Legend TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On Legend Tonight
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EntertainmentLegend is what the old Horror Channel turned into after its 2022 rebrand: still free to air, still fond of a monster, but now handing most of its evenings to sci-fi, fantasy and action cinema. Tonight, Sunday 13 September 2026, is a straightforward film-and-television night, with nothing standing out from the ordinary rotation: the fantasy adventure The 7th Voyage of Sinbad opens early evening at 6:05pm, The Twilight Zone takes its usual 8pm hour, then Battle Los Angeles and Man of Tai Chi close out the schedule at 9pm and 11:25pm. Full breakdown below.
Legend Schedule: Sunday 13 September 2026 (Full Listings)
Here is the complete Legend schedule for Sunday 13 September 2026, on Freeview 41.
Overnight
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30am | The Hunter’s Prayer | |
| 3:20am | Cross The Line | |
| 5am | Close | Off air until 5.30am |
| 5:30am | Teleshopping |
Breakfast
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 7am | Babylon 5 | S3E21 |
| 8am | Babylon 5 | S3E22 |
Morning
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 9am | Babylon 5 | S4E1 |
| 10am | Babylon 5 | S4E2 |
| 11am | Babylon 5 | S4E3 |
Afternoon
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 12pm | The Great Sioux Massacre | |
| 2pm | Shalako | |
| 4:10pm | A Study In Terror |
Early evening
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 6:05pm | The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
Primetime
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8pm | The Twilight Zone | S4E5 |
| 9pm | Battle Los Angeles |
Late night
| Time | Programme | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 11:25pm | Man of Tai Chi |
What’s on Legend today
The thriller The Hunter’s Prayer opens overnight at 1:30am, followed by Cross The Line at 3:20am. Legend goes off air just after 5am and returns with teleshopping at 5:30am, before five Babylon 5 episodes run back to back from 7am to midday, closing out series 3 and opening series 4.
The western The Great Sioux Massacre takes over at midday, followed by Shalako at 2pm and the mystery thriller A Study In Terror at 4:10pm, ahead of the evening line-up below.
Legend tonight — primetime and the evening schedule
Here’s the Legend primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 13 September 2026.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad — Legend, 6:05pm
Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion effects carry this 1958 fantasy adventure, with Kerwin Mathews’ Sinbad up against a scheming sorcerer and a cyclops that still holds up better than its age suggests.
The Twilight Zone — Legend, 8pm
Season four of Rod Serling’s anthology swapped its usual half-hour format for a full hour, so tonight’s episode, “Mute”, runs as a single instalment rather than the double bill the slot often carries.
Battle Los Angeles — Legend, 9pm
Aaron Eckhart leads a Marine platoon against an alien invasion of the city in this 2011 sci-fi actioner, shot with the shaky, ground-level camerawork of a war film rather than a blockbuster.
Man of Tai Chi — Legend, 11:25pm
Keanu Reeves’ directing debut, with Tiger Hu Chen as a martial artist drawn into an underground fighting circuit. A late-night pick for anyone who wants their action stripped of CGI spectacle.
What kind of shows are on Legend
Cult horror and its Horror Channel roots
Horror hasn’t been dropped, just demoted. Amicus and Hammer-adjacent anthologies still turn up, along with independent chillers and oddities like Horror Express, though these days they land in the afternoon or after midnight rather than at 9pm.
Sci-fi, fantasy and action films
Most evenings belong to genre cinema of a specific vintage: Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, and further back, the fantasy adventures Ray Harryhausen animated. Film4 has the recent theatrical releases covered. Legend is working two or three decades earlier, and there is less competition for that ground than you would think.
Classic genre television
Very few channels still hand hours to vintage American genre TV. Legend does. The Twilight Zone runs as a nightly double bill, and Star Trek, Babylon 5 and The Six Million Dollar Man fill most weekday daytimes.
How to watch Legend
Channel numbers
Here’s where to find Legend across the main UK television platforms:
| Platform | Channel |
|---|---|
| Freeview | 41 |
| Sky | 148 |
| Virgin Media | 149 |
| Freesat | 137 |
| Freely | 38 |
No subscription is required on any of them. Virgin Media and Freesat numbers can shift depending on your box and region, so trust your on-screen guide over this table if the two disagree.
Streaming online
Legend streams live and free through the WatchFreeUK app, available on Freeview Play, Freesat and YouView, and as a download on iOS, Android, Fire TV, Roku, and Samsung and LG smart TVs. No account or sign-up is required, which is more than can be said for most of its rivals. The catch-up section carries a selection of recently broadcast programmes, but licensing means not everything that airs stays available, and windows vary by title.
Legend Xtra and sister channels
Legend Xtra launched on 1 July 2022 as HorrorXtra and took its current name in a November 2023 refresh. Same broad mix of action, sci-fi and horror, free on Freeview channel 69, Sky 317, Virgin Media 171, Freesat 138 and Freely 51, with a +1 timeshift on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat.
Both channels belong to the CBS AMC Networks UK Channels Partnership, a joint venture between Paramount Networks UK & Australia and AMC Networks International UK. True Crime and True Crime Xtra come from the same stable and sit alongside them in the WatchFreeUK app.
Frequently Asked Questions
What channel is Legend on Freeview?
Legend is on Freeview channel 41.
What’s on Legend tonight?
Tonight, Sunday 13 September 2026, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad opens early evening at 6:05pm, The Twilight Zone takes its regular 8pm hour, then Battle Los Angeles runs at 9pm. Man of Tai Chi closes the night at 11:25pm.
Is Legend free to watch?
Yes, entirely. There are advert breaks during films and between programmes, but no subscription fee on any platform.
What was Legend called before?
It launched in 2004 as The Horror Channel, briefly became Zone Horror in 2006, reverted to Horror Channel in 2010, and became Legend on 30 June 2022.
Can I watch Legend online?
Yes, live and free through the WatchFreeUK app, no account needed.
Verdict
Legend is not chasing prestige and would look daft if it tried. What it gives instead is proper scheduled hours to material other free channels treat as filler. Horror Channel-era chillers hold the fringes of the schedule, but most nights now belong to the action cinema Van Damme and his contemporaries were making through the 1990s.
Sunday keeps things simple: two overnight thrillers, a daytime of Babylon 5 and Westerns, then a fantasy classic and The Twilight Zone’s regular hour ahead of two films back to back, Battle Los Angeles at 9pm and Man of Tai Chi at 11:25pm. Nobody is pretending this is a discovery channel. It knows exactly what it is.
Related: Film4 TV Guide | Freeview Channel Guide | Films on TV This Week
