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

Published: 20 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. Monday 21 September 2026 is an archive night rather than a live-sport one: King of the Roads and The Motorbike Show open primetime from 7pm, then the 2012 thriller Alex Cross runs from 9pm, broken briefly by a bumper, before Benidorm closes out the schedule.

ITV4 Schedule: Monday 21 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete ITV4 schedule for Monday 21 September 2026, on Freeview 26.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Primetime

Late night

What’s on ITV4 today

Overnight, Lioness and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet lead into Two and a Half Men, then Teleshopping from 3am.

Two American Pickers episodes open the day at 6am, followed by Minder at 8am. The Champions, The Sweeney and The Professionals carry breakfast and the late morning, then a second American Pickers pair and a repeat Sweeney episode fill the early afternoon. The feature-length Sharpe takes over from 4:40pm, running right through to the start of tonight’s line-up at 7pm.

ITV4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the ITV4 primetime line-up for tonight, Monday 21 September 2026.

King of the Roads — ITV4, 7pm

An automotive documentary strand opens primetime, digging into the vehicles and journeys that built Britain’s road culture.

The Motorbike Show — ITV4, 7:55pm

Henry Cole’s two-wheeled travelogue follows, mixing build projects and road trips with a look at bikes most viewers will never get to ride themselves (series 7, episode 1).

Alex Cross — ITV4, 9pm

Tyler Perry plays the title role in this 2012 adaptation of James Patterson’s novels, a Detroit homicide detective and forensic psychologist drawn into a brutal pursuit of a killer targeting the city’s wealthy. The broadcast breaks for a five-minute FYI Daily bumper at 10pm, picking back up at 10:05pm and running through to just after 11pm.

Benidorm — ITV4, 11:10pm

The Costa Blanca sitcom closes the night with an episode from its third run, the Garvey family and the rest of the Solana resort back for another round of package-holiday chaos (series 3, episode 2).

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 something an hour later if you missed the start the first time round — though live sport rights sometimes mean the +1 channel doesn’t carry the same event.

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?

Tonight runs on archive programming rather than live sport: King of the Roads and The Motorbike Show open primetime from 7pm, then Alex Cross takes over from 9pm, briefly interrupted by an FYI Daily bumper at 10pm before resuming at 10:05pm. Benidorm closes the night from 11:10pm. 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

Daytime runs through the usual mix of classic action reruns and a feature-length Sharpe, and tonight stays in the same lane rather than switching to live sport.

King of the Roads and The Motorbike Show ease the evening in from 7pm, before Alex Cross becomes the night’s main draw from 9pm. Tyler Perry’s Detroit detective thriller runs through to just after 11pm, its only interruption a brief FYI Daily bumper around the 10pm mark, before Benidorm closes out the schedule.

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