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

Published: 4 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. Saturday 5 September is a cycling day: live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s hardest stage of the 2026 race, from Helmsley into the Yorkshire Dales, runs through the late morning and early afternoon, with an hour of highlights back in primetime. The AEW Wembley spectacular was two nights ago — tonight’s Dynamite at 11:35pm is the regular weekly show. Daytime otherwise runs on The Professionals and archive sport strands either side of the racing.

ITV4 Schedule: Saturday 5 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Saturday 5 September 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV4 today

Overnight, Dark Side of the Ring plays at 2am, then Unwind with ITV and three hours of Teleshopping carry the schedule to 6am.

Two episodes of The Professionals from 6:15am open the proper daytime run, then World Rally Championship Highlights and ITV Racing: The Opening Show fill the gap ahead of the day’s main event: live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s stage four, the hardest of this year’s race, from Helmsley into the Yorkshire Dales, on air from 10:50am to 3:45pm. River Monsters and the first half of Hornblower’s series opener fill the rest of the afternoon, running through to 6:30pm as Waterloo opens the evening.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

The day’s real event, live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s hardest stage, wraps up mid-afternoon; the evening is a war film, a highlights reel and the regular wrestling slot.

Waterloo — ITV4, 6:30pm

Rod Steiger’s Napoleon and Christopher Plummer’s Wellington face off in this 1970 battle epic, one of the more lavish productions of its era. It’s interrupted by a five-minute FYI Daily bulletin at 7:35pm and resumes straight after, running into the cycling highlights at 9pm.

Cycling: Tour of Britain Highlights — ITV4, 9pm

An hour on stage four, the queen stage of this year’s race, run earlier today from Helmsley into the Yorkshire Dales. For anyone who missed the live coverage this morning, this is the condensed version.

English Football League Highlights — ITV4, 10pm

Round-up of the day’s Championship fixtures. One line’s worth of attention, not more.

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite — ITV4, 11:35pm

The regular weekly show, not a special event — that was the six-hour Wembley card two nights ago. Jon Moxley, MJF, Ricochet and Adam Page all feature on tonight’s card.

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?

Waterloo (1970) from 6:30pm, split once by FYI Daily, then an hour of Tour of Britain highlights at 9pm recapping today’s live stage-four coverage, English Football League Highlights at 10pm and the regular weekly AEW Dynamite from 11:35pm — the AEW Wembley special was two nights ago. See the table above for tonight’s full listings.

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

Today is a Tour of Britain day. Live coverage of stage four, the hardest of this year’s race, from Helmsley into the Yorkshire Dales, runs from 10:50am to 3:45pm, and an hour of highlights repeats the story in primetime at 9pm. There’s no repeat of Wembley tonight — that AEW special was two nights ago, and 11:35pm’s Dynamite is the ordinary weekly show.

Around the cycling, it’s The Professionals and archive sport strands through the morning, River Monsters and Hornblower’s series opener in the afternoon, and a 1970 Napoleon epic, Waterloo, opening the evening at 6:30pm. Anyone after today’s cycling or a steady evening of action reruns has plenty here; anyone hoping for another six-hour wrestling special will need to wait for the next one.

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