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'

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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}	115	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
Smithsonian Channel HD		99 (76%)	195	175
Bloomberg TV HD			502	208
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 (76%)	503	200
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		108 (76%)	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}
TRT World HD			881	215

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
Challenge		46 (90%)	145	146
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
5Spike		31 (90%)	150	141
pick		11 (90%)	152	144
Paramount Network	_{live_tv}	54 (90%)	153	132
Yesterday		25 (90%)	155	159
Sony Crime Channel		60	157
Home		42 (90%)	158	166
5SELECT		55 (90%)_{watch_later}	159_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
YourTV		72 (90%)	168	156
BBC Alba_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
DMAX		37 (90%)	172	150
BET International			173	140
PBS America		91 (76%)	174	155
BEN TV			175
Travel Channel			178
Forces TV		96 (76%)	181	165
GN TV			182
Horse and Country TV			184
Propeller TV			185
Blaze		63 (90%)	187	162
Property TV			189
MyTV			191
Showcase TV			192	161
Voxafrica			193
Together TV	_{live_tv}	89 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	194	164
— Together TV +1	_{live_tv}	93 (76%)_{wb_sunny}	194
TV Cruise Channel			199
— ITV +1		33	203	112
— STV+1		33	203
— UTV +1		33	203	112
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
— 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		56 (76%)	228
— ITVBe +1		58 (90%)	231	119
— E4 +1		28 (90%)	235	123
— More4 +1		86	236	125
— Food Network +1			240	149
— 5USA +1		57 (76%)	241	130
— Quest +1	_{live_tv}	76 (90%)	244	168
— Challenge +1			245	147
— CBS Reality +1		67 (76%)	246	136
— Quest Red +1	_{live_tv}	78 (76%)	249	170
— 5Spike +1			250
— Pick +1		92 (76%)	252	145
— Sony Crime Channel +1			257
— DMAX +1			272	151
— Travel Channel +1			278_{watch_later}
— True Entertainment +1			279	152
— Film4 +1		45	314	301
Horror Channel		70 (90%)	317	138
— Horror Channel +1			318	139
— True Movies +1		62	320	304
Sony Movie Channel		32 (90%)	321	302
Movies4Men		40 (90%)	323	305
— Movies4Men +1			324
Retro Movies			327
Talking Pictures TV		81 (90%)	328	306
Rok Sky			329
Box Upfront	_{live_tv}		358
The Box	_{live_tv}		359
Box Hits	_{live_tv}		360
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		361
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		362
Chart Show TV			364
The Vault			365	501
Chart Show Hits			366
Now 90s		84 (76%)	368
Starz			369
NOW 80s		83 (76%)	371
Clubland TV		88	372
Total Country			373
Spotlight TV			376	516
Freesports		64 (76%)	422	252
Front Runner TV			431	250
Fame TV			452
YANGA!			453	171
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
CNBC			505	210
EuroNews English			508
CGTN	_{live_tv}		509	211
SBN International			593
CITV	_{live_tv}	203 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	621_{wb_sunny}	602_{wb_sunny}
— Tiny Pop +1			624
— Pop +1		209	625	606
POP MAX		208	626	604
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}
Primal Living			670
SmartShop			686
Sewing Quarter		73 (90%)	687
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 (SD)		235 (90%)	880
BBC Red Button_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	250	981	981
Heart 80s			0112

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Local TV channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
True Entertainment	48 (54%)	179	142
True Movies	50 (54%)	319	303
— Sony Movie Channel +1	61 (54%)	322
Tiny Pop	207 (54%)	617	605
— POP MAX +1		627

Radio stations

Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
Kerrang!		DAB	717 (90%)	363
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 FM London	_{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 London News	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0124
Smooth RadioUK	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
Solar Radio				0129
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
Smooth Extra		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 Foyle_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	717
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0152	718
BBC Radio Cymru 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0154	735
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 FM		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

