All of the free TV channels on Sky in the UK

Showing the free channels on Sky (no card) only

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using Sky (no card) 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_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
UTV HD		103	103
Channel 4 HD		104	104
Channel 5 HD	_{live_tv}	105	105	105
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101	115	106
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108	115	108
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106 (76%)_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
Quest HD	_{live_tv}	114 (76%)	144	167
Travelxp HD			185
FreeSports HD		64 (76%)	422	252
Bloomberg TV HD			502	208
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 (76%)	503	200
CNBC HD			505	210
CNN International HD			506	207
NHK World Japan HD			507	209
RT HD	_{live_tv}	113 (76%)	511	206
France 24 English HD			512	205
Aljazeera English HD			513	203
Arirang World HD			522	214
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_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104	104
5STAR		30 (90%)	128	131
ITVBe		26	131	118
4seven	_{live_tv}	47 (90%)	137	127
Food Network		41 (90%)	140	148
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
Really		17 (90%)	142	160
Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
CBS Reality		66 (90%)	146	135
CBS Drama		71 (90%)	147	134
CBS Justice		39 (90%)	148	137
Quest Red	_{live_tv}	38 (90%)	149	169
Paramount Network	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	150	132
Challenge		46 (90%)	151	146
pick		11 (90%)	152	144
5SELECT		54 (90%)_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
Yesterday		25 (90%)	155	159
HGTV		42 (90%)	158	166
Blaze		63 (90%)	164	162
BBC Alba_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
Together	_{live_tv}	88 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	170	164
DMAX		37 (90%)	172	150
BET			173	140
PBS America		91 (90%)	174	155
Live 360			175
Travel Channel			178
Sony Crime Channel			179
Forces TV		96 (76%)	181	165
Channel 7 (Ghana)			182
YANGA!			186	171
MyTV			191
Showcase TV			192
Voxafrica			193
Smithsonian Channel		57 (90%)	195	175
TV Cruise Channel			199
— ITV +1		33	203	112
— STV+1		33	203
— UTV +1		33	203	112
— Channel 5 +1		44 (90%)	205	128
— ITV2 +1		27 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
— ITV3 +1		34 (90%)	219	116
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	154
— 5STAR +1		55 (76%)	228	141
— ITVBe +1		58 (90%)	231	119
— E4 +1		28 (90%)	235	123
— More4 +1		86 (76%)	236	125
— Food Network +1			240	149
— 5USA +1		56 (76%)	241	130
— Drama +1			243
— Quest +1	_{live_tv}	76 (90%)	244	168
— CBS Reality +1		67 (76%)	246	136
— Quest Red +1	_{live_tv}	72 (76%)	249	170
— Paramount Network +1	_{live_tv}	94 (76%)	250
— Challenge +1			251	147
— Pick +1		92 (76%)	252	145
— DMAX +1			272	151
— Film4 +1		45 (90%)	314	301
Horror Channel		70 (90%)	317	138
— Horror Channel +1			318	139
— Sony Movies Classic +1		62	320	304
Sony Movies		32 (90%)	321	302
Sony Movies Action		40 (90%)	323	305
— Sony Movies Action +1			324
Talking Pictures TV		81 (90%)	328	306
Rok Sky			329
Box Hits	_{live_tv}		358
The Box	_{live_tv}		359
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		360
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		361
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		362
Trace Urban			364
Trace Vault			365
Trace Latina			366
Now 90s		78 (90%)	368
Starz			369	501
NOW 80s		83 (76%)	371
Clubland TV		82	372
Now 70s		78	373
Spotlight TV		87	376	516
BBC Four (Scotland SD)	_{live_tv}	68 _{watch_later}	457_{watch_later}
BEN TV			458
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
EuroNews English			508
CGTN	_{live_tv}		509	211
TRT World			516	215
SBN International			593
GoodNews TV			596
Dunamis TV			597
Celebration TV			598
CITV	_{live_tv}	203 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	621_{wb_sunny}	602_{wb_sunny}
— Tiny Pop +1			624
— Pop +1			625
POP MAX		208	626	604
— POP MAX +1			627
CBBC_{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}
Primal Living			670
SmartShop			686
Republic Bharat			708
Foodxp			712
ITV (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	103
STV (SD)		3	803	103
UTV (SD)		3	803	103
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804	104
Channel 5 (SD)	_{live_tv}	5	805
Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	816	113
Quest	_{live_tv}	12 (90%)	866	172
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)	875	202
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	876	174
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231	877	212
Aljazeera English		235 (90%)	880
BBC Red Button_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	250	981	981
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217

