All of the free TV channels in the UK

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using one of the free services: DAB (for radio), Freeview, Sky No Card - Sky without a viewing card (Freesat from Sky (or fSfS)) and Freesat.. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters the current coverage shown thus (54%), taken from Connected Nations Report 2017: Data analysis'

Key: _{wb_sunny} daytime; _{watch_later} nighttime; _{account_box} funded from the TV License; flags show Freeview channel limits.

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	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	WION NEWS			269 (90%)

High definition channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
BBC Alba HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	108_{watch_later}
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		503	200
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101		101
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108		110
BBC Three HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 _{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
CBBC HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	204_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}	600_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	205_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}	601_{wb_sunny}
Channel 4 HD		104	104	104
Channel 4 HD (Wales)		110		104
Channel 5 HD		105	105	105
CNN International HD			506
ITV 1 HD		103	103	103
New Media HD			594
Quest HD			144	167
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
SportyStuff TV HD			437
STV HD		103	103	103
Travelxp HD			182
UTV HD		103	103	103
WION HD			523

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
4Music	_{live_tv}		354	501
4seven	_{live_tv}	49 (90%)	137	127
5Action		33 (90%)	150	132
5SELECT		46_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
5STAR		32 (90%)	128	131
— 5STAR +1			228	141
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
— 5USA +1			241	130
Al Jazeera Eng		235 (90%)
Al Jazeera English		267 (90%)	513	203
Arirang TV			522	214
Arise Play			175
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}
BBC Four (Scotland SD)	_{live_tv}	24 _{watch_later}
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231		212
BBC One (SD)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	1
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	187	174
BBC Three_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	23_{watch_later}		179_{watch_later}
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2		180
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	162
— Blaze +1		81 (90%)
Bloomberg TV			502	208
CBBC_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	643_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	644_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}
CBS Reality		67 (90%)	146	135
— CBS Reality +1			246	136
Challenge		48 (90%)	152	146
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
Channel 5		5	805
— Channel 5 +1		38 (90%)	205	128
Channel 7 (Ghana)			181
CITV	_{live_tv}	203_{wb_sunny}
Clubland TV			364
CNBC			505	210
Court TV			179	177
Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
Dave ja vu		57 (90%)	211
Deen TV			783
DMAX		39 (90%)	172	150
— DMAX +1			272	151
Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
— Drama +1		60 (90%)	243
Dunamis TV			592
E4	_{live_tv}	13		122
E4 (Wales)	_{live_tv}			122
— E4 +1		30		123
E4 Extra	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	138	126
EarthxTV		79 (90%)	180
EuroNews English			508
Film4	_{live_tv}	14		300
— Film4 +1		47 (90%)	314	301
Food Network		43 (90%)	140	148
— Food Network +1			240	149
Foodxp			712
FRANCE 24 (in English)			512	205
FreeSports	_{live_tv}		422
GoodNews TV			591
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321	302
— GREAT! movies +1		61 (90%)	322
Great! Movies Action		42 (90%)	323	305
Great! Movies Action 1			324
Great! Movies Christmas		52 (90%)	319	303
Great! Movies Christmas 1		63 (90%)	320	304
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	166
— HGTV +1			258
HobbyMaker		73 (90%)
HorrorXtra 1			318	139
ITV 1 (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	111
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	118	113
— ITV1 +1		35	203	112
— ITV2 +1		29 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10	119	115
— ITV3 +1		59 (90%)	219	116
ITV4	_{live_tv}	26	120	117
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	89 (90%)	220	118
ITVBe		28	131	119
— ITVBe +1		58 (90%)
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358	505
Ketchup Too		210 (90%)
Ketchup TV		209 (90%)
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356	503
Legend		41 (90%)	148	137
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357	504
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
— More4 +1			236	125
Now 90s			363
NTD			185
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
pick		36 (90%)	151	144
Pitaara International			773
— Pop +1			619
— POP MAX +1			621
Primal Living			670
Quest		12 (90%)		172
— Quest +1		70 (90%)	244	168
Quest Red		40 (90%)	149	169
— Quest Red +1			249	170
RealityXtra		68 (90%)	147	134
Really		17 (90%)	142	160
RTÉ One		54
RTÉ Two		55
SBN International			593
Showcase TV			186
Sky Arts		11 (90%)		147
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)		202
Smithsonian Channel			171
SportyStuffTV				250
STV (SD)		3	803
— STV+1		35	203
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
TCC		78 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
TG4		53
That's 60s		65 (90%)	366
That's 60s MCR		76	362
That's 70s MCR		77
That's 80s		75 (90%)	361
That's 80s MCR		80
That's 90s		86
That's TV (UK)		56 (90%)	183	178
That’s 60s		71 (90%)		506
The Box	_{live_tv}		355	502
— Tiny Pop +1			618
Together TV		83 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	170	164
Trace Vault			360
Trace Hits			359
TRT World			516	215
— TV Warehouse+1		88
UTV (SD)		3	803
— UTV +1		35	203	112
W		25 (90%)		156
— W +1			232
WildEarth		91 (90%)
YAAAS!		211 (90%)
Yesterday		27 (90%)		159
— Yesterday +1		74 (90%)	255