High definition shopping

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

Other TV channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
AIT International			454
ABN TV			456
NDTV 24x7			510
TVC News Nigeria			515
Channels 24			518
Arise News		269 (90%)	519
News 18			520
God TV			580	694
Revelation TV			581	692
TBN UK		65 (90%)	582
Inspiration TV			584	690
Loveworld		270 (90%)	585
Gospel Channel			586
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}	74 (76%)	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
Peace TV English			740
Geo Kahani			741
Iqra TV			742
Islam TV			744
Ahlebait TV			745
Madani Channel English			746
Peace TV Urdu			747
Samaa TV			748
Takbeer TV			749
Hum TV			751
British Muslim TV			752
Safeer TV			753
Dunya News			754
Islam Channel Urdu			755
UK 44			756
Eman Channel			757
ARY Family			758
A1 TV			759
Hum News			760
Prime TV			762
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
Chat Box			940
GN Radio			0185

Adult channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}
92 News		743
ADULT Xpanded TV	678 (90%)	902
ADULT Babestn2		908
Babecall		909
Studio 66 TV 1		912
Xpanded TV 2		914
Studio 66 TV 2		923
Studio 66 TV 3		924

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StevensOnln1

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5:51 PM

Barbara: GL4 covers a wide area. We need a full postcode in order to see which you're receiving, where you are in relation to it and your predicted coverage etc.

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Alastair Richardson
6:12 PM

I will not be renewing my because I don't wish to bankroll the BBC's political agenda. Without a licence I can't watch any BBC content ever and can't watch any other live broadcasts but can watch non-BBC catch-up. What I want is a non-licence option so that I can only see what is legal.
Essentially non-BBC on demand for which I expect to pay.
Can I get this somewhere?

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Chris.SE

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6:31 PM

Alastair Richardson:

Try looking at NowTV, Britbox, RakutenTV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, AppleTV to name just a few. If you have a smart TV, have a look through the Apps to see what else you may find.

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js

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3:34 PM

Diffs:

+1 has been added to the Freesat :

Comparing files List Freesat 27-11-2019 18 01.txt and List Freesat 28-11-2019 14 49.txt

************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
5Star+1 1 28006 7717 2057 2 10964H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 143

Note: 5Star+1 was taken off Freesat 132 on 04-04-2018 and deleted from Freesat on 24-10-2018.

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GeordieLad

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11:10 PM

Alastair Richardson:

I support your views wholeheartedly but, unfortunately, although the licence fee goes to the BBC it is legally enforceable on anyone who has equipment capable of receiving ANY live TV signals.

What we need is a change to the BBC charter whereby they are prohibited from levying this tax (for it is indeed a tax) and a return to Lord Reith's principles on which the BBC was founded nearly a century ago. It is high time that the BBC ceased its inane competition with commercial TV and returns to being a Public Service Broadcasting organisation, informing and educating the public rather than spending vast amounts of money on absolute drivel and overpaid staff and "celebrity" presenters. Either that or becoming an arm of Government with consequent accountability to Parliament and the electorate.

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js

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2:10 AM

Extended Event Descriptors offer an opportunity to describe a programme in greater detail.

has had these descriptors for at least eight years but I've never heard mention of them. They are probably only available on G2 devices.

Here is an example event that has an Extended Event Descriptor:

, Wed 04 Dec 00:10 - 01:05: Our Guy in Japan
Guy Martin visits a slum in Yokohama; pays his respects at Hiroshima, and takes a dip in the mildly radioactive waters; and joins in one of the country's oldest fireworks festivals. (Ep2/2) [AD,S]

<extended_event_descriptor lang = eng>
EpisodeNumber = 2
SeriesNumber = 1
AlphaSortIndexEventName = Our Guy in Japan
TEXT:
Travel series in which truck mechanic and motorcycle racer Guy Martin goes on a 2,500-mile journey around Japan. Guy continues his journey by visiting a corner of Japan that is rarely spoken about: a slum in Yokohama where he sneaks in to love hotels, illegal gambling dens and the yakuza-organised crime gang headquarters. Unlike any other slum in the world, it is clean, orderly and equipped with free Wi-Fi. The rest of his off-beat itinerary includes working with the maintenance team on the world's longest, strongest and most expensive suspension bridge, and training under the mystical guidance of one of Japan's last remaining swordsmiths. Guy also makes a special detour to pay his respects at Hiroshima, where he finds the tram that was up and running just three days after a nuclear bomb destroyed the city in August 1945. Guy also spends leisure time in the mildly radioactive waters of a hot spring. Finally, he participates in one of the country's oldest fireworks festivals [AD]
</extended_event_descriptor>

Does anyone see this level of detail on their Freesat device?

