late-night schedule. None of it is exclusive to ITV2 and none of it is new, but there is enough of it in circulation that a rerun is on somewhere between 11pm and 3am most nights.

Family films

Weekend evenings usually go to animated and studio comedy films, the Ice Age and Madagascar sort of thing.

How to watch ITV2

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find ITV2 across the main UK television platforms:

ITV2 is free on all of the above platforms, no subscription required.

Streaming online

ITV2 streams live and free through ITVX, ITV’s streaming service, at itv.com/watch and via the ITVX app on smart TVs, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV and most games consoles. You’ll need a free ITVX account, which takes a couple of minutes to set up and costs nothing. Full episodes of Love Island, Family Guy and most other ITV2 shows are also available on demand shortly after broadcast.

ITV2 +1 and sister channels

ITV2+1 repeats the schedule an hour behind, which is the fix for sitting down at 9.15pm and finding you have missed the opening. Numbers are in the table above. Beyond the timeshift channel, ITV2 sits alongside ITV1, ITV3 and ITV4, and a show premiering on ITV1 will often turn up on ITV2 later.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is ITV2 on Freeview?

ITV2 is on Freeview channel 6, with ITV2+1 on channel 29. Both are free with no subscription.

What channel is ITV2 on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat?

Sky channel 118, Virgin Media 115, and Freesat 113. ITV2+1 sits on 218, 315 and 114 respectively.

What’s on ITV2 tonight?

Saturday’s ITV2 evening belongs entirely to film: Nanny McPhee from 5pm, Coyote Ugly from 6:55pm, and The Dark Knight from 9pm to 12:05am, each broken by a short FYI Daily bulletin. There’s no Love Island, no gameshow hour and no Family Guy tonight — see the schedule table above for the full day’s listings.

What time is Love Island on ITV2?

9pm every night from Sunday to Friday during the main series. Saturdays get Love Island: Unseen Bits instead of a new episode, because the Islanders get the day off from filming.

Can I watch ITV2 free on ITVX?

Yes, ITV2 streams live and free on ITVX with no subscription needed, just a free account.

Verdict

Saturday’s ITV2 is unusually simple: three films back to back from 5pm to 12:05am, each interrupted once by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin. Nanny McPhee and Coyote Ugly hold the earlier slots before The Dark Knight takes over for primetime proper at 9pm.

There’s no Love Island, no gameshow hour and no late-night Family Guy run tonight — the schedule is a film channel for one evening rather than the entertainment mix ITV2 usually runs. A short, honest night rather than a padded one.

Related: ITV1 TV Guide | What’s On TV Tonight | Freeview Channel Guide | Films on TV This Week