BBC Three

BBC Three is constantly innovating and experimenting to provoke thought, entertain and make our audiences laugh with all kinds of new British talent, and new formats.

Main TV standard-definiton channels

How to Watch: BBC Three

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.

	Channel name arrow_drop_down	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	BBC Threeaccount_box	live_tv		23watch_later

Regional content: National channel with no regional content or variations.

media.info: For full details of broadcaster contacts, see the  media.info BBC Three page.

Official site: See the  BBC Three website.

From Wikipedia: 80 is original, covering all genres, from current affairs, to drama, to comedy to animation. BBC Three has a unique 60 Seconds format for its news bulletins. This was adopted so that operation of the channel could be completely automated, without the complication of dealing with variable length live news broadcasts. - en.wikipedia.org  read more about BBC Three on wikipedia (summary by Clipped).

Freeview multiplex: BBC Three is on multiplex PSB1 in .


This channel carries a subtitles service for the deaf, hard of hearing and quiet environments.