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.

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High definition channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
Channel 5 HD	_{live_tv}	105	105	105
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101	115	106
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106 (76%)_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	115	115	108
ITV HD		103		111
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
Quest HD	_{live_tv}	114 (76%)	144	167
Smithsonian Channel HD		99 (76%)	195	175
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 (76%)	503	200
Aljazeera English HD		108 (76%)	513	203
France 24 English HD			512	205
RT HD	_{live_tv}	113 (76%)	511	206
CNN International HD			506	207
Bloomberg TV HD			502	208
NHK World Japan HD			507	209
Arirang World HD			522	214
TRT World HD			881	215
CBBC HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	204_{wb_sunny}	613_{wb_sunny}	600_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	205 (76%)_{wb_sunny}	614_{wb_sunny}	601_{wb_sunny}

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
BBC One (SD)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	1		101
ITV (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	103
STV (SD)		3	803	103
UTV (SD)		3	803	103
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104	104
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804	104
BBC Alba_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2		110
— ITV +1		33	203	112
— UTV +1		33	203	112
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	816	113
— ITV2 +1		27 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10		115
— ITV3 +1		34 (90%)	219	116
ITV4	_{live_tv}	24		117
ITVBe		26	131	118
— ITVBe +1		58 (90%)	231	119
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
E4	_{live_tv}	13		122
E4 (Wales)	_{live_tv}	28 (90%)		122
— E4 +1		28 (90%)	235	123
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
— More4 +1		86	236	125
4seven	_{live_tv}	47 (90%)	137	127
— Channel 5 +1		44 (90%)	205	128
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
— 5USA +1		57 (76%)	241	130
5STAR		30 (90%)	128	131
Paramount Network	_{live_tv}	54 (90%)	153	132
5SELECT		55 (90%)_{watch_later}	159_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
CBS Drama		71 (90%)	147	134
CBS Reality		66 (90%)	146	135
— CBS Reality +1		67 (76%)	246	136
CBS Justice		39 (90%)	148	137
Horror Channel		70 (90%)	317	138
— Horror Channel +1			318	139
BET International			173	140
5Spike		31 (90%)	150	141
pick		11 (90%)	152	144
— Pick +1		92 (76%)	252	145
Challenge		46 (90%)	145	146
— Challenge +1			245	147
Food Network		41 (90%)	140	148
— Food Network +1			240	149
DMAX		37 (90%)	172	150
— DMAX +1			272	151
— True Entertainment +1			279	152
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	154
PBS America		91 (76%)	174	155
YourTV		72 (90%)	168	156
Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
Yesterday		25 (90%)	155	159
Really		17 (90%)	142	160
Showcase TV			192	161
Blaze		63 (90%)	187	162
Together TV	_{live_tv}	89 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	194	164
Forces TV		96 (76%)	181	165
Home		42 (90%)	158	166
— Quest +1	_{live_tv}	76 (90%)	244	168
Quest Red	_{live_tv}	38 (90%)	149	169
— Quest Red +1	_{live_tv}	78 (76%)	249	170
YANGA!			453	171
Quest	_{live_tv}	12 (90%)	866	172
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	876	174
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)	875	202
CNBC			505	210
CGTN	_{live_tv}		509	211
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231	877	212
Front Runner TV			431	250
Freesports		64 (76%)	422	252
Film4	_{live_tv}	14		300
— Film4 +1		45	314	301
Sony Movie Channel		32 (90%)	321	302
— True Movies +1		62	320	304
Movies4Men		40 (90%)	323	305
Talking Pictures TV		81 (90%)	328	306
The Vault			365	501
Spotlight TV			376	516
CITV	_{live_tv}	203 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	621_{wb_sunny}	602_{wb_sunny}
POP MAX		208	626	604
— Pop +1		209	625	606
CBBC SD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	646_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	647_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}
BBC Red Button_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	250	981	981

