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

Published: 30 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. Monday 31 August is quiet for live sport on ITV4 itself — today’s racing and rugby fixtures sit elsewhere in the ITV portfolio — and the day runs on vintage series instead: Magnum, P.I., Minder, Boon, Robin of Sherwood, The Professionals, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and a two-part Hornblower all get an outing before the evening turns to film. Primetime is one long double bill, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and A Fistful of Dynamite, each paused partway through for a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin, running to 12:15am. A recorded edition of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite opens the day in the small hours, not a live transmission.

ITV4 Schedule: Monday 31 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Monday 31 August 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV4 today

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite opens the day at 12:35am — a recorded highlights package from the US promotion, not a live broadcast — running to 2:30am, when Unwind with ITV takes the last half-hour slot before Teleshopping fills 3am to 6am.

Monday’s daytime carries no live sport at all; it’s a run of vintage drama instead. Magnum, P.I. opens at 6am, then Minder at 7am and Boon at 8:05am. Robin of Sherwood follows at 9:10am and The Professionals at 10:20am, before Magnum, P.I. returns for two further episodes at 11:25am and 12:30pm. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes takes 1:30pm and Boon repeats at 2:40pm, and Hornblower closes out the afternoon from 3:45pm with Duty, the concluding half of a two-part story, carrying the schedule to the edge of primetime.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Tonight, Monday 31 August 2026, ITV4 gives its whole evening over to two films back to back — nothing else in primetime.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves — ITV4, 5:50pm

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) opens the evening at 5:50pm. Kevin Costner’s Robin escapes the Crusades and returns to England to take on Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham, with Morgan Freeman’s Azeem and Christian Slater’s Will Scarlet alongside him. The film is paused for a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin at 6:55pm before picking back up at 7pm and running through to 9pm.

A Fistful of Dynamite — ITV4, 9pm

A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) takes over at 9pm. Sergio Leone’s Mexican Revolution western pairs Rod Steiger’s small-time bandit Juan Miranda with James Coburn’s dynamite-obsessed Irish revolutionary John Mallory, in what turned out to be Leone’s last western. It plays through to 12:15am, interrupted again by a five-minute FYI Daily at 10pm.

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 rounds up a series that rarely gets 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 9pm start for A Fistful of Dynamite turns up on the +1 feed at 10pm instead, so anyone who misses ITV4’s showing 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?

Monday 31 August 2026 is a double bill: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from 5:50pm and A Fistful of Dynamite from 9pm, running through to 12:15am. Both films are split by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin. There’s no live sport on ITV4 today; daytime is vintage drama instead.

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 goes without live sport on Monday 31 August. The whole day is archive programming, from a run of vintage drama in daytime to a straight double bill once primetime starts.

Magnum, P.I., Minder, Boon, Robin of Sherwood, The Professionals and a two-part Hornblower carry the schedule into the evening, and then the channel settles on two films for the rest of the night. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves takes 5:50pm to 9pm, Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman’s Crusades adventure against Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham. A Fistful of Dynamite follows at 9pm, Sergio Leone’s 1971 Mexican Revolution western with Rod Steiger and James Coburn, running to 12:15am. Both films are broken by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin. Anyone after live sport will need to look elsewhere in the ITV lineup today; anyone happy with an afternoon of classic drama followed by two very different films is well served.

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