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 Magnum, P.I. and Minder. Friday 14 August has no live fixture either, but the evening still has plenty to it: Sharpe’s Sword opens things at 6:55pm, RoboCop 2 runs from 9pm with a short break for FYI Daily just after ten, and a new All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite closes the night from 11:15pm.

ITV4 Schedule: Friday 14 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Friday 14 August 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV4 today

Today opens with Hell’s Kitchen at 12:15am, then The Professionals’ Long Shot at 1:10am, in which the team shield a visiting diplomat from a hitman holding a girl hostage. Auto Mundial brings the latest car news and reviews at 2:15am, Unwind with ITV offers a short wind-down slot at 2:45am, and teleshopping fills the small hours from 3am to 6am. Magnum, P.I. runs back to back from 6am, starting with an episode that sees Rick land a lottery win on the mainland, followed by Photo Play at 7am. The World Series of Darts heads to Auckland for the New Zealand Masters at 8am, with eight PDC players facing the best of Oceania across four hours through to midday. Dramatic Finishes rounds up racing highlights from Cheltenham, Aintree, Ascot and York at noon, then Magnum, P.I. returns twice more, at 12:10pm and 2:10pm. Boon’s Macguffin’s Transputer brings chaos to Crawford Boon at 3:15pm, The Professionals repeats at 4:15pm, and British Touring Car Championship Highlights from Knockhill closes the daytime run at 5:25pm before Sharpe’s Sword opens the evening at 6:55pm.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV4 primetime line-up for tonight, Friday 14 August 2026.

Sharpe — ITV4, 6:55pm

Sean Bean’s Richard Sharpe is back for series three, this time caught up in the chaos of the Peninsular War. A carriage crossing rural Spain comes under fire from French troops, and a nun travelling inside is left fending for herself once the ambush begins. Bernard Cornwell’s source novels rarely waste time getting to the fighting, and this adaptation follows suit.

RoboCop 2 — ITV4, 9pm

Peter Weller puts the suit back on for the 1990 sequel, with Nancy Allen returning as Lewis. Omni Consumer Products has grander ambitions this time round: bankrupting Detroit outright so the corporation can rebuild the city under its own control, with RoboCop stuck in the middle of the plan. ITV4 breaks for a short FYI Daily entertainment bulletin at 10:05pm before the film resumes ten minutes later.

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite — ITV4, 11:15pm

Fresh from its US broadcast earlier the same day, this week’s Dynamite lands on ITV4 close to midnight. Adam Page, Ricochet, MJF and Jon Moxley are among the names topping a card built on stunt-heavy matches rather than scripted storylines, and the late slot suits a show that was never really courting a family audience.

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 crime drama reruns such as Minder. 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. Switch on to find Formula E Highlights already under way and +1 will start it again from the top 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?

Friday 14 August 2026: no live sport. Sharpe’s Sword takes the 6:55pm slot, then RoboCop 2 runs from 9pm, breaking for FYI Daily at 10:05pm before resuming, and a new All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite closes the night from 11:15pm.

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 does one thing very well: live racing and rugby, without a subscription in sight, from a broadcaster that’s covered sport for decades. Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani’s racing coverage is the strongest thing on it. The archive filler and American reruns are functional rather than exciting, and wrestling fans get AEW once a week while everyone else skips the slot.

Tonight has no live fixture either, so archive drama and an action sequel carry the schedule instead: Sharpe’s Sword at 6:55pm, then RoboCop 2’s Detroit takeover plot fills the 9 o’clock hour, paused briefly for FYI Daily just after ten, before a new All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite closes the night from 11:15pm. It’s a lighter line-up than the racing and rugby days, but a Napoleonic ambush followed by a 90s sci-fi sequel and fresh AEW action still gives the night a reason to stay tuned past 9pm.

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