ITV3 TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On ITV3 Tonight

Updated: 14 July 2026

ITV3 is ITV’s dedicated drama channel, launched on 1 November 2004 to house the broadcaster’s deep back catalogue of detective series, period drama and classic sitcoms. It’s the natural home for Midsomer Murders, Vera and Heartbeat, and it streams free alongside the rest of ITV’s channels on ITVX. Tonight belongs to Vera: Brenda Blethyn’s detective takes the 8pm slot investigating a shooting on the Northumberland moors, with Law and Order UK following at 10pm and Wycliffe and Trial and Retribution carrying the schedule into the small hours. You’ll find ITV3 on Freeview channel 10, with the full list of platform numbers further down.

ITV3 Schedule: Tuesday 14 July 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV3 schedule for Tuesday 14 July 2026, on Freeview 10.

What’s on ITV3 today

ITV3 opens Tuesday with a run of George and Mildred either side of the overnight teleshopping block, then hands the early morning to a Classic Emmerdale double from 2008 and two Classic Coronation Street episodes from the same year, the kind of nostalgia-block regulars catch up on storylines from nearly two decades ago. A Touch of Frost settles in at 9:10am for a two-hour case, David Jason’s Denton copper still one of the channel’s more dependable morning draws. Heartbeat runs twice before lunch, Midsomer Murders takes an early-afternoon slot at 1:30pm with a series 19 case, and the day loops back through more Classic Emmerdale and Classic Coronation Street plus a further Heartbeat double before tonight’s primetime schedule, covered below.

ITV3 Tonight — Primetime and the Evening Schedule

Here’s the ITV3 primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 14 July 2026.

Heartbeat — ITV3, 6:55pm

The second of tonight’s back-to-back Heartbeat episodes (series 10, episode 12) finds PC Mike Bradley drawn into providing cover for a police informant, with Jackie left to deal with the fallout of an unwelcome houseguest. It’s classic Aidensfield: small-village policing with a sting in the tail.

Vera — ITV3, 8pm

Vera takes the 8pm hour with a series four case (episode 3). Brenda Blethyn’s DCI Vera Stanhope is called out when a suspected poacher turns up shot dead on the Northumberland moors, and what looks like a straightforward accident unravels into something rooted in the victim’s past. It’s one of the better showcases for the show’s slow-burn, landscape-heavy style, and reason enough on its own to stay tuned past Heartbeat.

Law and Order: UK — ITV3, 10pm

At 10pm, Law and Order: UK (series eight, episode eight) sends Ronnie Brooks chasing a confession that only he heard, after a fatal stabbing puts pressure on the team to make an arrest. It’s a tighter, more procedural hour than Vera, closer in spirit to the US original it was adapted from.

Wycliffe — ITV3, 11pm

Wycliffe (series three, episode six) takes the 11pm slot with an older, quieter case: the Cornish detective investigating the death of a baby that leads his team towards an unlikely pagan sect. A reminder of how far back ITV3’s back catalogue stretches once primetime proper has finished.

Trial and Retribution — ITV3, 11:55pm

Closing out the night, Trial and Retribution revisits a conviction from years earlier as DI Pat North re-examines whether the wrong man went to prison for murder. At over two hours, it’s a late-night commitment, but one of the more thoughtful entries in ITV3’s crime rotation.

What kind of shows are on ITV3

Detective drama and cosy crime

This is ITV3’s backbone. Midsomer Murders, Vera, Inspector Morse, Endeavour and Wycliffe between them cover most of the last four decades of British detective television, and the channel rotates through them in long, dependable runs rather than one-off scheduling. If a viewer wants a whole afternoon of the same detective, ITV3 is usually where to find it.

Period and literary adaptation

The Darling Buds of May sits alongside the channel’s periodic runs of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, David Suchet’s thirteen-series turn as the fastidious Belgian detective that ran on ITV from 1989 to 2013. These adaptations lean on strong source material and equally strong central performances, and they tend to get repeated in full-series blocks rather than dipped into episode by episode.

Classic sitcom

George and Mildred and its era of ITV comedy fill the overnight and early-morning slots. It’s not programming built to be watched attentively so much as to be on in the background, which is exactly the role ITV3 assigns it.

How to watch ITV3

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find ITV3 across the main UK television platforms:

ITV3 is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. As ever, your on-screen guide is the definitive source if a number doesn’t match, since regional variations do occur.

Streaming online

ITV3 streams live and free through ITVX, both at itv.com/watch and via the ITVX app on smart TVs, mobiles, tablets, and most major games consoles. A free ITVX account is all that’s needed, no payment details required. Individual episodes and full boxsets of shows that have aired on ITV3, including Vera, Midsomer Murders and Poirot, are also generally available to catch up on separately through the ITVX library.

ITV3 +1 and sister channels

ITV3 +1 repeats the schedule an hour later, on Freeview 58, Sky 219, Virgin Media 174 and Freesat 116. Since November 2023 it’s only broadcast a reduced overnight window rather than a full simulcast, so it’s worth checking ITVX or catch-up if the programme you want has already aired.

ITV3 sits within the same family as ITV1, home to Coronation Street, Emmerdale and ITV’s biggest primetime shows, and ITV4, which covers sport, action films and classic action series. Between the three, ITV’s free-to-air channels cover a broader spread of viewing than most people give the network credit for.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is ITV3 on Freeview?

ITV3 is on Freeview channel 10, free with no subscription required.

What’s on ITV3 tonight?

Tonight’s primetime runs from Heartbeat at 5:50pm and 6:55pm into Vera at 8pm, Brenda Blethyn’s detective investigating a shooting on the Northumberland moors. Law and Order UK follows at 10pm, Wycliffe takes 11pm, and Trial and Retribution closes the night at 11:55pm.

Can I watch ITV3 online for free?

Yes, live and free through ITVX on the website, the app, and most smart TVs and consoles. A free account is all that’s required.

Is ITV3 free to watch?

Yes. It’s been free-to-air since it launched in 2004, with advertising but no subscription fee on any platform.

Verdict

ITV3 does one thing better than any other free channel: British detective drama, run in depth rather than dipped into. Tonight’s schedule tours several eras of the genre at once. Heartbeat’s Yorkshire beat gives way to Brenda Blethyn’s Vera at 8pm, then Law and Order UK’s sharper, more modern procedural style takes the 10pm hour. Wycliffe and Trial and Retribution close out the night with older, quieter cases from the 1990s. It’s not a schedule built for surprises, and it doesn’t pretend otherwise. What it offers instead is scale and consistency, a full evening of crime drama spanning close to two decades of British television, without anyone having to go looking for it.

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