More4 TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On More4 Tonight

More4 is Channel 4’s factual and lifestyle channel: property shows, food formats and the fly-on-the-wall documentaries that would crowd out the main channel’s schedule. It launched on 10 October 2005 and has been free to air since 6 May 2008, when it dropped the subscription requirement it had briefly carried on satellite. Friday’s full listings are below, with channel numbers further down the page.

More4 Schedule: Friday 14 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete More4 schedule for Friday 14 August 2026, on Freeview 18.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on More4 today

Friday’s daytime is a standard weekday for More4: a Discover Must Have Ideas shopping block runs until 8:55am, when Find It, Fix It, Flog It takes over for an hour. Four in a Bed then anchors the schedule in two five-episode runs either side of lunch, 10am to 12:10pm and again 3:20pm to 5:20pm, with five Come Dine with Me editions filling the gap between 12:40pm and 2:50pm. Two Car S.O.S restorations open the evening from 5:50pm.

Before any of that, the small hours open with 999: On the Front Line at 12:10am (series 10, episode 7), then two 24 Hours in A&E repeats back to back at 1:15am and 2:20am. An A Place in the Sun repeat at 3:25am leads into the same shopping block that runs until Find It, Fix It, Flog It restarts the daytime schedule at 8:55am.

More4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the More4 primetime line-up for tonight, Friday 14 August 2026.

Car S.O.S — More4, 6:50pm

Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend spend the hour on a 1971 Fiat coupé with a Ferrari-sourced engine, rebuilding it for owner Chris after his restoration stalled when he was diagnosed with cancer. It follows on from an earlier rescue at 5:50pm, a 1924 Austin 7 Chummy bought decades ago by a former painter and decorator.

Grand Designs — More4, 7:55pm

Kevin McCloud visits Fred and Saffron, who are building into a steep slope in the Peak District. Two lower storeys are dug into the limestone, with only the top floor left standing in the open (series 18, episode 7).

Carpe Diem — More4, 9pm

More4’s Walter Presents strand moves into its second episode of the French crime import Carpe Diem. A fisherman called Patrick has admitted to killing a violent gangster who’d threatened him, leaving investigators Tom and Sigourney to work out whether that confession tells the whole story. It’s in French with English subtitles.

24 Hours in A&E — More4, 10:05pm & 11:10pm

Two archive editions filmed at St George’s Hospital in Tooting close out the night. The 10:05pm hour centres on family bonds under pressure, among them nine-year-old Robert, brought in with an alarmingly fast heartbeat and his dad at his side. The 11:10pm follow-up turns to women managing crises on their own, including 19-year-old Georgia, injured in a fall from a first-floor window. The second episode runs past midnight into Saturday’s schedule.

What kind of shows are on More4

Fly-on-the-wall documentary

This is the strand More4 is known for. 24 Hours in A&E and 999: On the Front Line both use the same method: fixed cameras, real emergencies, no reconstructions. Neither has changed that formula in over a decade of running.

Property and food formats

A Place in the Sun and Come Dine with Me anchor the daytime and early-evening schedule. One is about the fantasy of starting again somewhere warmer; the other is about strangers cooking for each other and being far too honest about the results. Four in a Bed does the same job for the B&B trade. Between them they account for most of what More4 broadcasts before 6pm.

Imported drama and classic comedy

More4 also fills gaps with imported crime drama, a fair amount of Nordic noir, and repeats from Channel 4’s own sitcom back-catalogue. It’s schedule filler between the factual strands rather than anything the channel commissions for itself.

How to watch More4

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find More4 across the main UK television platforms:

More4 is free on all of the above, with no subscription required.

Streaming online

More4 streams live and free at channel4.com/now/m4 and via the Channel 4 app on smart TVs, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and PlayStation. You’ll need a free Channel 4 account, which costs nothing to set up. Recent episodes of most More4 shows are also available to watch on demand through Channel 4’s streaming platform shortly after broadcast.

More4 +1 and sister channels

More4 +1 runs the schedule an hour behind on Virgin Media, channel 347, but was withdrawn from Freeview back in June 2022. If you miss the start of something on Freeview, the Channel 4 on-demand service is the more reliable way to catch up.

More4 sits alongside Channel 4’s other free channels: the main Channel 4 service, E4 (entertainment and US imports), Film4 (movies) and 4seven (catch-up repeats).

Frequently asked questions

What’s on More4 tonight?

Tonight, Friday 14 August 2026, the evening runs from two Car S.O.S restorations into Grand Designs, then a new episode of Carpe Diem, More4’s Walter Presents crime drama, airs at 9pm, before two 24 Hours in A&E episodes close out the night at 10:05pm and 11:10pm. Full times are in the schedule table above.

What time do the main documentaries start on More4?

More4’s documentary strands usually sit between 9pm and 11pm, after the property shows have had the earlier part of the evening. A new series launch or a one-off special can push that earlier, so check the on-screen guide if the evening looks different from usual.

Is More4 free to watch?

Yes, completely free on Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat, with advertising breaks but no subscription fee.

Can I watch More4 online for free?

Yes. It streams live at channel4.com/now/m4 and through the Channel 4 app; you’ll need a free Channel 4 account. Most recent episodes also appear on demand shortly after broadcast.

Verdict

More4 doesn’t try to be flashy, and that’s the point. It’s where Channel 4 parks programming that works without gimmicks: a B&B owner docking marks over a soggy fry-up, or a couple weighing up whether 40 minutes from a decent school is too far. The daytime schedule leans on four recycled formats, and the repetition shows if you watch it start to finish.

Tonight that’s two Car S.O.S rebuilds carrying the early evening into Grand Designs, then a new episode of the Walter Presents drama Carpe Diem before two more real cases from 24 Hours in A&E close out the schedule at 11:10pm. Aside from that import, none of it is a new format, but the documentary run at the back end of the night is as solid as More4 gets.

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