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

Published: 2 September 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. Thursday 3 September is another Tour of Britain day: ITV4 carries live coverage of stage two, a 185.2km run from Boston to a sprint finish in Skegness, 10:15am to 3:45pm, then an hour of highlights at 8pm, before the evening settles into two hours of one sitcom. Daytime is otherwise the usual run of vintage series: Magnum, P.I., Robin of Sherwood and The Professionals carry the schedule up to the cycling, then The Sweeney and a second Professionals fill the afternoon before Minder continues its archive run at 5:55pm.

ITV4 Schedule: Thursday 3 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Thursday 3 September 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV4 today

Overnight, a repeat showing of AEW: Collision runs from 1am, then three hours of Teleshopping from 3am.

Daytime opens with two Magnum, P.I. episodes at 6am and 7am, then Robin of Sherwood at 8:05am and The Professionals at 9:05am carry the schedule to the day’s main event: live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s second stage, a 185.2km run from Boston through the East Midlands to a sprint finish in Skegness, on air from 10:15am to 3:45pm. The Sweeney and a second helping of The Professionals fill the gap afterwards, before Minder’s series-four run continues at 5:55pm ahead of primetime.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV4 primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 3 September 2026.

Beat the Chasers — ITV4, 7pm

The quiz opens the evening (series 5, episode 4), a team of contestants taking on the Chasers together for a shot at a bigger jackpot.

Cycling: Tour of Britain Highlights — ITV4, 8pm

An hour at 8pm recaps stage two: 185.2km from Boston through the East Midlands to a sprint finish in Skegness. Stage three heads from Hull to Beverley tomorrow.

Benidorm — ITV4, 9pm–11pm

Four episodes of the ITV sitcom fill the rest of the night, series 2 episodes 3 to 6 back to back with no break. That’s the shape of ITV4’s late evening: two hours of one show rather than a film.

Ligue 1 Highlights — ITV4, 11pm

A round-up of the French top flight.

AEW: Collision — ITV4, 11:30pm

Wrestling closes the night — the same edition ITV4 also showed overnight at 1am.

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 Benidorm turns up on the +1 feed at 10pm instead, so anyone who misses the first episode live 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?

ITV4 carries live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s second stage, 10:15am to 3:45pm, a 185.2km run from Boston to a sprint finish in Skegness, then an hour of highlights at 8pm. Primetime opens with Beat the Chasers at 7pm, then four episodes of Benidorm run back to back from 9pm to 11pm. Ligue 1 Highlights and a repeat showing of AEW: Collision close the night.

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 is the Tour of Britain channel again today. Stage two runs 185.2km from Boston to a sprint finish in Skegness, live from 10:15am to 3:45pm and recapped in an hour of highlights at 8pm.

Vintage drama fills the rest of daytime: two Magnum, P.I. episodes at 6am and 7am, Robin of Sherwood at 8:05am and The Professionals at 9:05am ahead of the cycling, then The Sweeney and a second Professionals carry the schedule to Minder at 5:55pm. Primetime opens with Beat the Chasers at 7pm ahead of the cycling highlights, then four episodes of Benidorm run back to back from 9pm to 11pm. Ligue 1 Highlights and a repeat of AEW: Collision close the night. Anyone after today’s Tour of Britain stage has no reason to look elsewhere; anyone after the evening’s action gets two straight hours of one sitcom rather than a film.

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