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

Really is Warner Bros. Discovery’s ghost-hunting and salvage-and-antiques channel. It arrived on Freeview in January 2026 and absorbed the old HGTV UK’s home-and-garden library on the way in, which is why the daytime grid now runs so heavily to saleroom telly. Thursday runs three hours of saleroom and repair telly before the channel remembers it also does ghosts.

Really Schedule: Thursday 13 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Really schedule for Thursday 13 August 2026, on Freeview 44.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Really today

Thursday’s daytime run leans harder on Salvage Hunters than usual, with seven separate episodes scattered across the day: a pair before 6am, three through mid-morning, then two more mid-afternoon. Celebrity Fantasy Homes, Cruise TV with LoveitBookit and Escape To The Country cover the early slots, The Yorkshire Auction House runs twice from noon, and The Repair Shop gets a single afternoon outing at 2pm ahead of its evening showing. Who Do You Think You Are? closes out the afternoon at 5pm, an hour ahead of the evening schedule proper.

Really tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Really primetime line-up for tonight, Thursday 13 August 2026.

The Repair Shop — Really, 6pm

Jayesh takes on a horse-riding helmet gnawed by mice, while Julie and Amanda work together on a well-loved teddy bear (series 7, episode 28).

The Yorkshire Auction House — Really, 7pm

Angus tries to help a client raise enough from a family clearance to adapt their home for an unwell partner’s needs (series 2, episode 12).

Antiques Road Trip — Really, 8pm

Two experts head off with £200 apiece, buying what they can and selling it on at auction for whatever profit they can squeeze out (series 28, episode 14).

The Bad Skin Clinic — Really, 9pm

New tonight. Stuart’s swollen nose has left him struggling to breathe, and Steve gets a specialist opinion on a lump that’s appeared on his forehead (series 8, episode 2).

The Bad Skin Clinic — Really, 10pm

A repeat outing follows: Matt’s skin condition is putting his livelihood at risk, and Kayley finally finds out whether the growth on her nose is a wart (series 6, episode 2).

Help! My House Is Haunted — Really, 11pm

The team travel to the former mining village of Ynyshir to look into a property with a menacing reputation, hoping to settle what’s behind it (series 3, episode 12).

What kind of shows are on Really

Paranormal and ghost-hunting

This is what Really is for. Death Walker With Nick Groff and Help! My House Is Haunted anchor most weeknight evenings, and both work from named, specific properties rather than the moody reconstructions cheaper ghost shows fall back on.

Home, antiques and lifestyle repeats

The daytime grid is where HGTV UK’s old audience ended up. The Repair Shop, Salvage Hunters, The Yorkshire Auction House and Fantasy Homes By The Sea run in long repeated stretches, several series deep, none of it first-run. Overnight the schedule gives up on programming altogether and sells you cruises and teleshopping until 4am.

How to watch Really

Channel numbers

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

No subscription on any of them. The +1 exists on Sky and Virgin Media only, not on Freeview. Freesat and Virgin numbers drift a little by region and by box, so trust your on-screen guide over this table if the two disagree.

Streaming online

Really streams live and free through discovery+, Warner Bros. Discovery’s ad-supported app, on smart TVs, iOS, Android and most streaming sticks. A free account gets you the live channel and a rolling catch-up window on recent episodes, paid for in ad breaks rather than cash.

Really sister channels

Older write-ups still file Really under UKTV. They are out of date. It now sits in Warner Bros. Discovery’s UK stable next to Quest, Quest Red, Discovery Channel, Food Network and DMAX. Quest is the closest relation of the lot, sharing programmes with Really outright, Salvage Hunters among them, which is part of why that title turns up so often on both grids. Dave, Drama, Yesterday and W stayed behind with UKTV and BBC Studios, so they are a different family now whatever the old listings pages say.

Frequently asked questions

What’s on Really tonight?

The Repair Shop, The Yorkshire Auction House and Antiques Road Trip run from 6pm, then a new episode of The Bad Skin Clinic airs at 9pm ahead of a repeat at 10pm, and Help! My House Is Haunted closes the night at 11pm. Full times are in the schedule table above.

What channel is Really on Freeview?

Freeview channel 44, since the January 2026 move.

What channel is Really on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat?

Sky 142, Virgin Media 165, and Freesat 149. Really +1 runs an hour behind on Sky 242 and Virgin Media 365, though there’s no Freeview +1 currently.

Is Really free to watch?

Yes, on every platform, with no subscription. Expect the usual ad breaks of a commercial free-to-air channel.

Can I watch Really online for free?

Yes, live and on catch-up via discovery+, Warner Bros. Discovery’s free, ad-supported streaming app.

Who owns Really?

Warner Bros. Discovery. UKTV launched the channel in 2009 but sold it to Discovery in 2019, and Discovery became part of Warner Bros. Discovery after its 2022 merger with WarnerMedia.

Verdict

Really knows exactly what it is, which is more than most channels this far down the guide can say. Death Walker With Nick Groff and Help! My House Is Haunted give it an identity, and Groff at least behaves like a man investigating something rather than a man reacting to a noise. The daytime half is comfortable and nothing more.

Tonight runs to a familiar pattern, saleroom telly giving way to the ghost strand after 9pm. If you’re picking one hour, make it Help! My House Is Haunted.

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