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

Published: 5 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. Sunday 6 September is a British Touring Car Championship day, live from late morning to early evening, followed by a quieter primetime: Tour of Britain highlights (not live) at 8pm, then Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves closing the evening. There’s no wrestling on the schedule tonight. Daytime otherwise runs on motorsport strands and River Monsters either side of the touring car racing.

ITV4 Schedule: Sunday 6 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Sunday 6 September 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Early evening

Primetime

What’s on ITV4 today

Overnight, The Summit Australia plays at 1:35am, a new episode of the reality strand, then Teleshopping carries the schedule to 6am.

Motorsport Mundial and Auto Mundial open the proper daytime run from 6am, followed by two episodes of River Monsters and an hour of archive football in The Big Match Revisited. English Football League Highlights and American Pickers fill the late morning, then British Touring Car Championship’s live coverage takes over from 11:30am and runs clean through to 6:30pm, the day’s main event.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV4 primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 6 September 2026.

Fishing Allstars and Aussie Pickers — ITV4, 6:30pm and 7pm

Two half-hour factual imports open the evening, competitive angling followed by antiques-hunting Down Under, before the sport takes over.

Cycling: Tour of Britain Highlights — ITV4, 8pm

A recap show, not live coverage — ITV4 isn’t carrying today’s Tour of Britain action as it happens, just the edited highlights.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves — ITV4, 9:05pm

Kevin Costner’s much-mocked accent aside, this 1991 swashbuckler is still the version most people picture when Robin Hood comes up, mainly on the strength of Alan Rickman’s scenery-chewing Sheriff of Nottingham. A five-minute FYI Daily break interrupts it at 10:10pm; it resumes at 10:15pm and runs past midnight.

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, useful for catching tonight’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 10:05pm instead of 9:05pm if you missed the start.

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?

Fishing Allstars and Aussie Pickers open the evening from 6:30pm, then Tour of Britain highlights (not live) at 8pm, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from 9:05pm, split once by FYI Daily and running past midnight. There’s no wrestling tonight. 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 British Touring Car Championship day, live from 11:30am through to 6:30pm across seven hours of coverage. Evening is a much quieter affair by comparison: Fishing Allstars and Aussie Pickers open, Tour of Britain highlights (not live) follow at 8pm, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves closes out the night from 9:05pm, broken once by FYI Daily.

Around the touring cars, it’s motorsport strands and River Monsters through the morning and early afternoon. There’s no wrestling on the schedule tonight — anyone after live sport or a straightforward evening film has plenty here, but AEW fans will need to check another day.

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