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

Published: 14 September 2026

That’s TV runs almost entirely on British television’s back catalogue: sitcoms from the 1970s and 1980s, a bit of crime drama, archive music clips, and a long teleshopping stretch before breakfast. It’s free to air on Freeview, Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media, with no subscription and no app of its own. Tonight runs a straight stretch of classic sitcoms through early evening before Minder at 7:55pm, then Benidorm into Shameless is the strongest pairing of the night. Full times for every programme are in the table below.

That’s TV Schedule: Tuesday 15 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete That’s TV schedule for Tuesday 15 September 2026, on Freeview 56.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on That’s TV today

Tuesday opens with Benidorm just after midnight, then Minder, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and Man About the House carry the small hours before Kenny Everett Video Cassette and the archive clip strand That’s 60s – Best Music Live! from around 3am. A Nearest and Dearest pair and British Railway Journeys lead into a teleshopping run from 6am — cruise holidays, then a folding eFoldi mobility scooter, then cruise holidays again — before Upstairs, Downstairs resumes the schedule proper at 8am.

You Rang, M’Lord? opens the morning at 9am, then Bread, Steptoe and Son, Oh, Doctor Beeching! and Rising Damp carry the schedule through to lunchtime. Man About the House, Goodnight Sweetheart and When the Boat Comes In fill early afternoon, before a second Minder rerun and Just Good Friends lead into the evening line-up below.

That’s TV tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the That’s TV primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 15 September 2026.

That’s 60s – Best Music Live! — That’s TV, 6pm

A brief slice of archive 1960s music performance footage, one of several short filler slots the schedule uses to bridge between sitcom blocks.

Rising Damp — That’s TV, 6:05pm

Leonard Rossiter’s Rigsby remains the draw, a seedy landlord needling his tenants in a sitcom now well past its 50th anniversary.

Steptoe and Son — That’s TV, 6:40pm

Galton and Simpson’s rag-and-bone father-and-son double act gets its regular early-evening outing.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? — That’s TV, 7:20pm

The 1970s sequel finds Bob and Terry back on opposite sides of a class divide neither of them ever quite escaped.

Minder — That’s TV, 7:55pm

George Cole’s Arthur Daley and his minder work another scheme in this early-evening rerun, the show the channel leans on more than any other single title.

Benidorm — That’s TV, 9pm

Sun, sangria and the Solana Resort’s regulars headline the strongest hour of the night, a good two decades younger than most of what surrounds it.

Shameless — That’s TV, 9:55pm

Paul Abbott’s Chatsworth Estate saga follows Benidorm into primetime, completing the night’s one genuinely modern pairing.

Man About the House — That’s TV, 10:55pm

Robin, Chrissy and Jo’s flat-share sitcom takes the night into its final stretch.

Goodnight Sweetheart — That’s TV, 11:30pm

Nicholas Lyndhurst’s time-slipping electrician closes out the night, shuttling between 1990s Britain and the Blitz one last time before the schedule clears for the overnight run.

What kind of shows are on That’s TV

Sitcoms from the 1970s and 1980s

This is the bulk of the channel. Rising Damp, Steptoe and Son, Man About the House, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, Just Good Friends and Mind Your Language cycle through daytime and early evening on a near-constant loop. There’s no theming to speak of: they’re familiar half-hours filling the space between the shopping strands and whatever the channel has lined up for the evening.

Crime and drama reruns

Minder does most of the heavy lifting on the crime and drama side, often turning up more than once in a day. Benidorm and Shameless, both decades younger than the rest of the schedule, hold primetime.

Music and variety nostalgia

The archive clip strand billed as That’s 60s drops in several times a day, live performance footage from 1960s music shows and a leftover from when the group ran full decade-themed music channels. Longer compilations such as Ronnie Barker: The Very Best Of turn up as one-off hours.

Teleshopping

Roughly 5am to 8am, given over to mattresses and garden multitools. A free channel with no subscription income has to fill the small hours with something that pays for itself.

How to watch That’s TV

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find That’s TV across the main UK platforms:

Virgin Media’s number shifts more often than the others, so your on-screen guide is the definitive source if it doesn’t match.

Streaming online

There’s no That’s TV app, no catch-up service and no live stream of its own, which puts it a long way behind Channel 4 or ITV. You watch it as it goes out, through a Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media or Freesat box or smart TV. A Freeview Play-enabled television will find and tune the channel for you with no extra setup.

That’s TV regional and sister channels

That’s TV belongs to That’s Media, whose chief executive, Daniel Cass, built the group out of local television licences: around 20 of them, awarded under Ofcom’s Local Digital Television Programme. That’s Manchester, That’s Solent and That’s Glasgow all opt out for local news and community programming for part of the day, then simulcast the national schedule for the rest.

That’s TV 2 works the same archive on a separate schedule. The group also tried standalone channels themed to the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s; several were folded back into the main service or closed outright earlier in 2026, which is why the 60s music show now appears as a filler strand rather than a channel in its own right.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is That’s TV on Freeview?

Channel 56 nationally, or 80 in Greater Manchester. That’s TV 2 is on 65, and the local opt-out versions sit on 7 or 8 depending on where you live.

What’s on That’s TV tonight?

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? leads early evening at 7:20pm, then Minder takes the 7:55pm slot. Benidorm follows at 9pm and Shameless at 9:55pm, before Man About the House at 10:55pm and Goodnight Sweetheart close the night at 11:30pm. The table above has the full day.

Is That’s TV free to watch?

Yes, on every platform that carries it. Ad breaks during programmes and teleshopping before breakfast are how it pays for itself.

Verdict

That’s TV is comfort viewing and makes no pretence otherwise. Tuesday’s afternoon runs the same unthemed stitch of 1970s and 1980s reruns as any other day: Rising Damp and Oh, Doctor Beeching! carry the middle of the day, with Goodnight Sweetheart and When the Boat Comes In filling out early afternoon.

The evening opens with Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? at 7:20pm, then Minder takes the 7:55pm slot. Benidorm at 9pm is the strongest patch of the night, with Shameless close behind at 9:55pm. Man About the House follows at 10:55pm, and Goodnight Sweetheart closes out the night at 11:30pm.

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