ITV4 TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On ITV4 Tonight

ITV4 launched on 1 November 2005, taking over ITV’s off-peak Freeview slot from the ITV News Channel before absorbing what was left of the old Men and Motors the following spring. Two decades on, it’s ITV plc’s channel for live sport and archive action, running everything from live racing to reruns of classic drama and American sitcoms. Saturday 29 August brings live ITV Racing from Goodwood in the afternoon, then a night built around a feature-length Sharpe, Football League highlights and a US wrestling pay-per-view. The Professionals runs across the day in three separate outings, alongside Minder, Cadfael and Aussie Pickers, before Sharpe’s Waterloo takes the early evening slot at 6:50pm.

ITV4 Schedule: Saturday 29 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Saturday 29 August 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV4 today

Saturday’s overnight hours run through a repeat of Dark Side of the Ring at midnight, Minder at 12:55am and two episodes of Two and a Half Men, before Teleshopping takes the small hours from 3am.

Saturday’s daytime shape is different from the weekday schedule, built almost entirely around live sport rather than drama reruns. Football League Legends opens at 6am, then Minder repeats at 6:15am (series 3, episode 10) and The Professionals runs twice back to back from 7:20am (series 2, episodes 7 and 8). ITV Racing: The Opening Show previews the day’s action at 9:30am, The Big Match Revisited follows at 10:30am and Cadfael fills 11:35am, before live coverage of ITV Racing from Goodwood takes over at 1:15pm for two and three quarter hours, with the Celebration Mile the feature race of the afternoon. World of Sport and Made in Britain hold the 4pm hour, a third helping of The Professionals runs at 4:45pm, and Aussie Pickers closes out the early evening at 5:50pm ahead of Sharpe’s Waterloo at 6:50pm.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV4 primetime line-up for tonight, Saturday 29 August 2026. It’s a short evening by ITV4 standards: one drama, one highlights package and one very long wrestling broadcast.

Sharpe’s Waterloo — ITV4, 6:50pm

Sean Bean’s Richard Sharpe gets his send-off in this feature-length instalment, running two hours ten to 9pm. Napoleon’s escape from Elba draws the British, Belgian, Dutch and Prussian armies into the campaign that ends at Waterloo. It’s a TV drama episode rather than a film, so there’s no release year to quote.

English Football League Highlights — ITV4, 9pm

Ninety minutes of Championship action, with Middlesbrough hosting West Brom, Wolves against Stoke, Bolton facing Lincoln and Norwich taking on Burnley among the matches covered. All four fixtures have already been played, so this is highlights rather than live coverage.

AEW: Double or Nothing 2026 — ITV4, 10:30pm

ITV4 shows the US pay-per-view Double or Nothing from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York, running four hours fifty through to 3:20am. The card includes Jon Moxley against Kyle O’Reilly, Will Ospreay against Samoa Joe, and MJF against Darby. This is a recording of an event that has already taken place in the US, not a live broadcast, and it’s a different show entirely from the weekly AEW: Dynamite that usually occupies ITV4’s late slot.

What kind of shows are on ITV4

Live sport: racing, rugby and darts

ITV4 carries the bulk of ITV’s live sport rights outside of ITV1’s biggest occasions. ITV Racing has been the channel’s anchor since horse racing moved to ITV from Channel 4 in 2017, running near-daily meetings alongside the showpiece Saturdays. The Nations Championship, rugby’s new global competition launched in July 2026, means ITV4 now shows live rugby through the summer months, when British fans wouldn’t normally get much international action on terrestrial TV. The channel has also carried live darts in recent seasons, including instalments of the World Series of Darts.

Motorsport, rally and archive sport

Beyond the live fixtures, ITV4 fills its schedule with motorsport digest shows. World Rally Championship Highlights and Motorsport Mundial both round up international series that rarely get UK coverage elsewhere, and the channel runs nightly highlights through Isle of Man TT race week each spring. Archive strands such as The Big Match Revisited and Goals of the 1990s dig into old football footage.

American reruns, action and wrestling

The rest of the schedule fills out with imported American comedy and reality (Two and a Half Men, American Pickers) and classic British action drama reruns such as The Professionals and Robin of Sherwood. None of it demands your full attention. All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite airs weekly in the late-night slot, with a repeat the following Saturday.

How to watch ITV4

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find ITV4 across the main UK television platforms:

ITV4 is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. Virgin Media and Freesat’s +1 position can move about more than Freeview and Sky, so your on-screen guide is the definitive source if it doesn’t line up exactly.

Streaming online

ITV4 streams live and free through ITVX at itv.com/watch and via the ITVX app on smart TVs, mobiles, tablets and streaming devices including Amazon Fire TV and Roku. You need a free account. Most of the archive and clip-show programming sits in the ITVX library afterwards, though racing and rugby rights usually mean shorter catch-up windows on the live sport.

ITV4 +1 and sister channels

ITV4+1 runs the same schedule an hour behind. Tonight’s 10:30pm AEW: Double or Nothing 2026 turns up on the +1 feed at 11:30pm instead, so anyone who misses the start on ITV4 itself gets a second chance an hour later.

ITV4 sits alongside ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITVBe in ITV plc’s channel family, all streaming through ITVX. ITV1 carries the network’s biggest live sport occasions, ITV3 leans into drama and period pieces, and ITV4 gets the more male-skewing sport and action mix.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is ITV4 on Freeview?

ITV4 is on Freeview channel 26. ITV4+1 is on Freeview channel 59. Both are free with no subscription needed.

What channel is ITV4 on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat?

Channel 120 on Sky, channel 118 on Virgin Media, and channel 117 on Freesat. ITV4+1 is on channel 220 on Sky; check your on-screen guide for the exact +1 position on Virgin Media and Freesat.

What’s on ITV4 tonight?

Saturday 29 August 2026 opens its evening with Sharpe’s Waterloo at 6:50pm, then English Football League Highlights at 9pm and AEW: Double or Nothing 2026, a US wrestling pay-per-view, from 10:30pm through to 3:20am. Live ITV Racing from Goodwood runs in the afternoon from 1:15pm.

What is ITV4+1?

A timeshift channel showing the ITV4 schedule exactly one hour later, on Freeview 59 and Sky 220.

Is ITV4 free to watch, and does it have adverts?

Yes, entirely free to air with no subscription fee on any platform. As a commercial ITV channel it carries advertising breaks, the same as ITV1.

Can I watch ITV4 online for free?

Yes, live and free through ITVX at itv.com/watch and via the ITVX app. A free account is required.

Verdict

ITV4 gets its live sport fix in early on Saturday 29 August: ITV Racing from Goodwood runs live through the afternoon from 1:15pm, with the Celebration Mile the feature race. The evening itself is a shorter, three-part affair.

Sharpe’s Waterloo takes the early slot at 6:50pm, a feature-length send-off for Sean Bean’s Napoleonic-era soldier. English Football League Highlights follows at 9pm with ninety minutes of already-played Championship fixtures, and AEW: Double or Nothing 2026 closes the night from 10:30pm — a US pay-per-view recording running almost five hours to 3:20am, not a live broadcast, and a different show from the weekly AEW: Dynamite that usually fills this slot. Anyone after live sport should watch the racing in the afternoon; anyone happy with a war drama, football highlights and a long night of wrestling is well served after dark.

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