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js

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1:14 AM

Here's another hefty tome from the EPG. The TEXT here is 1532 characters long.

Is anyone seeing this stuff on their Freesat EPG?

4seven, Thu 05 Dec 01:15 - 02:20: The Royal House of
In 1947, as Britain suffers from post-war austerity and the worst winter on record, a lovesick Princess Elizabeth and an ailing George VI visit South Africa on a fraught royal tour. (Ep2/6) [AD,S]

<extended_event_descriptor lang = eng>
EpisodeNumber = 2
SeriesNumber = 1
AlphaSortIndexEventName = Royal House of Windsor, The
TEXT:
Six-part series telling the story of one of the great dynasties of the last 100 years, with the help of family insiders, fresh research and unique access to the royal archives at Windsor Castle. The series combines never-before-seen film archive and new interviews with key members of the Queen's extended family. This second episode reveals how a lovesick Elizabeth and her ailing father, George VI, kept up appearances while crises loomed on every front. In 1947, the royal family are on a tour of South Africa. Britain is suffering from crippling post-war austerity and the worst winter on record. Behind the smiles, the King is suffering from the strains of the war, the smoking that would eventually kill him and anxiety about his eldest daughter. Elizabeth has told him that she is secretly engaged to her cousin, Prince Philip, but the King asks his daughter to wait until after South Africa before announcing her news. The royal tour is billed as a way of thanking the South Africans for their war effort, but in reality the mission is to shore up the crumbling British Empire. The king is frustrated at the attempts by the racist Afrikaners to try to stop him even shaking hands with black people, referring to his police minders as 'the Gestapo'. The fraught tour reaches its climax when Princess Elizabeth turns 21 and she famously broadcasts around the world promising to devote her whole life to 'service'. Within four years, the King is dead and a young, newly married Elizabeth is suddenly thrust onto the throne [AD]
</extended_event_descriptor>

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2:24 AM

Diffs:

Freesat4 was renamed to Freesat Info and added to the with LCN 901 on SD, HD and G2 devices.

Freesat Info is not the same as freesat info, which appears on SD and HD devices on LCN 999 but confined to the test region on G2 devices:

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
freesat info 12 07007 10530 2315 59 11427H 0 0 Freesat 111111111000 999

Comparing files List Freesat 02-12-2019 18 01.txt and List Freesat 03-12-2019 11 01.txt

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

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

Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Freesat4 12 00105 10528 2315 59 11427H 0 0 Freesat EEEE1EEE1111 1979
Freesat Info 12 00105 10528 2315 59 11427H 0 0 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 901

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9:28 PM

/BSkyB Diffs:

An encrypted HD named 52586 was added to the BSkyB service tables:

Comparing files List ASTRA 03-12-2019 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 04-12-2019 11 01.txt

************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
52586 25 1203 52586 2116 2 11427V 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1031

At present, only the PMT and ECM streams belonging to 52586 are present. The and audio streams advertised in the PMT are absent.

What makes 52586 of interest is the it's on: 11427V.

11427V currently has four HD on it, all of which are on :

FRANCE 24(ENG)
HD
HD

Whilst looking at 11427V I noticed FreeSports HD had lots of missing packets.

Further investigation showed that the video and audio streams were dropping out for a few seconds every minute or so.

This is reflected in the bitrate measurement for 11427V:

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 32 <= dPCR <= 43 ms intervals over 17 seconds for 11426.50 V 29500 8/9 DVB-S2 QPSK (04/12/2019 16:46:51)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.728 | 08.609 | 09.200 | QUEST HD
09.134 | 00.000 | 08.166 | FreeSports HD
08.185 | 08.067 | 08.126 | FRANCE 24 HD
10.325 | 10.195 | 10.272 | S4C HD
21.567 | 10.954 | 12.603 | Null Packets
04.660 | 02.924 | 03.743 | All Other Streams
52.110 | 52.110 | 52.110 | TS Bitrate

That was at 16:46 and it's still dropping out now at 21:20.

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Paul.

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10:58 PM
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js:

Thanks, it's good to know it's a transmission problem and not a problem at my end.