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 21 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete More4 schedule for Friday 21 August 2026, on Freeview 18.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on More4 today

Friday’s More4 runs on ten unique titles spread across 28 slots — the daytime schedule is again 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 5), 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 editions of a Paralympics-themed Come Dine with Me special 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, Friday 21 August 2026.

Car S.O.S — More4, 5:50pm

Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw open the evening with a Mazda RX-7 rebuild for a charity worker whose sight is failing due to a degenerative condition, kept secret from him until the big reveal (series 5, episode 10).

Car S.O.S — More4, 6:50pm

A second episode follows straight after: a 1959 MGA Roadster that has sat rusting in a barn for four decades comes into the workshop, with actor James Nesbitt lending a hand (series 6, episode 1).

Grand Designs — More4, 7:55pm

Kevin McCloud visits energy conservationist Andrew, who is building a self-heating house designed to bank summer warmth in insulated earth banks and release it slowly through the colder months (series 21, episode 4).

Carpe Diem — More4, 9pm

Carpe Diem is a subtitled French import, part of the channel’s Walter Presents strand of European drama. The instalment showing tonight is numbered series one, episode three, and turns on a legal case: a woman who once accused solicitor Tom of murder herself now wants him on her side, representing the man she married against an accusation that he killed someone he was seeing. The listing flags the hour as new, but that episode number suggests this isn’t the true opener — worth knowing if you’d rather start from the beginning.

24 Hours in A&E — More4, 10:05pm

A mechanic is rushed in with crush injuries after his own car pins him against a wall, and a second patient arrives losing blood from a growth on his head (series 10, episode 7).

24 Hours in A&E — More4, 11:10pm

A five-year-old struggling to breathe and an elderly man who has fallen while confused both pass through the same emergency department to close out the night (series 10, episode 8).

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 21 August 2026, a Car S.O.S double bill opens the evening from 5:50pm, followed by Grand Designs at 7:55pm. Carpe Diem, a subtitled French crime drama, has the 9pm slot, and a 24 Hours in A&E double bill runs from 10:05pm to close the night. 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 the same recycled formats every day, and the repetition shows if you watch it start to finish — Friday alone stretches ten unique titles across 28 slots.

Tonight adds a bit of variety to that formula. Car S.O.S and Grand Designs hold their usual early-evening spots, but Carpe Diem breaks up the run of British factual programming with a subtitled French crime drama at 9pm, before a 24 Hours in A&E double bill closes out the night.

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