Local TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Bay TV Clwyd		7 (54%)
Bay TV Liverpool		7 (54%)
Bay TV Swansea		7 (54%)
Big Centre TV		7 (54%)
Cambridge Presents		7 (54%)
Estuary TV Doncaster		7 (54%)
Estuary TV York		7 (54%)
HorrorXtra		69 (54%)	317	138
Latest TV		7 (54%)
LONDON LIVE	_{live_tv}	8 (54%)
Made in Bristol		7 (54%)
Made in Cardiff		8 (54%)
Made in Leeds		7 (54%)
Made in Teesside		7 (54%)
Made in Tyne and Wear		7 (54%)
Mustard		7 (54%)
Notts TV	_{live_tv}	7 (54%)
NvTv		7 (54%)
POP MAX		208 (54%)	620	604
Sheffield Live		7 (54%)
STV Edinburgh		8 (54%)
STV Glasgow		8 (54%)
That's Berkshire		7 (54%)
That's Lancashire		7 (54%)
That's Manchester		7 (54%)
That's Oxford		7 (54%)
That's Salisbury		7 (54%)
That's Solent		7 (54%)
That's Surrey		7 (54%)
The York Channel		7 (54%)
Tiny Pop		207 (54%)	615	605

Radio stations

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	727 (90%)	0107	724
Absolute Radio 80s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0200	726
Absolute Radio 90s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0201
Absolute Radio Classic Rock	_{live_tv}	DAB		0203
BBC Asian Network_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709
BBC Berkshire_{account_box}		DAB	719
BBC Bristol_{account_box}		FM/AM	719
BBC C&W_{account_box}			719
BBC Cambridge_{account_box}		FM/AM	722
BBC Cornwall_{account_box}			721
BBC Cumbria_{account_box}			721
BBC Derby_{account_box}			735
BBC Devon_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC Essex_{account_box}			734
BBC Gloucestershire_{account_box}			735
BBC Guernsey_{account_box}			721
BBC H&W_{account_box}			720
BBC Humberside_{account_box}			721
BBC Jersey_{account_box}			719
BBC Kent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Lancashire_{account_box}			720
BBC Leeds_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Leicester_{account_box}			721
BBC Lincolnshire_{account_box}			722
BBC Manchester_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Merseyside_{account_box}			722
BBC Newcastle_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Norfolk_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Northampton_{account_box}			734
BBC Nottingham_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC Oxford_{account_box}			722
BBC Radio 1_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag700	0101	700
BBC Radio 1Xtra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	701	0137	701
BBC Radio 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag702	0102	702
BBC Radio 3_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag703	0103	703
BBC Radio 4 (FM)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	704	0104	704
BBC Radio 4 Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	708	0131	708
BBC Radio 4 LW_{account_box}	_{live_tv}			0143	710
BBC Radio 5 Live_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	705	0105	705
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	706	0144	706
BBC Radio 6 Music_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	707	0120	707
BBC Radio Cymru_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	715
BBC Radio Cymru 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0219	735
BBC Radio Foyle_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0220	717
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0152	718
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag720	0139	713
BBC Radio Scotland_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0116	712
BBC Radio Ulster_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0118	716
BBC Radio Wales_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0117	714
BBC Sheffield_{account_box}			734
BBC Shropshire_{account_box}			721
BBC Solent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
BBC Solent for Dorset_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	734
BBC Somerset_{account_box}			722
BBC Stoke_{account_box}			726
BBC Suffolk_{account_box}			720
BBC Surrey_{account_box}			722
BBC Sussex_{account_box}			720
BBC Tees_{account_box}			722
BBC Three Counties_{account_box}			720
BBC Wiltshire_{account_box}			721
BBC WM_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
BBC World Service_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag710	0115	711
BBC York_{account_box}			720
BFBS Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
Capital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	724 (90%)	0109	719
Capital Xtra	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0114	720
Classic FM	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	731 (90%)	0106	721
EWTN Radio Britain and Ireland				0147
Gold	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0121	722
Greatest Hits Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB	716 (90%)
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
Heart Dance		DAB		0146
Hits Radio	_{live_tv}		711 (90%)	0188
Jazz FM				0202
Kerrang!		DAB	717 (90%)
KISS		DAB FM/AM	713 (90%)	0178
KISS FRESH	_{live_tv}		712 (90%)
KISSTORY	_{live_tv}	DAB	714 (90%)
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)	0124	734
LBC News	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0221
Magic	_{live_tv}	DAB	715 (90%)	0180
Panjab Radio				0130
PlanetRock		DAB		0110	730
Premier Radio		DAB FM/AM	725 (90%)
Radio Khush Khabri				0151
Radio X	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0113	723
RNIB Connect		FM/AM	730 (90%)
RTÉ 2FM				0164	751
RTÉ Lyric FM				0165	752
RTÉ Radio 1				0160	750
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
RTÉ RnaG			729
Scala Radio				0216
Smooth Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
Sukh Sagar Radio				0150
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Trans World Radio			733 (90%)
TWR	_{live_tv}	FM/AM		0138	790
V Radio				0215	736
WRN English				0122

