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.

Choose from four options: ■ Show everything ■ Just on Freeview ■ Just on Freesat ■ Just on Sky

High definition channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Aljazeera English HD			513	203
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		106
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108		110
BBC Three HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	109 _{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
Bloomberg TV HD			502	208
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	126
Channel 4 HD (Wales)		110
Channel 5 HD	_{live_tv}	105	105	105
CNBC HD			505	210
CNN International HD			506
France 24 English HD			512	205
ITV 1 HD		103	103	111
New Media HD			594
Quest HD	_{live_tv}		144	167
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
SportyStuff TV HD			437
STV HD		103	103
Travelxp HD			182
UTV HD		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	_{live_tv}	33 (90%)	150	132
5SELECT		56_{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%)
Arirang TV			522	214
Arise Play			175
BBC Alba_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
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		101
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
BBC Red Button_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	250		981
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	187	174
BBC Three_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	23_{watch_later}
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2		180
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	162
— Blaze +1		81 (90%)
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%)	160	146
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104	104
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804	104
— Channel 4 +1		15		121
Channel 5	_{live_tv}	5	805
— Channel 5 +1		46 (90%)	205	128
Channel 7 (Ghana)			181
CITV	_{live_tv}	203 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	612_{wb_sunny}	602_{wb_sunny}
Classic Hits		88 (90%)
Classic Hits MCR		91
Clubland TV		80	364
Court TV			179	177
Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
Dave ja vu		74 (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	235	123
E4 Extra	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	139	181
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
FreeSports	_{live_tv}		422
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
GoodNews TV			591
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321	302
GREAT! movies action		42 (90%)	323	305
Great! Movies Action 1			324
GREAT! movies Christmas 1		63	320	304
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	166
— HGTV +1			258
HobbyMaker		73 (90%)
HorrorXtra			317	138
HorrorXtra 1			318	139
ITV 1 (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	103
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	816	113
— ITV1 +1		35	203	112
— ITV2 +1		29 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10		115
— ITV3 +1		59 (90%)	219	116
ITV4	_{live_tv}	26		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
NHK WORLD-JAPAN			507	209
Now 70s			361
NOW 80s		77	362
Now 90s		87	363
NTD			185
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
pick		36 (90%)	159	144
Pitaara International			773
— Pop +1			619
— POP MAX +1			621
Pop Player		208 (90%)	620	604
Primal Living			670
Quest	_{live_tv}	12 (90%)		172
— Quest +1	_{live_tv}	70 (90%)	244	168
Quest Red	_{live_tv}	40 (90%)	149	169
— Quest Red +1	_{live_tv}	71 (90%)	249	170
Really		17 (90%)	142	160
Rok			329
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		57 (90%)	171	175
SportyStuffTV				250
STV (SD)		3	803	103
— STV+1		35	203
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
TCC	_{live_tv}	78 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
TG4		53
That's TV (UK)		65 (90%)	183	178
The Box	_{live_tv}		355	502
— Tiny Pop +1			618
Together TV	_{live_tv}	83 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	170	164
Trace Vault			360
Trace Hits			359
TRT World			516	215
UTV (SD)		3	803	103
— UTV +1		35	203	112
W		25 (90%)		156
— W +1			232
YAAAS!		211 (90%)
Yesterday		27 (90%)		159
— Yesterday +1		75 (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%)
— GREAT! movies +1		61 (54%)	322
GREAT! movies Christmas		52 (54%)	319	303
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%)
RealityXtra		68 (54%)	147	134
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 Salisbury		7 (54%)
That's Solent		7 (54%)
That's Surrey		7 (54%)
Thats Oxford		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	_{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}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	On Demand 365			265 (90%)
	VisionTV			264 (90%)

High definition shopping

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
Daystar TV HD	583	691
Iran International HD	793
Loveworld TV HD	585

Other TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
A1 TV			759
Aaj Tak			710
Aastha			724
Ahlebait TV			745
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Akaal Channel			770
Arise News		269 (90%)	519
ARY Family			758
ARY World			736
ATN Bangla			779
Best Direct			669
Brit Asia TV			767
British Muslim TV			752
Channel S			777
Channels 24			518
CRAFT EXTRA			673	817
Create & Craft		85 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Cruise 1st TV			688
Dunya News			754
Eman Channel			757
EWTN			586
Faith			590
Faith World TV			588
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	45 (90%)	665	805
Geo			738
Geo News International			734
GOD Channel			580	694
— GREAT! tv +1		62	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	812
Inspiration TV			584	690
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
Noor TV			739
NTV			780
Phoenix CNE			791
Pop		206 (90%)	614	603
Psychic Today			680
PTC Punjabi			766
PTV Global			735
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
QVC Beauty	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	663	801
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
QVC Style	_{live_tv}	38 (90%)	677	803
Revelation			581	692
Sangat TV			769
Sanskar TV			725
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
TV One			781
TV Warehouse		90	676
TVC News Nigeria			524
UK 44			756

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	GREAT! tv			50 (54%)	157	142
	Ideal World Extra	_{live_tv}			671

Adult channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Freeview	Sky
92 News		743
ADULT Babestn	674 (90%)
ADULT Babestn2		908
ADULT Section	699 (90%)
ADULT Section (start)	670 (90%)
ADULT smileTV3	673 (90%)
Babestation		906
Xpanded TV	678 (90%)	902

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Teresa Burns
10:03 PM

I had all uk prog on my Tv . they just went . how do i retune to get them back.

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Chris.SE

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11:18 PM

Teresa Burns:

Are you talking (via an ) or (via a )?
I take it you may have an Irish postcode rather than a Northern (UK) one?
If Freeview, do you know which your aerial points at?
and transmitters are both listed for Planned so there could be interruptions to service.
If you have simply lost and there are no other problems - aerial not fallen down! do NOT retune as it'll clear your correct tuning.
Wait until signals return.

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Evelyn Waugh
7:44 AM

If I retune my TV I fear that all of the decent will be lost, the reason for this is that my daughter has a new TV & since change the numbers quite a few of the programmes have been lost. ie. Smithsonian - - - - plus others. As I do not retune my TV I have the channels my daughter has lost. Please advise.

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StevensOnln1

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9:47 AM

Evelyn Waugh: Smothsonian closed completely last year. Does your daughter live at the same address and is here TV connected to the same as yours? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see which transmitters are available and the predicted strength at your location. If you are currently receiving the then you shouldn't be at any great risk of loosing them by retuning to update your .

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Zman
5:12 PM

How do I watch CNN international on TV in UK if I have a paid sky service? What channel is CNN International on?

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6:34 PM

Zman: CNN International is on 506. It's free to air (FTA) and doesn't not require a .