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

Published: 3 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. Friday 4 September is the channel’s biggest night in a while: live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s longest stage carries the day, then ITV4 clears its entire evening and overnight for AEW: All In 2026, live from Wembley Stadium. Daytime runs its usual vintage drama around the cycling: two Magnum, P.I. episodes open the day, then Minder and The Professionals carry the schedule to nearly six hours of live racing from Hull to Beverley, before River Monsters and a second Minder fill the afternoon ahead of Hornblower’s series opener at 5:50pm.

ITV4 Schedule: Friday 4 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Friday 4 September 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

What’s on ITV4 today

Overnight, Hell’s Kitchen airs at 1:30am and Auto Mundial follows at 2:30am, before three hours of Teleshopping from 3am.

Daytime opens with two Magnum, P.I. episodes at 6am and 7am, then Minder at 8:05am and The Professionals at 9:10am carry the schedule to the day’s main event: live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s third stage, the longest of this year’s race, running from Hull along the East Coast to a finish in Beverley, on air from 10:20am to 4:15pm. River Monsters and a second Minder fill the gap afterwards, before Hornblower’s 1998 series opener takes the schedule from 5:50pm to 8pm — young officer Horatio Hornblower reporting for his first Royal Navy commission — and rounding off ITV4’s whole early evening ahead of primetime.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV4 primetime line-up for tonight, Friday 4 September 2026: an hour recapping today’s cycling, then six hours of live wrestling running past 3am.

Cycling: Tour of Britain Highlights — ITV4, 8pm

An hour recapping stage three, the longest of this year’s race, run from Hull along the East Coast to a finish in Beverley. Tomorrow’s stage four is billed as the hardest of the race — 170.5km with 2,459m of climbing from Helmsley to Leyburn.

AEW: All In 2026 — ITV4, 9pm

AEW: All In 2026 broadcasts live from Wembley Stadium from 9pm to 3am, six hours that make up the single largest block on the whole day’s TV grid. The billed card includes Kenny Omega defending against Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship, and Willow Nightingale putting the Women’s World Championship on the line against Mercedes Mone.

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 AEW: All In 2026 turns up on the +1 feed at 10pm instead, running through to 4am for anyone who wants to catch the wrestling 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 clears its whole evening and overnight for AEW: All In 2026, live from Wembley Stadium, 9pm to 3am — six hours, the biggest single block on the day’s whole TV grid, with Kenny Omega facing Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship and Willow Nightingale defending the Women’s World Championship against Mercedes Mone. Before that, Hornblower’s series opener fills 5:50pm to 8pm, straight after live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s longest stage, from Hull to Beverley, and an hour of highlights on the same stage at 8pm.

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 clears its entire evening for wrestling tonight. AEW: All In 2026 broadcasts live from Wembley Stadium from 9pm to 3am — six hours, the biggest single block on the whole grid — with Kenny Omega defending against Will Ospreay and Willow Nightingale defending the Women’s World Championship against Mercedes Mone on the billed card.

Before that, it’s a Tour of Britain day: live coverage of the race’s longest stage, from Hull along the East Coast to Beverley, runs from 10:20am to 4:15pm and is recapped in an hour of highlights at 8pm. Vintage drama fills the rest of daytime — two Magnum, P.I. episodes at 6am and 7am, Minder at 8:05am and The Professionals at 9:10am ahead of the cycling, then River Monsters and a second Minder carry the schedule to Hornblower’s 1998 series opener at 5:50pm. Anyone after today’s cycling or the wrestling has no reason to look elsewhere; anyone after anything else gets nothing else at all tonight.

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