All of the free TV channels on Freesat in the UK

Showing the free channels on Freesat HD only

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using Freesat HD only. 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	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101		101
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
ITV 1 HD		103	103	103
STV HD		103	103	103
UTV HD		103	103	103
Channel 4 HD		104	104	104
Channel 4 HD (Wales)		110		104
Channel 5 HD		105	105	105
BBC Three HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 _{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	108_{watch_later}
BBC Alba HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108		110
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
Quest HD			144	167
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		503	200
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}

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
ITV 1 (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	111
— ITV1 +1		35	203	112
— UTV +1		35	203	112
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	118	113
— 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
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
E4	_{live_tv}	13		122
E4 (Wales)	_{live_tv}			122
— E4 +1		30		123
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
— More4 +1			236	125
E4 Extra	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	138	126
4seven	_{live_tv}	49 (90%)	137	127
— Channel 5 +1		38 (90%)	205	128
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
— 5USA +1			241	130
5STAR		32 (90%)	128	131
5Action		33 (90%)	150	132
5SELECT		46_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
TRUE CRIME XTRA		68 (90%)	147	134
TRUE CRIME		67 (90%)	146	135
TRUE CRIME 1			246	136
Legend		41 (90%)	148	137
LEGEND XTRA 1			318	139
— 5STAR +1			228	141
Sky Mix		11 (90%)	151	144
Challenge		48 (90%)	152	146
Sky Arts		36 (90%)		147
Food Network		43 (90%)	140	148
— Food Network +1			240	149
DMAX		39 (90%)	172	150
— DMAX +1			272	151
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
W		25 (90%)		156
Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
Yesterday		27 (90%)		159
Really		17 (90%)	142	160
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	162
Together TV		83 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	170	164
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	166
— Quest +1		70 (90%)	244	168
Quest Red		40 (90%)	149	169
— Quest Red +1			249	170
Quest		12 (90%)		172
Court TV			179	177
That's TV (UK)		56 (90%)	183	178
That's Christmas		65 (90%)	366	181
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)		202
Al Jazeera English		267 (90%)	513	203
FRANCE 24 (in English)			512	205
Bloomberg TV			502	208
CNBC			505	210
Arirang TV			522	214
TRT World			516	215
SportyStuffTV				250
Film4	_{live_tv}	14		300
— Film4 +1		47 (90%)	314	301
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321	302
GREAT! christmas		52 (90%)	319	303
GREAT! christmas mix		63 (90%)	320	304
GREAT! action		42 (90%)	323	305
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
4Music	_{live_tv}		354	501
Box Christmas	_{live_tv}		355	502
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356	503
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357	504
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358	505

Local TV channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
LEGEND XTRA	69 (54%)	317	138
POP MAX	208 (54%)	620	604
Tiny Pop	207 (54%)	615	605

Radio stations

Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
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 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 4 Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	708	0131	708
BBC Asian Network_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709
BBC Radio 4 LW_{account_box}	_{live_tv}			0143	710
BBC World Service_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag710	0115	711
BBC Radio Scotland_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0116	712
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag720	0139	713
BBC Radio Wales_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0117	714
BBC Radio Cymru_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	715
BBC Radio Ulster_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0118	716
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
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
Gold	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0121	722
Radio X	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0113	723
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	727 (90%)	0107	724
Absolute Radio 80s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0200	726
PlanetRock		DAB		0110	730
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Smooth Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)	0124	734
BBC Radio Cymru 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0219	735
V Radio				0215	736
RTÉ Radio 1				0160	750
RTÉ 2FM				0164	751
RTÉ Lyric FM				0165	752
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
BFBS Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
TWR	_{live_tv}	FM/AM		0138	790

Streamed TV and text

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
	BBC RB 1_{account_box}			601		981

High definition shopping

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
	Daystar TV HD				583	691

Other TV channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
GREAT! tv		50 (90%)	157	142
— GREAT! tv +1		62 (90%)	257	143
NHK WORLD		286 (90%)	507	209
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
TalkTV		237 (90%)	526	217
Revelation TV		281 (90%)	581	692
GOD Channel			580	694
Sonlife TV				695
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
QVC2	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	663	801
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
QVC Style	_{live_tv}		677	803
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	45 (90%)	665	805
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	72 (90%)	674	807
TJC		22 (90%)	662	809
TJC Beauty			668	810
Create & Craft		85 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
	Pop			206 (54%)	614	603

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/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 22-11-2023 10 01.txt and List ASTRA 22-11-2023 13 06.txt

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
21000 25 3063 21000 2066 2 11097V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1043

Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 60 ms intervals over 21 seconds for 11097.00 V 23000 3/4 DVB-S2 8PSK (22/11/2023 13:10:16)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.416 | 03.524 | 07.137 | ITV1 HD (21015)
07.359 | 04.318 | 05.893 | ITV1 HD (21040)
05.637 | 02.279 | 03.511 | ITV3 HD
09.169 | 03.140 | 06.833 | ITV1 HD (21070)
10.432 | 04.286 | 06.893 | ITV1 HD (21080)
09.569 | 03.811 | 06.143 | 21000
09.419 | 02.996 | 06.829 | ITV1 HD (21010)
04.161 | 01.749 | 02.803 | Null Packets
04.914 | 03.189 | 04.042 | All Other Streams
50.083 | 50.083 | 50.083 | TS Bitrate

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Comparing files List ASTRA 22-11-2023 16 10.txt and List ASTRA 22-11-2023 18 03.txt

Renamed, Service ID Change
21000 25 3063 21000 2066 2 11097V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1043
21060 25 3063 21060 2066 2 11097V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1043

No one told Freesat.

