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
ITV 1 HD		103	103	103
STV HD		103	103	103
UTV HD		103	103	103
Channel 4 HD		104	104	104
Channel 5 HD		105	105	105
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	108_{watch_later}
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
Quest HD			144	167
BBC Alba HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
BBC Three HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 _{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
Travelxp HD			182
SportyStuff TV HD			437
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		503	200
CNN International HD			506
WION HD			523
New Media HD			594
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}

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	118	113
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10	119	115
ITV4	_{live_tv}	26	120	117
5STAR		32 (90%)	128	131
ITVBe		28	131	119
4seven	_{live_tv}	49 (90%)	137	127
E4 Extra	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	138	126
Food Network		43 (90%)	140	148
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
Really		17 (90%)	142	160
Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
TRUE CRIME		67 (90%)	146	135
TRUE CRIME XTRA		68 (90%)	147	134
Legend		41 (90%)	148	137
Quest Red		40 (90%)	149	169
5Action		33 (90%)	150	132
Sky Mix		11 (90%)	151	144
Challenge		48 (90%)	152	146
5SELECT		46_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	166
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	162
Together TV		83 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	170	164
Smithsonian Channel			171
DMAX		39 (90%)	172	150
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)		56 (90%)	183	178
NTD			185
Showcase TV			186
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	187
— ITV1 +1		35	203	112
— STV+1		35	203
— UTV +1		35	203	112
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
— Channel 5 +1		38 (90%)	205	128
Dave ja vu		57 (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
— More4 +1			236	125
— Food Network +1			240	149
— 5USA +1			241	130
— Drama +1		60 (90%)	243
— Quest +1		70 (90%)	244	168
TRUE CRIME 1			246	136
— Quest Red +1			249	170
— Yesterday +1		74 (90%)	255
— HGTV +1			258
— DMAX +1			272	151
— Film4 +1		47 (90%)	314	301
LEGEND XTRA 1			318	139
GREAT! romance		52 (90%)	319
GREAT! romance mix		63 (90%)	320
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321
GREAT! movies extra		61 (90%)	322
GREAT! action		42 (90%)	323
Great! Movies Action 1			324
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
4Music	_{live_tv}		354	501
The Box	_{live_tv}		355	502
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356	503
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357	504
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358	505
Trace Hits			359
Trace Vault			360
That's 90s		75 (90%)	361
That's TV 2 MCR		76	362
Now 90s			363
Clubland TV			364
That's TV 2		65 (90%)	366	181
FreeSports	_{live_tv}		422
Bloomberg TV			502	208
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
CNBC			505	210
EuroNews English			508
FRANCE 24 (in English)			512	205
Al Jazeera English		267 (90%)	513	203
TRT World			516	215
Arirang TV			522	214
GoodNews TV			591
Dunamis TV			592
SBN International			593
— Tiny Pop +1			618
— Pop +1			619
— POP MAX +1			621
CBBC_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	643_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	644_{wb_sunny}
Primal Living			670
Foodxp			712
Pitaara International			773
Deen TV			783
ITV 1 (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	111
STV (SD)		3	803
UTV (SD)		3	803
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804
Channel 5		5	805
Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217

Local TV channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
LEGEND XTRA	69 (54%)	317	138
Tiny Pop	207 (54%)	615
POP MAX	208 (54%)	620

Radio stations

Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
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
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Capital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	724 (90%)	0109	719
PlanetRock		DAB		0110
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
RTÉ Radio 1				0160	750
RTÉ 2FM				0164	751
RTÉ Lyric FM				0165	752
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
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
Absolute Radio 90s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0201
Jazz FM				0202
Absolute Radio Classic Rock	_{live_tv}	DAB		0203
BFBS Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
V 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
Iran International HD	793

Other TV channels

Channel name	web	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
GREAT! tv		50 (90%)	157
— GREAT! tv +1		62 (90%)	257
Rok		280 (90%)	329
NHK WORLD		286 (90%)	507	209
NDTV 24x7			510
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
Channels 24			518
Arise News			519
TVC News Nigeria			524
TalkTV		237 (90%)	526	217
GOD Channel			580	694
Revelation TV		281 (90%)	581	692
TBN UK		66	582
Inspiration TV			584
EWTN			586
The Word Network			587
Faith World TV			588
KICC TV			589
Faith			590
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
JML Direct			661
TJC		22 (90%)	662	809
QVC2	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	663	801
Ideal World		51 (90%)	664
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	45 (90%)	665	805
High Street TV 1			666
High Street TV 2			667
TJC Beauty			668	810
Best Direct			669
High Street TV 3			672
CRAFT EXTRA			673
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	72 (90%)	674	807
High Street TV 4			675
TV Warehouse		87	676
QVC Style	_{live_tv}		677	803
Thane			679
Psychic Today			680
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
Create & Craft		85 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Cruise 1st TV			688
Aaj Tak			710
MATV Channel			711
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
Iqra TV			742
Islam TV			744
Ahlebait TV			745
Madani Channel English			746
Takbeer TV			749
Hum TV			751
British Muslim TV			752
Dunya News			754
Islam Channel Urdu			755
UK 44			756
Eman Channel			757
ARY Digital			758
A1 TV			759
PTC Punjabi			766
Brit Asia TV			767
Sikh Channel			768
Sangat TV			769
Akaal Channel			770
Kanshi TV			772
Channel S			777
Iqra Bangla			778
ATN Bangla			779
NTV			780
TV One			781
Ion TV			782
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Sky News Arabia			788
Phoenix CNE			791

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
	Pop			206 (54%)	614
	Ideal World Extra	_{live_tv}			671

Adult channels

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
	92 News				743
	ADULT Xpanded TV			671 (90%)	902

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5:58 PM

Chris.SE:
A transport stream sample from last year shows the /BSkyB Time Of Change to have been "26/03/2023 00:59:59".

Looks as though they are uncertain as to when exactly the event occurs.

Perhaps they are trying to work around a firmware bug.

A showing the Time Offset Table on the BSkyB default , Home transponder and the BBC B can be seen here:

https://ibb.co/DQ5BMZQ

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My TV is capable for TV. What do I need to setup Freeview onto my TV?

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7:10 PM

Ian Baylis: Is your TV connected to an ? If it is, try scanning for (look in the settings/menu for tuning or installation). If not, you'll need to connect an aerial. An indoor aerial may be ok if you're in a strong area, otherwise a rooftop or aerial is usually recommended. If you provide a full postcode we can take a look at the predicted signal strength for your location.

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