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Local TV channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
Sony Movies Classic	50 (54%)	319	303
— Sony Movies +1	60 (54%)	322
Tiny Pop	207 (54%)	617	605

Radio stations

Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
Sky News Radio	_{live_tv}			0000
BBC Radio 1_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag700	0101	700
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
Classic FM	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	731 (90%)	0106	721
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	727 (90%)	0107	724
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Capital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	724 (90%)	0109	719
PlanetRock		DAB		0110	730
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
Radio X	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0113	723
Capital Xtra	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0114	720
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 Wales_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0117	714
BBC Radio Ulster_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0118	716
BBC Asian Network_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709
BBC Radio 6 Music_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	707	0120	707
Gold	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0121	722
WRN English				0122
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)	0124	734
Smooth Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
Panjab Radio				0130
BBC Radio 4 Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	708	0131	708
BBC Radio 1Xtra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	701	0137	701
TWR	_{live_tv}	FM/AM		0138	790
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag720	0139	713
BBC Radio 4 LW_{account_box}	_{live_tv}			0143	710
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	706	0144	706
Heart Dance		DAB		0146
EWTN Radio Britain and Ireland				0147
Sukh Sagar Radio				0150
Radio Khush Khabri				0151
BBC Radio Cymru_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	715
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0152	718
RTE Radio 1				0160	750
RTE 2FM				0164	751
RTE Lyric FM				0165	752
RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
Desi Radio		FM/AM		0169
KISS		DAB FM/AM	713 (90%)	0178
Magic	_{live_tv}	DAB	715 (90%)	0180
Hits Radio	_{live_tv}		711 (90%)	0188
Absolute Radio 80s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0200	726
Absolute Radio 90s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0201
Jazz FM				0202
Absolute Radio Classic Rock	_{live_tv}	DAB		0203
NewsTalk				0210
Forces Radio BFBS Digital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
UCB Ireland				0214
Virgin Radio				0215	736
Scala Radio				0216
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
LBC News	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0221

High definition shopping

Channel name	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
Daystar TV HD	583	691
Loveworld TV HD	585
Record TV Reino Unido HD	792
Iran International HD	793

Other TV channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
— Sony Channel +1		61	257	143
NDTV 24x7			510
TVC News Nigeria			515
Channels 24			518
Arise News		269 (90%)	519
God TV			580	694
Revelation TV			581	692
TBN UK		65	582
Inspiration TV			584	690
The Word Network			587
EWTN			588
Faith World TV			589
KICC TV			590
Faith			594
Hillsong Channel			595
Pop		206 (90%)	616	603
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
JML Direct			661	806
TJC		49 (90%)	662	809
QVC Style	_{live_tv}	36 (90%)	663	803
Ideal World		22 (90%)	664	812
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	43 (90%)	665	805
High Street TV 1			666
High Street TV 2			667
High Street TV 3			668
Best Direct			669
Ideal Extra	_{live_tv}		671
High Street TV 4			672
Hochanda		85 (90%)	673	817
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	73 (90%)	674	807
High Street TV 5			675
TV Warehouse		90	676
QVC Beauty	_{live_tv}	35 (90%)	677	801
Pavers Shoes TV			678
Thane			679
Psychic Today			680
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
Create & Craft		23 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Craft Extra			684
Cruise 1st TV			688
Aaj Tak			710
MATV Channel			711
Venus TV			716
ABP News			719
Aastha			724
Sanskar TV			725
MTA 1			731
Hum Masala			732
Hidayat TV			733
Geo News International			734
PTV Global			735
ARY World			736
Islam Channel			737
Geo			738
Noor TV			739
Geo Kahani			741
Iqra TV			742
Islam TV			744
Ahlebait TV			745
Madani Channel English			746
Samaa TV			748
Takbeer TV			749
Hum TV			751
British Muslim TV			752
Dunya News			754
Islam Channel Urdu			755
Eman Channel			757
ARY Family			758
A1 TV			759
Hum News			760
PTC Punjabi			766
Brit Asia TV			767
Sikh Channel Global			768
Sangat TV			769
Akaal Channel			770
Khalsa TV			771
Kanshi TV			772
Channel S			777
Iqra Bangla			778
ATN Bangla			779
NTV			780
TV One			781
Ion TV			782
Abu Dhabi TV			786
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Sky News Arabia			788
Phoenix CNE			791
GN Radio			0185

