All of the free TV channels on PGSTART1320 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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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
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
— &UYesterday +1		74 (90%)	255
— &W +1			232
4Music	_{live_tv}		354
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	140
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
— 5USA +1			241	130
Al Jazeera Eng		235 (90%)
Al Jazeera English		251 (90%)	513	203
Arirang TV			522	214
Arise Play			175
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}
BBC Four (Scotland SD)	_{live_tv}	24 _{watch_later}
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231
BBC One (SD)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	1
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	187
BBC Three_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	23_{watch_later}
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	161
— Blaze +1		81 (90%)
Bloomberg TV			502	208
CBBC_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	643_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	644_{wb_sunny}
Challenge		48 (90%)	152	142
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
Clubland TV			364
CNBC			505	210
Court TV			179
Deen TV			783
DMAX		39 (90%)	172	147
— DMAX +1			272	153
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	154
Foodxp			712
FRANCE 24 (in English)		255 (90%)	512	205
FreeSports	_{live_tv}		422
GoodNews TV			591
GREAT! action		42 (90%)	323
GREAT! christmas		52 (90%)	319
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321
Great! Movies Action 1			324
GREAT! romance mix		63 (90%)	320
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	149
— HGTV +1			258
HobbyMaker		73 (90%)
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		58 (90%)	219	116
ITV4	_{live_tv}	26	120	117
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	118
ITVBe		28	131	119
— ITVBe +1		93 (90%)
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358
Ketchup Too		210 (90%)
Ketchup TV		209 (90%)
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356
Legend		41 (90%)	148	137
LEGEND XTRA 1			318	139
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
— More4 +1			236	125
Now 90s			363
NTD			185
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
Pitaara International			773
— Pop +1			619
— POP MAX +1			621
Primal Living			670
Quest		12 (90%)		144
— Quest +1		70 (90%)	244	151
Quest Red		40 (90%)	149	146
— Quest Red +1			249	152
Really		17 (90%)	142	145
— Rok Sky +1		265 (90%)
RTÉ One		54
RTÉ Two		55
SBN International			593
Showcase TV			186
Sky Arts		36 (90%)		143
Sky Mix		11 (90%)	151	141
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)		202
Smithsonian Channel			171
STV (SD)		3	803
— STV+1		35	203
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
TCC		78 _{wb_sunny}
TG4		53
That's 60s MCR		77
That's 80s		80
That's 90s		75 (90%)	361
That's 90s MCR		86
That's TV (UK)		56 (90%)	183
That's TV 2		65 (90%)	366
That's TV 2 MCR		76 (90%)	362
That’s 60s		71
The Box	_{live_tv}		355
— Tiny Pop +1			618
Together TV		83 (90%) _{wb_sunny}	170	164
Trace Vault			360
Trace Hits			359
TRT World			516	215
TRUE CRIME		67 (90%)	146	135
TRUE CRIME 1			246	136
TRUE CRIME XTRA		68 (90%)	147	134
— TV Warehouse+1		88
U&Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
U&Dave ja vu		57 (90%)	211
U&Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
— U&Drama +1		60 (90%)	243
U&W		25 (90%)		156
U&Yesterday		27 (90%)		159
UTV (SD)		3	803
— UTV +1		35	203	112
WildEarth		91 (90%)
YAAAS!		211 (90%)

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! real		61 (54%)	322
Latest TV		7 (54%)
LEGEND XTRA		69 (54%)	317	138
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
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

Radio stations

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	727 (90%)	0107
Absolute Radio 80s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0200
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}			717
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
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
Heart Dance		DAB		0146
Hits Radio	_{live_tv}			0188
Jazz FM				0202
KISS		DAB FM/AM		0178
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)	0124	734
LBC News	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0221
Magic	_{live_tv}	DAB		0180
Panjab Radio				0130
PlanetRock		DAB		0110
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
	BBC RB 1_{account_box}			601		981
	On Demand 365			254 (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
3ABN		268 (90%)
A1 TV			759
Aaj Tak			710
Aastha			724
Ahlebait TV			745
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Akaal Channel			770
Al Arabiya		261 (90%)
Alaraby Network		279 (90%)
AlJazeera Arabic		252 (90%)
AmazingDiscoveries		269 (90%)
Arise News			519
ARY Digital			758
ARY World			736
Asharq News		260 (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
— GREAT! tv +1		62 (90%)	257
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		273 (90%)
NHK WORLD		286 (90%)	507	209
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		258 (90%)
Revelation TV		281 (90%)	581	692
Rok		280 (90%)	329
Sangat TV			769
Sanskar TV			725
Shots!		262 (90%)
Sikh Channel			768
Sky News Arabia			788
SonLife		263 (90%)
Sonlife TV		96 (90%)		695
Takbeer TV			749
TalkTV		237 (90%)	526
TBN UK		66	582
Thane			679
The Word Network			587
TJC		22 (90%)	662	809
TJC Beauty			668	810
— Together TV +1		90 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
TV One			781
TV Warehouse		87	676
TVC News Nigeria			524
UK 44			756
UK RADIO PORTAL		277 (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