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 60 ms intervals over 21 seconds for 11097.00 V 23000 3/4 DVB-S2 8PSK (22/11/2023 18:20:33)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
10.376 | 05.986 | 07.783 | ITV1 HD (21015)
09.065 | 03.929 | 06.351 | ITV1 HD (21040)
06.822 | 04.294 | 05.623 | ITV3 HD
09.706 | 04.756 | 06.446 | ITV1 HD (21070)
05.854 | 02.999 | 04.294 | ITV1 HD (21080)
06.304 | 03.645 | 04.835 | 21060
10.948 | 05.842 | 07.966 | ITV1 HD (21010)
03.975 | 01.298 | 02.610 | Null Packets
05.443 | 02.757 | 04.175 | All Other Streams
50.083 | 50.083 | 50.083 | TS Bitrate

The ASTRA EIT present event for 21060:

title ITV News Lookaround
descr A round-up of all the news in the region followed by a local weather forecast.
start Wed 22 Nov 2023 18:00
duration 00:30:00

components:
component_Type, stream_content, text_chars
1, 1, Video - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
2, 5, Dolby - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
3, 2, NAR - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
2, 3, Subtitles - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
2, 3, DVB Subtitles - ITV1 Border Scotland HD

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D3&4 EIT still with errors:

present in the EITpf on D3&4 but missing in BBCA
nit version_number = 17
TSID SID LCN service_name
3006.3C48 000 no service_name - event: Wed 22 Nov 2023 12:00 - 13:00: title = News Day, descr = International and African News - social, economic, political, sports and entertainment stories.
3006.3C60 000 no service_name - event: Wed 22 Nov 2023 12:00 - 13:00: title = This is VisionTV, descr = Over 40 in Entertainment, News, International, Religion, Shopping and Sports from across the globe.
3006.3EA0 000 no service_name - event: Wed 22 Nov 2023 12:00 - 18:00: title = ..programmes no longer available, descr = Looking for CITV? All of your favourite CITV shows and so much more are available right now on ITVX.
Total = 3

services present in the EITpf on BBCA but missing in D3&4
nit version_number = 17
TSID SID LCN service_name
3006.3FE0 213 Moochi
3006.3FE6 291 TV Extra
8008.8200 206 POP
8008.8240 208 POP MAX
8008.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
8008.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
800B.8200 206 POP
800B.8240 208 POP MAX
800B.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
800B.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
Total = 10

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Some D3&4 errors are now fixed.

Current status is:

present in the EITpf on BBCA but missing in D3&4
nit version_number = 17
TSID SID LCN service_name
8008.8200 206 POP
8008.8240 208 POP MAX
8008.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
8008.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
800B.8200 206 POP
800B.8240 208 POP MAX
800B.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
800B.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
Total = 8

This is off which is rather unusual in transmitting three Local Multiplexes.

I think the above are likely missing because they each have the same SID in each .

On the Liverpool Multiplex, only TalkLiverpool is in the D3&4 EIT.

On the Manchester Multiplex, only That's TV is in the D3&4 EIT.

All services in the Multiplex are present in the D3&4 EIT.

Local Multiplex
ONID.TSID = 233A.8008
474 MHz, uhf 21, 8 MHz, QPSK, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North .Liverpool)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
007 8048 01 TalkLiverpool
069 8540 01 LEGEND XTRA
206 8200 01 POP
207 82C0 01 Tiny Pop
208 8240 01 POP MAX
)

Local Multiplex
ONID.TSID = 233A.800B
498 MHz, uhf 24, 8 MHz, QPSK, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North West.Manchester)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
007 804B 01 That's TV
069 8540 01 LEGEND XTRA
206 8200 01 POP
207 82C0 01 Tiny Pop
208 8240 01 POP MAX
)

Local Multiplex
ONID.TSID = 233A.800D
626 MHz, uhf 40, 8 MHz, QPSK, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North West.Preston)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
007 804D 01 That's TV
069 8540 01 LEGEND XTRA
206 8200 01 POP
207 82C0 01 Tiny Pop
208 8240 01 POP MAX
)

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/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 27-11-2023 11 07.txt and List ASTRA 27-11-2023 12 38.txt

