Showing the free channels on Sky (no card) onlyBelow 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. Choose from four options:
High definition channels
|
Channel name |
web |
radio |
Freeview |
Skyarrow_drop_down |
Freesat | |
|---|
|
BBC Two HDaccount_box |
|
|
102 |
102 |
102 |
|
|
ITV 1 HD |
|
|
103   |
103 |
111 |
|
|
STV HD |
|
|
103 |
103 |
|
|
|
UTV HD |
|
|
103  |
103 |
|
|
|
Channel 4 HD |
|
|
104 |
104 |
126 |
|
|
BBC News HDaccount_box |
live_tv |
|
|
503 |
200 |
|
|
CNBC HD |
|
|
|
505 |
210 |
|
|
CBeebies HDaccount_box |
live_tv |
|
205wb_sunny |
608wb_sunny |
601wb_sunny |
|
Main TV standard-definiton channels
|
Channel name |
web |
radio |
Freeview |
Skyarrow_drop_down |
Freesat | |
|---|
|
Channel 4 (Wales) |
|
|
7  |
104 |
104 |
|
|
5STAR |
|
|
32 (90%) |
128 |
131 |
|
|
4seven |
live_tv |
|
49 (90%) |
137 |
127 |
|
|
E4 Extra |
live_tv |
|
31 (90%) |
139 |
181 |
|
|
Challenge |
|
|
48 (90%) |
160 |
146 |
|
|
Blaze |
|
|
64 (90%) |
164 |
162 |
|
|
BBC Albaaccount_box |
live_tv |
|
7 |
169watch_later |
109watch_later |
|
|
Together TV |
live_tv |
|
83 (90%)wb_sunny |
170 |
164 |
|
|
PBS America |
|
|
84 (90%) |
174 |
155 |
|
|
Arise Play |
|
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
Court TV |
|
|
|
179 |
177 |
|
|
EarthxTV |
|
|
79 (90%) |
180 |
|
|
|
Channel 7 (Ghana) |
|
|
|
181 |
|
|
|
That's TV (UK) |
|
|
65 (90%) |
183 |
178 |
|
|
NTD |
|
|
|
185 |
|
|
|
Showcase TV |
|
|
|
186 |
|
|
|
BBC Scotland SD |
live_tv |
|
9 |
187 |
174 |
|
|
— ITV1 +1 |
|
|
35 |
203 |
112 |
|
|
— STV+1 |
|
|
35 |
203 |
|
|
|
— UTV +1 |
|
|
35 |
203 |
112 |
|
|
— Channel 5 +1 |
|
|
46 (90%) |
205 |
128 |
|
|
Dave ja vu |
|
|
74 (90%) |
211 |
|
|
|
— ITV2 +1 |
|
|
29 (90%)watch_later |
218 |
114 |
|
|
— ITV3 +1 |
|
|
59 (90%) |
219 |
116 |
|
|
— ITV4 +1 |
live_tv |
|
89 (90%) |
220 |
118 |
|
|
— 5STAR +1 |
|
|
|
228 |
141 |
|
|
— W +1 |
|
|
|
232 |
|
|
|
— E4 +1 |
|
|
30 |
235 |
123 |
|
|
— More4 +1 |
|
|
|
236 |
125 |
|
|
— Yesterday +1 |
|
|
75 (90%) |
255 |
|
|
|
— HGTV +1 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
— DMAX +1 |
|
|
|
272 |
151 |
|
|
— HorrorXtra |
|
|
|
317 |
138 |
|
|
HorrorXtra 1 |
|
|
|
318 |
139 |
|
|
GREAT! movies Christmas 1 |
|
|
63 |
320 |
304 |
|
|
GREAT! movies |
|
|
34 (90%) |
321 |
302 |
|
|
GREAT! movies action |
|
|
42 (90%) |
323 |
305 |
|
|
Great! Movies Action 1 |
|
|
|
324 |
|
|
|
CBeebiesaccount_box |
live_tv |
|
202wb_sunny |
644wb_sunny |
608wb_sunny |
|
|
Primal Living |
|
|
|
670 |
|
|
|
Foodxp |
|
|
|
712 |
|
|
|
Pitaara International |
|
|
|
773 |
|
|
|
Deen TV |
|
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
ITV 1 (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 |
live_tv |
|
5 |
805 |
|
|
|
Dave |
|
|
19 (90%) |
811 |
157 |
|
|
BBC Fouraccount_box |
live_tv |
|
9 watch_later |
815watch_later |
173watch_later |
|
|
ITV 2 |
live_tv |
|
6 |
816 |
113 |
|
|
Heart 80s |
|
|
|
0112 |
|
|
|
Heart 90s |
|
|
|
0217 |
|
|
Local TV channels
|
Channel name |
web |
radio |
Freeview |
Skyarrow_drop_down |
Freesat | |
|---|
|
Classic FM |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
731 (90%) |
0106 |
721 |
|
|
Absolute Radio |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
727 (90%) |
0107 |
724 |
|
|
Capital |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
724 (90%) |
0109 |
719 |
|
|
PlanetRock |
|
DAB |
|
0110 |
730 |
|
|
Gold |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
|
0121 |
722 |
|
|
WRN English |
|
|
|
0122 |
|
|
|
Smooth Radio |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
718 (90%) |
0128 |
732 |
|
|
Panjab Radio |
|
|
|
0130 |
|
|
|
BBC Radio Cymru 2account_box |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
|
0219 |
735 |
|
|
BBC Radio Foyleaccount_box |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
720 |
0220 |
717 |
|
|
LBC News |
live_tv |
DAB FM/AM |
|
0221 |
|
|
High definition shopping
|
Channel name |
web |
radio |
Freeview |
Skyarrow_drop_down |
Freesat | |
|---|
|
Daystar TV HD |
|
|
|
583 |
691 |
|
|
Loveworld TV HD |
|
|
|
585 |
|
|
|
Iran International HD |
|
|
|
793 |
|
|
Other TV channels
|
Channel name |
web |
radio |
Freeview |
Skyarrow_drop_down |
Freesat | |
|---|
|
— GREAT! tv +1 |
|
|
62 |
257 |
143 |
|
|
NDTV 24x7 |
|
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
Channels 24 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
Arise News |
|
|
269 (90%) |
519 |
|
|
|
TVC News Nigeria |
|
|
|
524 |
|
|
|
TalkTV |
|
|
237 (90%) |
526 |
217 |
|
|
GOD Channel |
|
|
|
580 |
694 |
|
|
Revelation |
|
|
|
581 |
692 |
|
|
TBN UK |
|
|
66 |
582 |
|
|
|
Inspiration TV |
|
|
|
584 |
690 |
|
|
EWTN |
|
|
|
586 |
|
|
|
The Word Network |
|
|
|
587 |
|
|
|
Faith World TV |
|
|
|
588 |
|
|
|
KICC TV |
|
|
|
589 |
|
|
|
Faith |
|
|
|
590 |
|
|
|
Pop |
|
|
206 (90%) |
614 |
603 |
|
|
QVC |
live_tv |
|
16 (90%) |
660 |
800 |
|
|
JML Direct |
|
|
|
661 |
|
|
|
TJC |
|
|
22 (90%) |
662 |
809 |
|
|
QVC Beauty |
live_tv |
|
37 (90%) |
663 |
801 |
|
|
Ideal World |
|
|
51 (90%) |
664 |
812 |
|
|
QVC Style |
live_tv |
|
38 (90%) |
677 |
803 |
|
|
Thane |
|
|
|
679 |
|
|
|
Psychic Today |
|
|
|
680 |
|
|
|
|