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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4:48 PM

Derek Clark: We don't know where you are or which you're receiving (UHF 33 is used at many different transmitters) so we can't check if there are works that might affect it, or what your is predicted to be like. If you can provide a full postcode or at least tell us which transmitter you're receiving then someone may be able to offer some advice. It's also worth checking for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV.

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Pete
12:22 PM

Merit TV due to start on 34
Does the UK really need yet ANOTHER cookery and gardening channel (plus extensive adverts)?
Why is there not at least ONE channel devoted to basic education ?

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StevensOnln1

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4:08 PM

Pete: How many people would actually watch a channel dedicated to basic education? Most are run by commercial businesses who need to get lots of viewers so that they can sell advertising, new channels will only be launched if their owners think they can make a profit from it.

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Joyce Davies
7:33 PM

Can anyone please. I would like to use Catch Up to record some programmes I missed. They are 164 Many thanks

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10:19 PM

Joyce Davies: It isn't possible to record programmes from catchup, however you can stream via your broadband connection. Various programmes from Blaze are available on the My5 catchup service. My5

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Mand Morgan
7:26 AM

Why do I have multiple lusts of all the BBC x 3 yet don't have channels like yesterday? I have tried clearing the lists 're tuning many times currently have 250 listed but mist repeat channels
Post code is PR56GE

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Chris.SE

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9:01 PM

Mand Morgan :

From your postcode you should be receiving the , do make sure that your is pointing in the correct direction - bearing 142 degrees which is fractionally S of SE, and the rods should be horizontal - compare to neighbours aerials if need be.

Now this gets a little complicated as not only was Winter Hill undergoing the initial stages of the 700 MHz Clearance programme where the multiplexes are being moved to different UHF - that got put on hold because of the covid-19 situation, but you may also pick up two other transmitters even if your aerial is pointing correctly (one being a local quite close, but very low , the other being a Welsh main transmitter). Winter Hill is currently transmitting two lots of the main BBC channels due to the current situation.

Does your TV have a manual tuning option? (That's rather than the automatic tuning option).
If it has, then you need to tune each of Winter Hill's multiplexes manually.
It's current UHF channels are , , , , , , , and that's in the order -
PSB1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, COM7 HD, Local.
If you want to know which channels are on which multiplex, see Channel listings | Freeview
If your set doesn't have an HD/T2 tuner, you won't get (and can ignore) C54 & C55.

The best way to try and ensure this gets set up correctly is to first clear all existing tuning by unplugging the aerial and doing an automatic tune, no channels should be found and it should clear the previous tuning.
Plug the aerial back in and start the manual tune with UHF C32. Now check that you are getting the main BBC TV and Radio channels correctly and that the signal strength and indicators in the tuning section give you a high signal strength and 100% Quality. I'm suspecting this may not be the case as you said you weren't getting Yesterday (LCN25 in the EPG) which is on the ArqB multiplex UHF C37. Try that channel next and check signal strength and quality.

If you are getting poor or for either of those, it's likely that you have an older Group C/D aerial and with all the changes that will take place at a future date you will have problems unless the aerial is replace with a Group T/, which will do Free of Charge (more detail in a moment).
You shouldn't have any problems with the other multiplexes at this time.

You may remember seeing a retune message on screen back in February when the first of the changes took place, this is where they moved the main BBC multiplex to its new channel C32 (but also left it on its old location of ). This is so anyone whose aerial doesn't get C32 correctly can apply for the Free In-Home support from Freeview, but still get the BBC channels but they will be in EPG LCNs 751 and on. See Engineering work affecting television services in the North West of England - 12th August 2020 | Help receiving TV and radio

So if you are having this problem contact Freeview on 0808-100-0288 and state you need the Free In-Home support because you can't get the BBC channels satisfactorily on C32. There could be a delay before they can provide this because of the covid-19 situation.
The rest of the clearance programme when the other multiplexes are moved won't take place until the In-Home support is provided to all those that have requested it.

If you have further problems with your tuning, do post back.

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10:10 PM

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David Mullett
3:54 PM

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Mildred Thornton
10:48 AM

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