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

Updated: 23 August 2026

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. Tonight, Sunday 23 August 2026, it’s a property night: A Place In The Sun runs four episodes from 5pm to 9pm, three of them in primetime, before Long Lost Family UK reunites separated relatives at 9pm, Who Do You Think You Are? traces Paddy McGuinness’s family tree at 10pm, and Help! My House Is Haunted closes the evening at 11pm. Full breakdown below.

Really Schedule: Sunday 23 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Really schedule for Sunday 23 August 2026, on Freeview 44.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Really today

Sunday opens with two more Help! My House Is Haunted cases from midnight, then Teleshopping fills the 2am-to-4am gap and Salvage Hunters runs a pair of episodes from 4am, Drew Pritchard’s team working an Irish buying trip in the second. Fantasy Homes By The Sea takes over from 6am, breaking for Cruise TV with LoveitBookit at 7am before returning for two more house-hunts at 8am and 9am, first in Northumberland then Nice. Derelict Rescue’s Welsh barn conversion airs at 10am, and from 11am David Bromstad’s My Lottery Dream Home settles in for eight episodes straight through to 2:30pm, one lottery winner after another across the American house-hunting map. Escape To The Country takes the 3pm and 4pm hours, first in Derbyshire then the Scottish Borders, before A Place In The Sun opens its four-episode evening run at 5pm.

Really tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Really primetime line-up for tonight, Sunday 23 August 2026.

A Place In The Sun — Really, 6pm

The property strand settles in for the evening’s second outing of four, another British couple weighing up a move abroad against the reality of their budget and their wish list.

A Place In The Sun — Really, 7pm

A third case abroad follows straight after, the format’s familiar rhythm of viewings, haggling and a final choice between three or four homes.

A Place In The Sun — Really, 8pm

The fourth and last instalment of tonight’s run closes out the opening stretch of primetime before the evening turns to family history and hauntings.

Long Lost Family UK — Really, 9pm

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell front tonight’s reunions (series 8, episode 5): one strand follows Angela, who spent years believing she was the adopted one before finding out it was her sister; the other traces Bronwen’s long search for the son she placed for adoption as a baby.

Who Do You Think You Are? — Really, 10pm

Paddy McGuinness digs into his family tree (series 21, episode 2), turning up the work his grandfather did in the Second World War and following the Irish side of the family back.

Help! My House Is Haunted — Really, 11pm

The investigators head to Essex (series 6, episode 3), where a family redecorating their home finds an unexplained child’s footprint pressed into wet paint, then later catches a photograph of a girl nobody recognises.

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?

A Place In The Sun runs four episodes from 5pm to 9pm, three of them in primetime, before Long Lost Family UK at 9pm, Who Do You Think You Are? at 10pm and Help! My House Is Haunted closing 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. Help! My House Is Haunted gives it an identity that’s hard to find anywhere else on free-to-air television, and the daytime half is comfortable and nothing more.

Tonight leans hard on property: A Place In The Sun fills four straight hours from 5pm, three of them in primetime, before the evening turns to genealogy and the paranormal with Long Lost Family UK, Who Do You Think You Are? and Help! My House Is Haunted seeing out the night from 9pm. If you’re picking a single hour, make it 11pm — Help! My House Is Haunted is the only thing on the channel tonight that isn’t a repeat run of the same format.

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