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
ITVBe HD 25 0000 20835 2064 2 11068V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
20720 25 3062 20720 2063 2 11053H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1044

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Comparing files List ASTRA 27-11-2023 12 38.txt and List ASTRA 27-11-2023 12 58.txt

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
ITVBe HD 25 0000 20835 2064 2 11068V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
20835 25 3026 20835 2064 2 11068V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1045

ASTRA EIT present event for 20720:

title Loose Women
descr David Dickinson and singer Billy Porter join Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Olivia Attwood Dack and Brenda Edwards in the studio.
start Mon 27 Nov 2023 12:30
duration 01:00:00

components:
component_Type, stream_content, text_chars
1, 1, - ITV1 Islands HD
2, 5, Dolby - ITV1 Channel Islands HD
3, 2, NAR - ITV1 Channel Islands HD
2, 3, Subtitles - ITV1 Channel Islands HD
2, 3, DVB Subtitles - ITV1 Channel Islands HD

The Streams are not mapped to 20720 yet, unlike this:

title New: I'm A Celebrity... Get Me...
descr ...Out Of Here! The trials and challenges come thick and fast as the celebrities attempt to grab those all-important stars to avoid food being in short supply. S23 Ep8
start Sun 26 Nov 2023 21:00
duration 01:05:00

components:
component_Type, stream_content, text_chars
1, 1, Video - ITV1 Meridn S HD
2, 5, Dolby - ITV1 Meridn S HD
3, 2, NAR - ITV Meridn S HD
2, 3, Subtitles - ITV1 Meridn S HD
2, 3, DVB Subtitles - ITV1 Mrdn S HD
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled NIT
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled BAT/SDT
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled EIT
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled EIT pf
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled TOT/TDT

The Freesat Streams are mapped to every Freesat service in the Program Map Table of the service.

The PMT is a list of the streams that comprise the program and corresponds to the components list helpfully given in the ASTRA EIT.

The streams are streams of packets with the same Packet ID or PID, each consisting of a 4 byte header that indicates the PID and a 184 byte payload.

The Freesat Streams PIDs can have any value so stream descriptors are used to indicate a stream is a Freesat Streams and the kind of stream it is.

Unfortunately, something has gone awry with the three ITV HD transport streams such that these descriptors are missing for FSAT EIT pf and FSAT NIT.

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Diffs:
Comparing files List Freesat 20-11-2023 15 32.txt and List Freesat 29-11-2023 14 04.txt

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
Service ID Change
ITV1 HD 25 01047 21000 2066 2 11097V 0 1 Freesat 00001E001E00 821
ITV1 HD 25 01047 21060 2066 2 11097V 0 1 Freesat 00001E001E00 821
Renamed
CBS Reality +1 1 04010 55217 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 136
TRUE CRIME +1 1 04010 55217 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 136
Renamed
RealityXtra UK 1 27000 50903 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 134
TRUE CRIME XTR 1 27000 50903 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 134
Renamed
Legend 1 27001 55209 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 137
LEGEND 1 27001 55209 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 137
Renamed
HorrorXtra +1 1 27002 55218 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 139
LEGEND XTRA +1 1 27002 55218 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 139
Renamed
CBS Reality 1 27003 55214 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 135
TRUE CRIME 1 27003 55214 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 135
Renamed
HorrorXtra 1 27004 55202 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 138
LEGEND XTRA 1 27004 55202 2112 2 11344V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 138

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The three ITV HD transponders that had missing descriptors for some streams are now fixed.

These are the Freesat stream PIDs as indicated by the stream descriptors:

transport_stream_id = 2063
11052.75 H
fsatPids
eit = 3842
eitpf = 3843
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3841
tdt/tot = 3844

transport_stream_id = 2064
11067.50 V
fsatPids
eit = 3842
eitpf = 3843
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3841
tdt/tot = 3844

transport_stream_id = 2066
11097.00 V
fsatPids
eit = 3842
eitpf = 3843
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3841
tdt/tot = 3844

The streams that had missing descriptors were eitpf - used for recording by running status, and the nit - which contains a descriptor pointing to FreesatHome

This evidently led to failure to record and failure to load the EPG on boot up off FreesatHome.

What is curious is that it apparently did not affect all boxes.

It could be the case that the Freesat stream PIDs are now fixed, so the descriptors are only needed by legacy Freesat devices.

It is a fact that, at this time, the only transponders with different Freesat stream PIDs are these:

transport_stream_id = 2108
11265.00 V
fsatPids
eit = 3844
eitpf = 3841
nit = 3843
sdt/bat = 3842
tdt/tot = 3840

transport_stream_id = 2024
12168.00 V
fsatPids
eit = 3841
eitpf = 3842
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3844
tdt/tot = 3843

The Freesat carried 12168.00 V are:

BBC ONE So HD [BBC One South HD]
CNBC
ITV1 HD [Central ]
Channel 4 HD [Midlands]
Channel 4 HD [North]

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hopefully a great service.

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