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

Published: 27 August 2026

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. There’s no live sport on ITV4 on Friday 28 August either. The classic-drama reruns that fill the daytime — Magnum, P.I., Robin of Sherwood, Boon and The Professionals — run right through to 6pm, when British Touring Car Championship Highlights takes over for ninety minutes. River Monsters, a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special and Ice Road Truckers carry the rest of primetime, before two hours of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite close out the night.

ITV4 Schedule: Friday 28 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Friday 28 August 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV4 today

Friday’s overnight hours are quiet: Unwind with ITV closes out the previous day’s schedule at 3:45am (series 5, episode 214), then Teleshopping fills the two hours to 6am.

With no live sport to fill the day, Friday’s daytime is a straight run of classic drama reruns. Magnum, P.I. opens the day at 6am and again at 7am (series 7, episodes 21 and 22), Robin of Sherwood follows at 8:05am (series 3, episode 9), and Boon takes the 9:10am slot (series 7, episode 10). The Professionals runs at 10:15am (series 2, episode 10), before a second Robin of Sherwood at 11:25am (series 3, episode 10). Magnum, P.I. returns twice more from 12:25pm (series 8, episodes 1 and 2), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes takes 2:35pm (series 7, episode 5), and a further Boon and The Professionals close out the afternoon at 3:45pm and 4:50pm — the latter running through to 6pm, when British Touring Car Championship Highlights takes over.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV4 primetime line-up for tonight, Friday 28 August 2026.

British Touring Car Championship Highlights — ITV4, 6pm

Nicki Shields presents ninety minutes of highlights from Donington Park, where the 2026 BTCC season reached its seventh race weekend. It’s a round-up of a meeting that’s already been run rather than live coverage, so don’t expect it to be broadcast alongside the racing itself.

River Monsters — ITV4, 7:30pm

Jeremy Wade’s archive angling series continues with series 4, episode 3, as he tracks down another of the freshwater world’s more fearsome predators.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special — ITV4, 8pm

Strictly’s Anton Du Beke and TV chef Fred Sirieix take the hot seat for charity in the second instalment of this run of celebrity specials.

Ice Road Truckers — ITV4, 9pm

Series 5, episode 9 finds Lisa Kelly battling a dangerous blizzard while the rest of the crew face their own hold-ups getting their loads through.

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite — ITV4, 10pm

Two hours of AEW’s flagship weekly show close out the night, flagged as new by the schedule. It’s a different broadcast from last night’s All In replay — Dynamite reaches ITV4 some time after its US airing, and the schedule gives no line-up, so treat any claim about tonight’s card with caution.

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 10pm All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite turns up on the +1 feed at 11pm 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?

Friday 28 August 2026 has no live sport at all. British Touring Car Championship Highlights opens the evening at 6pm, River Monsters and a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special follow at 7:30pm and 8pm, and Ice Road Truckers takes the 9pm hour, before two hours of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite close out the night from 10pm.

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 usually earns its keep on live sport without a subscription in sight, but Friday 28 August is another night off from all of it — there isn’t a single live fixture on the channel today.

Instead the evening runs through five distinct slots. Ninety minutes of British Touring Car Championship Highlights from Donington Park open proceedings at 6pm, River Monsters and a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special carry the next ninety minutes, and Ice Road Truckers takes the 9pm hour, before two hours of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite close things out to midnight. It’s worth being clear about that last one: Dynamite reaches ITV4 some time after its US broadcast and the schedule names no card, so treat any promise of a specific match with caution. Anyone after live sport will need to wait for the next fixture; anyone happy with highlights, a quiz and a night of wrestling is well served either way.

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