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

Published: 12 September 2026

ITV3 is ITV’s drama channel, launched on 1 November 2004 as a home for the broadcaster’s back catalogue of detective series, period drama and classic sitcoms. Midsomer Murders, Lewis, Poirot, Heartbeat: if it involves a village, a body and a detective in no hurry to leave, it has probably run here. Today, Sunday 13 September 2026, Inspector Morse opens the day and Agatha Christie’s Poirot holds mid-morning, before a five-episode Downton Abbey run fills the afternoon. Two A Taste for Murder episodes lead into two Midsomer Murders episodes through primetime, and Wycliffe closes the night from 11:50pm. There’s no film today.

ITV3 Schedule: Sunday 13 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV3 schedule for Sunday 13 September 2026, on Freeview 10.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV3 today

Overnight, Unwind with ITV plays at 2:05am ahead of Teleshopping from 2:30am.

Two Inspector Morse episodes fill breakfast from 6am, then Agatha Christie’s Poirot takes the mid-morning slot at 10:20am. Downton Abbey then runs five episodes back to back from 12:25pm through to 6:05pm, working from the very start of the series, before A Taste for Murder opens the evening.

ITV3 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV3 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 13 September 2026.

A Taste for Murder — ITV3, 6:05pm and 7:05pm

Two episodes of this cosy-crime drama run back to back through early evening, wall to wall from 6:05pm to 7:05pm. The first sees Joe drawn into clearing a relative’s name while away; the second follows the discovery of a tourist’s body at the base of a cliff.

Midsomer Murders — ITV3, 8:05pm and 10pm

The channel’s biggest draw gets a genuine double bill tonight, two episodes running from 8:05pm to 10pm without a break. The earlier one centres on a killing staged with ritual trappings; the later one follows the death of a writers’ circle secretary on the eve of a visit from a well-known novelist.

Wycliffe — ITV3, 11:50pm

The Cornwall-set detective drama closes the night, with an unnamed rival working to bring down Wycliffe’s reputation.

What kind of shows are on ITV3

Detective drama and cosy crime

The backbone. Midsomer Murders, Vera, Inspector Morse, Endeavour and Wycliffe cover roughly four decades of British detective television between them, and ITV3 works through them in long runs rather than one-off repeats. You can usually pick a series up mid-week and stay with it.

Period and literary adaptation

The Darling Buds of May, and Agatha Christie’s Poirot when it comes round. David Suchet played the part across thirteen series for ITV between 1989 and 2013. These tend to be scheduled in full-series blocks.

Classic sitcom

George and Mildred and its ITV contemporaries fill the overnight and early-morning slots. Nobody’s setting an alarm for these; they’re on while the day gets going.

How to watch ITV3

Channel numbers

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

Free on all of them, no subscription. Numbers shift regionally, so check your on-screen guide if one doesn’t match.

Streaming online

ITV3 streams live and free through ITVX, at itv.com/watch and via the ITVX app on smart TVs, mobiles, tablets and most games consoles. A free account is all that’s needed, no payment details. The ITVX library also carries individual episodes and full boxsets from the channel, Vera and Poirot included, if you’d rather not wait for a repeat to come round.

ITV3 +1 and sister channels

The +1 channel is less useful than it used to be. Since November 2023 it has broadcast only a reduced overnight window rather than a full hour-behind simulcast, so if you’ve missed the start of something, ITVX catch-up is the better bet.

ITV3 sits alongside ITV1, home to Coronation Street, Emmerdale and the network’s biggest primetime shows, and ITV4, which handles sport, action films and older action series.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is ITV3 on Freeview?

Channel 10, free to air.

What’s on ITV3 tonight?

Two A Taste for Murder episodes run from 6:05pm, then Midsomer Murders airs twice back to back from 8:05pm to 10pm. Wycliffe closes the night from 11:50pm. There’s no film today. Times are in the rundown above.

Can I watch ITV3 online for free?

Yes, live through ITVX on the website, the app, and most smart TVs and consoles.

Is ITV3 free to watch?

Yes, and it has been since 2004. There’s advertising, but no subscription fee on any platform.

Verdict

ITV3 has never pretended to be about new television, and today is a proper cosy-crime binge. Inspector Morse opens the day, Poirot takes mid-morning, and Downton Abbey runs five episodes from the very start of the series through the afternoon. The evening is where it gets serious: two A Taste for Murder episodes lead straight into two Midsomer Murders episodes, four hours of crime drama with barely a gap between them, before Wycliffe takes the last slot. Nothing here is new, and there’s no film today, but it’s a schedule built for detective-drama regulars who don’t mind settling in for the long haul.

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