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

Published: 22 August 2026

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 Love Island off air, Sunday 23 August 2026 keeps ITV2’s evening built around two family films: Nanny McPhee runs from 5pm into the 6pm hour, then Coyote Ugly takes over from 6:55pm through to 9pm, both broken only briefly by FYI Daily bulletins. A new episode of The Only Way Is Essex follows at 9pm, Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection airs at 10pm, and Family Guy reruns close out the night from 11pm.

ITV2 Schedule: Sunday 23 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Sunday 23 August 2026, on Freeview 6.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Sunday’s ITV2 day gets going with overnight animation reruns — Family Guy, American Dad!, Plebs and Transaction — before Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records kicks off the schedule proper at 6am. Deal or No Deal follows at 6:15am, then In for a Penny at 7:15am and Dress to Impress at 7:45am.

The Only Way Is Essex holds the late-morning slot with a double bill from 8:45am, the Albania trip running through to a second helping of Deal or No Deal from 10:50am. The Voice UK’s opening episode gets a lunchtime rerun at 12:50pm, Celebrity Catchphrase follows at 2:05pm, and the afternoon settles into film territory: Ella Enchanted runs from 3:05pm, split by a short FYI Daily update just after 4pm, before Nanny McPhee opens the evening’s run of films at 5pm.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 23 August 2026.

Nanny McPhee — ITV2, 5pm

Emma Thompson and Colin Firth star in this 2005 fantasy comedy about a widowed father of seven whose household is transformed by an unusual new nanny. It opens ITV2’s evening and runs into the 6pm hour, paused briefly for an FYI Daily update just after 6pm before playing through to just before 7pm.

Coyote Ugly — ITV2, 6:55pm

Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia lead this 2000 comedy-drama about a small-town songwriter chasing a break in a rowdy New York bar. It takes the back half of the early evening, interrupted once more by FYI Daily shortly before 8pm, before running through to 9pm.

The Only Way Is Essex — ITV2, 9pm

A genuinely new episode arrives at 9pm (series 38), with Junaid and Joe’s engagement news dividing opinion among the group while Harry gets a visitor of his own.

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

At 10pm, Olivia Attwood examines why facelifts have become increasingly common among people under 50, and what the newest procedures actually cost (series 3, episode 3).

Family Guy — ITV2, 11pm

Two vintage episodes close out the night. The 11pm outing sees Peter cost Quagmire his job as a pilot (series 5, episode 12), and at 11:35pm Joe gets hurt running with the bulls while Brian’s love life gets complicated (series 14, episode 8).

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 runs on two films, Nanny McPhee from 5pm and Coyote Ugly from 6:55pm to 9pm, each broken only by a short FYI Daily bulletin. A new episode of The Only Way Is Essex airs at 9pm, followed by Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection at 10pm and Family Guy reruns 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 still off air, Sunday’s ITV2 splits the evening between film and reality: Nanny McPhee and Coyote Ugly cover the run through to 9pm, each broken only by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin, before a genuinely new episode of The Only Way Is Essex closes out the drama around Junaid and Joe’s engagement.

It’s a lighter night than ITV2’s usual multi-film weekend stacking, but the new TOWIE episode gives it a proper anchor that a rerun alone wouldn’t manage. Coyote Ugly is the safer pick if you want something on earlier for a family audience; stay on for 9pm if the Essex fallout is what actually brings you to the channel.

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