Adult channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}
92 News		743
Xpanded TV	678 (90%)	902
Babestation		906
ADULT Babestn2		908
Babecall		909
Xpanded TV 2		914
Studio 66 TV 2		923
Studio 66 TV 3		924

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_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

12:11 AM

Diffs:

Live 360 launched on Freesat 176:

Comparing files List Freesat 09-03-2020 18 01.txt and List Freesat 10-03-2020 11 01.txt

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

Bouquet Change
Live 360 1 13002 55180 2095 2 11553H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 176
Live 360 1 13002 55180 2095 2 11553H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 176

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2:32 PM

My box has suddenly stopped me viewing Chanel 811 and Chanel 875 .
Could anyone tell me why this is?

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_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

9:56 AM

maureen hopkins: I would try a reboot.

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_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

9:59 AM

/BSkyB Diffs:

Smithsonian HD Move from 11171H to 11509V:

Comparing files List ASTRA 11-03-2020 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 12-03-2020 18 00.txt

************************ CHANGED ************************

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

Service ID Change
55271 25 1196 55271 2092 2 11509V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1014
55271 25 1196 51110 2092 2 11509V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1014

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
55271 25 1196 55271 2092 2 11509V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1014
Smithsonian HD 25 5135 55271 2092 2 11509V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 889

Service ID Change, Transponder Move
Smithsonian HD 25 5135 51110 2071 2 11171H 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 889
Smithsonian HD 25 5135 55271 2092 2 11509V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 889

Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 36 <= dPCR <= 40 ms intervals over 17 seconds for 11170.75 H 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK (13/03/2020 09:41:55)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
01.723 | 01.445 | 01.559 | A1TV
03.331 | 03.090 | 03.187 | Racing TV [ENC]
02.007 | 01.100 | 01.486 | TCM Movies [ENC]
03.028 | 01.017 | 01.850 | Cartoonito [ENC]
03.471 | 01.224 | 01.799 | TCM Movies+1 [ENC]
03.799 | 01.467 | 02.403 | Boomerang [ENC]
03.367 | 01.254 | 01.913 | Boomerang+1 [ENC]
02.770 | 01.012 | 01.886 | Cartoon Netwrk [ENC]
04.547 | 01.793 | 03.093 | CN+1 [ENC]
11.345 | 09.561 | 10.418 | Null Packets
05.217 | 03.196 | 04.197 | All Other Streams
33.791 | 33.791 | 33.791 | TS Bitrate

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 31 <= dPCR <= 65 ms intervals over 16 seconds for 11508.50 V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK (13/03/2020 09:42:40)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.788 | 09.571 | 09.681 | eir Sport 1 HD (55276) [ENC]/eir Sport 1 HD (55275) [ENC]
08.689 | 08.527 | 08.600 | Smithsonian HD
11.947 | 11.055 | 11.630 | Racing TV HD [ENC]
08.602 | 07.363 | 08.433 | TRT World HD
04.923 | 01.588 | 02.967 | Null Packets
04.396 | 02.222 | 03.208 | All Other Streams
44.521 | 44.520 | 44.521 | TS Bitrate

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