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. Thursday’s full listings are below, with channel numbers further down the page.

More4 Schedule: Thursday 20 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete More4 schedule for Thursday 20 August 2026, on Freeview 18.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on More4 today

Thursday’s More4 runs on just nine unique titles spread across 28 slots — the daytime schedule is almost entirely two strips, Four in a Bed and Come Dine with Me, repeated back to back for hours at a stretch.

The night opens with 999: On the Front Line at 12:10am (series 5, episode 3), then two episodes of 24 Hours in A&E run back to back from 1:15am, followed by an A Place in the Sun repeat at 3:25am. Discover Must Have Ideas: Shopping fills most of the rest of the night from 3:55am through to just before 9am, broken only by Find It, Fix It, Flog It at 8:55am.

Five episodes of Four in a Bed then carry the schedule from 10am to 12:10pm, when five instalments of Come Dine with Me take over until 2:50pm. A second run of five Four in a Bed episodes fills the rest of the afternoon, running to 5:20pm, when a Car S.O.S double bill opens the evening ahead of tonight’s primetime.

More4 tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the More4 primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 20 August 2026.

Car S.O.S — More4, 6:50pm

Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw’s second restoration of the evening centres on an Austin 10 utility truck from 1941, built for army service and brought in by a former soldier (series 5, episode 9). It follows an earlier fix, a Caterham 7, at 5:50pm.

Grand Designs — More4, 7:55pm

Kevin McCloud checks in on a couple building a Cornwall home shaped by American modernist architecture — glass walls and clean horizontal lines borrowed from mid-century US design and set down on the coast (series 19, episode 2).

24 Hours in A&E — More4, 9pm and 10pm

A double bill closes out primetime. The 9pm edition follows a 26-year-old brought in after being hit by a car in Eastbourne (series 10, episode 5); the 10pm edition includes a child treated for a severed finger sustained at school (series 10, episode 6).

999: On the Front Line — More4, 11:05pm

The night ends with paramedics called out to a young mother in the middle of a panic attack, one of the callouts featured in tonight’s episode (series 5, episode 4).

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, Thursday 20 August 2026, a Car S.O.S double bill opens the evening from 5:50pm, followed by Grand Designs at 7:55pm. A 24 Hours in A&E double bill runs from 9pm, and 999: On the Front Line closes the night at 11:05pm. 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 — Thursday alone stretches nine unique titles across 28 slots.

Tonight sticks close to that formula. Car S.O.S and Grand Designs hold their usual early-evening spots, a 24 Hours in A&E double bill takes the back half of primetime, and 999: On the Front Line closes out the night.

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