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. With the main series off air, Sunday on ITV2 runs family films through the afternoon and into primetime, then hands over to Love Island’s sister show: The Only Way Is Essex returns with a new episode at 9pm, Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection follows at 10pm, and a Family Guy double bill closes out the night.

ITV2 Schedule: Sunday 16 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Sunday 16 August 2026, on Freeview 6.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Sunday’s daytime on ITV2 opens with Stephen Mulhern: a Deal or No Deal edition at 6am, In for a Penny at 7:05am, and Dress to Impress at 7:35am. Two repeated episodes of The Only Way Is Essex fill the 8:35am and 9:35am slots, then three more Deal or No Deal editions run back to back from 10:35am through to 1:40pm.

Celebrity Catchphrase takes the 1:40pm slot, then the afternoon turns to family films. Charlotte’s Web opens at 2:45pm, pauses for an FYI Daily bulletin at 3:50pm and picks back up five minutes later, before Matilda takes over at 4:35pm and carries into the early evening.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 16 August 2026.

Hairspray — ITV2, 6:40pm

The 2007 musical remake, with John Travolta and Queen Latifah, carries ITV2 from early evening into primetime, with a single FYI Daily bulletin around 7:45pm the only break in the run through to 9pm.

The Only Way Is Essex — ITV2, 9pm

Series 38 returns with a new episode at 9pm. The group are still out in Albania, and alongside the usual friction, Junaid lets Ella and Jodie in on his plan to propose, working out how to keep it under wraps until the right moment.

Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection — ITV2, 10pm

Attwood’s documentary series moves on to Istanbul at 10pm, looking at why the city has become such a draw for Brits chasing cut-price cosmetic surgery abroad.

Family Guy — ITV2, 11pm

A Family Guy double bill closes out the night: a series 14 episode at 11pm, then a series 8 rerun at 11:35pm.

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?

Sunday night on ITV2 builds through family films, with Hairspray running from 6:40pm into primetime, before The Only Way Is Essex returns with a new episode at 9pm. Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection follows at 10pm, and a Family Guy double bill closes out the night from 11pm.

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

With Love Island off air, Sunday’s ITV2 still has genuinely new content: The Only Way Is Essex lands a fresh episode at 9pm on schedule, backed by an Olivia Attwood follow-up at 10pm. Hairspray fills the earlier evening, and Family Guy closes things out after 11pm.

It’s a proper primetime run rather than a rerun-only night. TOWIE fans get what they came for at 9pm; anyone else will find the family films earlier in the evening more of a draw than the late comedy block.

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