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Local TV channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky	Freesat_{arrow_drop_down}
True Entertainment	48 (54%)	179	142
True Movies	50 (54%)	319	303
Tiny Pop	207 (54%)	617	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	0152	717
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0152	718
Capital FM London	_{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 RadioUK	_{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%)		734
BBC Radio Cymru 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0154	735
Virgin Radio				0215	736
RTE Radio 1				0160	750
RTE 2FM				0164	751
RTE Lyric FM				0165	752
RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
Forces Radio BFBS Digital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
TWR	_{live_tv}	FM/AM		0138	790

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}
Pop		206 (90%)	616	603
Inspiration TV			584	690
Revelation TV			581	692
God TV			580	694
Sonlife TV				695
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
QVC Beauty	_{live_tv}	35 (90%)	677	801
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
QVC Style	_{live_tv}	36 (90%)	663	803
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	43 (90%)	665	805
JML Direct			661	806
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	74 (76%)	674	807
TJC		49 (90%)	662	809
Ideal World		22 (90%)	664	812
Create & Craft		23 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Hochanda		85 (90%)	673	817

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P. Kieran Ward

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7:55 PM

Re: Julie - on most TV Smart Sets there is a facility to block any (including Adult ) from viewers who don't have your password for the set. I have my Adult Channels blocked this way. Worth having a look at your TV Set!

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Chris.SE

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7:44 PM

P. Kieran Ward :

That's a good point. Also if you haven't got yours set to auto retune if there's any changes, you can often delete individual in a Channel manager, and they won't re-appear until you do a tune when you could just delete them again.

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MikeP

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9:19 PM

P Kieran Ward & Chris.SE:

My smart TV does not have that feature and neither does my brothers. So some TVs may have it but others may not.

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P. Kieran Ward

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8:16 PM

MikeP: I did use the term: most - which indicates what not all will have this facility. I have 6 receivers in my - each of the 4 bedrooms have a set along with both my living room and my sitting room and they all have the facility to block individual . Just because your set doesn't have such a facility doesn't mean that all don't have it!

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MikeP

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8:34 PM

P. Kieran Ward:

Trouble is some people reading posts here would interpret that as meaning their TV has that feature, when it actually may not.

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GeordieLad

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9:08 AM

if this question has been posted and answered in the past.

Is there any website which will correlate program (LCNs) with RF channels (ie Muxes)? I'm interested particularly in the transmissions from .

Here's hoping someone can help to avoid needless retuning of Mux channels when I'm just searching for one particular LCN.

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Chris.SE

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12:45 PM
Sandy

GeordieLad:

There are two places to refer.
One is http://www.digitaluk.co.uk//channel_listings which lists which is on which mux in the relevant - there are minor variations for , NI, Scotland shown on the list.

The other is the DigitalUK Coverage checker http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/index/dummy/NA/yes where you can put your postcode in (& house number if you wish for the most "accurate" prediction) to give the predicted coverage from the various transmitters and their muxes at that location.
If you just want to look at which RF channels are used at a particular , one of the easiest ways is to go to that transmitter page on this site, (eg. - that should be a link - it is in your post) and towards the top of the page you'll see the postcode of the site which is a link to the DigitalUK checker at the site.

For Sandy Heath the postcode is SG19 2NH, so you can see a list of the multiplexes. Any Local ones are usually towards the bottom of the page. Don't be confused by the listing of other transmitters, they are those that can be received at the site. You may find some of the "predicted" figures at the site aren't what you'd expect !!!

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ABID HUSSAIN
3:50 PM

I have 2 old hd boxes with cards that do not work. How can I get all the above free from sky? I'm sending my Q box back as I want to cut . Thanks

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4:16 PM

ABID HUSSAIN: The free to air (FTA) will just work, they don't require a viewing . If you leave the card in you will also get a couple of free to view (FTV) channels, as well as having the correct regional versions of BBC/ITV/.

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