Streamed TV and text

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Freeview	Freesat
BBC RB 1_{account_box}	601	981
On Demand 365	265 (90%)
VisionTV	261 (90%)

High definition shopping

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Daystar TV HD		583	691
Iran International HD		793
Loveworld TV HD		585
NHK World Japan HD	286 (90%)	507	209

Other TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
3ABN		283 (90%)
A1 TV			759
Aaj Tak			710
Aastha			724
Ahlebait TV			745
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Akaal Channel			770
Al Arabiya		275 (90%)
Alaraby Network		279 (90%)
AlJazeera Arabic		268 (90%)
AmazingDiscoveries		284 (90%)
Arise News		262 (90%)	519
ARY Digital			758
ARY World			736
Asharq News		274 (90%)
Asharq News #2		272 (90%)
ATN Bangla			779
Best Direct			669
Brit Asia TV			767
British Muslim TV			752
Channel S			777
Channelbox		271 (90%)
Channels 24			518
CRAFT EXTRA			673
Create & Craft		85 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Cruise 1st TV			688
Dunya News			754
Eman Channel			757
EWTN			586
FailArmy		264 (90%)
Faith			590
Faith World TV			588
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	45 (90%)	665	805
Geo			738
Geo News International			734
GOD Channel			580	694
God TV		282 (90%)
GREAT! tv		50 (90%)	157	142
— GREAT! tv +1		62 (90%)	257	143
Hidayat TV			733
High Street TV 1			666
High Street TV 2			667
High Street TV 3			672
High Street TV 4			675
Hum Masala			732
Hum TV			751
Ideal World		51 (90%)	664
Inspiration TV			584
Ion TV			782
Iqra Bangla			778
Iqra TV			742
Islam Channel			737
Islam Channel Urdu			755
Islam TV			744
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	72 (90%)	674	807
JML Direct			661
Kanshi TV			772
KICC TV			589
Madani Channel English			746
MATV Channel			711
MTA 1			731
NDTV 24x7			510
Newsmax		287 (90%)
Noor TV			739
NTV			780
Pet Collective		266 (90%)
Phoenix CNE			791
Pop Player		212 (90%)
Psychic Today			680
PTC Punjabi			766
PTV Global			735
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
QVC Style	_{live_tv}		677	803
QVC2	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	663	801
Real Crime		270 (90%)
Revelation TV		281 (90%)	581	692
Rok		280 (90%)	329
Sangat TV			769
Sanskar TV			725
Shots!		276 (90%)
Sikh Channel			768
Sky News Arabia			788
SonLife		263 (90%)
Sonlife TV				695
Takbeer TV			749
TalkTV		237 (90%)	526	217
TBN UK		66	582
Thane			679
The Word Network			587
TJC		22 (90%)	662	809
TJC Beauty			668	810
— Together TV +1		285 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
TV One			781
TV Warehouse		87	676
TVC News Nigeria			524
UK 44			756
UK RADIO PORTAL		277 (90%)
Zee World		278 (90%)

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	Ideal World Extra	_{live_tv}			671
	Pop			206 (54%)	614	603

Adult channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Freeview	Sky
92 News		743
ADULT Babestn	674 (90%)
ADULT Section	699 (90%)
ADULT Section (start)	670 (90%)
ADULT smileTV3	673 (90%)
ADULT Xpanded TV	671 (90%)	902

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5:59 PM

Nicholas Anderson:

I expect most with non-smart TVs know that. Even many with Smart TVs won't be upgrading until their current one breaks.
But apart from which you can always add "smart" with a box with quite a small cost.
By 2025 assuming the program manages to hit the deadlines, VoIP means most may have a router, so adding broadband may be quite cheap by then.

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10:52 AM

Nicholas Anderson: Internet delivered TV has been around for 20+ years (TalkTalk TV began life as Homechoice back in 2000 before they were bought by Tiscali who were then taken over by TalkTalk - also BT TV was launched back in 2006 as BT Vision). For quite a few years internet TV required a separate box, but smart TVs were around much earlier than 2015 (we have an LG 2013 model and they were on sale a few years before that).

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11:59 AM
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Nicholas Anderson: Actually, I worked on the original Ipswich BTTV system, taking over to that NAB Las Vegas conference back in 1997.

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