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

Published: 12 September 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. There’s no Love Island on Sunday 13 September 2026 — the show is off air between seasons — but it’s still a big night for the channel: Big Brother’s live launch airs at 9pm, hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best, straight after a Harry Potter double bill and ahead of Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection and a closing Family Guy rerun.

ITV2 Schedule: Sunday 13 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV2 schedule for Sunday 13 September 2026, on Freeview 6.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV2 today

Sunday’s ITV2 day opens with two American Dad! episodes just after midnight, then Plebs, Transaction and Changing Ends carry the schedule through to Teleshopping at 3am. Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records opens breakfast at 6am, followed by Deal or No Deal, Dinner Date and two episodes of The Only Way Is Essex.

A third Deal or No Deal airs at 10:20am ahead of The Voice UK at 11:20am. The Box takes the 12:35pm slot and Celebrity Catchphrase follows at 1:50pm, before Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone opens the afternoon film run at 2:55pm, paused briefly for FYI Daily, and running into Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets from 5:50pm ahead of tonight’s primetime.

ITV2 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV2 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 13 September 2026.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — ITV2, 5:50pm

The second Potter film of the day runs from 5:50pm, breaks briefly for an FYI Daily bumper at 6:50pm, then picks straight back up at 6:55pm and carries through to 9pm — one screening split by a five-minute ad-style break, not two separate showings. It’s the warm-up act ahead of the night’s real event.

Big Brother: Live Launch — ITV2, 9pm

This is the moment the house actually opens for another year, and it’s the headline story across the whole ITV schedule tonight, not just this page. AJ Odudu and Will Best welcome a fresh set of housemates live at 9pm, with a new series getting under way. ITV1 carries its own Big Brother slot later in the evening, but that’s a highlights edition of tonight’s launch, not a second live event, so don’t mistake the two for separate happenings.

Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection — ITV2, 10:35pm

Attwood’s factual series returns straight after the launch, giving anyone still watching a change of pace from the drama of moving-in night.

Family Guy — ITV2, 11:35pm

A single rerun closes the night out, well into its second decade of syndication on the channel.

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?

Big Brother’s live launch takes the 9pm slot, hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets runs beforehand from 5:50pm, and Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection and a Family Guy rerun close out the night from 10:35pm. There’s no Love Island tonight — see the 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

Sunday’s ITV2 is built around one moment: Big Brother’s live launch at 9pm, hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best as a fresh set of housemates moves in. Two Harry Potter films fill the run-up from mid-afternoon, split by short FYI Daily breaks, and Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection and a Family Guy rerun close out the night once the launch is done.

There’s no Love Island on the channel at the moment — it’s between seasons — so tonight’s Big Brother launch is the biggest single story on ITV2 in months, not just the evening. See the table above for the full day’s listings.

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