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 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
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108	194	108
SportyStuff TV HD			437
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
WION HD			523
CBBC HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	204_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}	600_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	205 (76%)_{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	104
5STAR		31 (90%)	128	131
ITVBe		27	131	119
4seven	_{live_tv}	48 (90%)	137	127
Food Network		42 (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		67 (90%)	147	134
CBS Justice		40 (90%)	148	137
Quest Red	_{live_tv}	39 (90%)	149	169
Paramount Network	_{live_tv}	32 (90%)	150	132
5SELECT		55 (90%)_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
Yesterday		26 (90%)	155	159
pick		35 (90%)	159	144
Challenge		47 (90%)	160	146
HGTV		43 (90%)	162	166
Blaze		63 (90%)	164	162
BBC Alba_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
Together TV	_{live_tv}	82 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	170	164
Smithsonian Channel		56 (90%)	171	175
DMAX		38 (90%)	172	150
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
Live 360			175
Court TV		89 (76%)	179	177
Forces TV		96 (76%)	181	165
Channel 7 (Ghana)			182
Hi-Impact TV			184
YANGA!			186	171
NTD			190
Showcase TV			191
Voxafrica			193
— ITV +1		34	203	112
— STV+1		34	203
— UTV +1		34	203	112
— Channel 5 +1		45 (90%)	205	128
Dave ja vu		23 (90%)	211
— ITV2 +1		28 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
— ITV3 +1		58 (90%)	219	116
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	118
— 5STAR +1			228	141
— E4 +1		29	235	123
— More4 +1		86 (76%)	236	125
— Food Network +1			240	149
— 5USA +1			241	130
— Drama +1		73 (90%)	243
— Quest +1	_{live_tv}	69 (90%)	244	168
— CBS Reality +1			246	136
— Quest Red +1	_{live_tv}	70 (76%)	249	170
— Yesterday +1		74 (90%)	255
— HGTV +1			258
— Pick +1			259	145
— DMAX +1			272	151
— Film4 +1		46 (90%)	314	301
Horror Channel		68 (90%)	317	138
Horror Channel 1			318	139
GREAT! movies classic 1		62	320	304
GREAT! movies		33 (90%)	321	302
GREAT! movies action		41 (90%)	323	305
Great! Movies Action 1			324
Talking Pictures TV		81 (90%)	328	306
Rok			329
Box Hits	_{live_tv}		354
The Box	_{live_tv}		355
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358
Trace Hits			359
Trace Vault			360
Now 70s		76 (76%)	361
NOW 80s		75	362
Now 90s		78	363
Clubland TV		79	364
Spotlight TV			365	516
FreeSports		64 (76%)	422
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
EuroNews English			508
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
TRT World			516	215
SBN International			593
GoodNews TV			596
Dunamis TV			597
Celebration TV			598
CITV	_{live_tv}	203 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	612_{wb_sunny}	602_{wb_sunny}
— Tiny Pop +1			618
— Pop +1			619
POP MAX		208	620	604
— POP MAX +1			621
CBBC_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	643_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	644_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}
Primal Living			670
Foodxp			712
Pitaara International			773
Deen TV			783
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	_{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%)	831	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

Local TV channels

Channel name	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
GREAT! movies classic	51 (54%)	319	303
GREAT! movies 1	60 (54%)	322
Tiny Pop	207 (54%)	615	605

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	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
RTÉ Radio 1				0160	750
RTÉ 2FM				0164	751
RTÉ Lyric FM				0165	752
RTÉ 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
BFBS	_{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 1		61	257	143
NDTV 24x7			510
Channels 24			518
Arise News		269 (90%)	519
TVC News Nigeria			524
GOD Channel			580	694
Revelation			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%)	614	603
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
JML Direct			661
TJC		50 (90%)	662	809
QVC Beauty	_{live_tv}	36 (90%)	663	801
Ideal World		22 (90%)	664	812
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	44 (90%)	665	805
High Street TV 1			666
High Street TV 2			667
High Street TV 3			668
Best Direct			669
High Street TV 4			672
Craft Store TV		85 (90%)	673	817
Shopping Quarter	_{live_tv}	71 (90%)	674	807
High Street TV 5			675
TV Warehouse		90	676
QVC Style	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	677	803
Thane			679
Psychic Today			680
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
Create and Craft		95 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Craft Extra			684
Cruise 1st TV			688
Aaj Tak			710
MATV Channel			711
Venus TV			716
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
Samaa TV			748
Takbeer TV			749
Hum TV			751
British Muslim TV			752
Dunya News			754
Islam Channel Urdu			755
UK 44			756
Eman Channel			757
ARY Family			758
A1 TV			759
PTC Punjabi			766
Brit Asia TV			767
Sikh Channel			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
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Sky News Arabia			788
Phoenix CNE			791

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview	Sky_{arrow_drop_down}	Freesat
	GREAT! tv			49 (54%)	157	142
	Ideal Extra	_{live_tv}		94 (54%)	671

Adult channels

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

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Paul.

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11:37 AM

js:

Hmmm, rxtvinfo.com has got a story about Glass subscribers being the first to get HD versions of the in the very near future. I initially thought that the HD versions of the other might be for Glass users as well to tempt people to purchase Glass - but if this is the case why would a device that has no connection need dummy entries in the satellite EPG/SDT?

https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/bbc-one-hd-regional-launch-begins

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Chris.SE

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3:12 PM

Paul.:

There have been all sorts of stories on various websites (none of which are that reliable) about when regional HD is going to appear after the BBC said "by the end of 2022". A number of stories were completely untrue.

The most reliable information now comes from the latest statement by the BBC -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2021/bbc-one-hd-rollout-england

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James Greenhorn
12:07 PM

I am able to get all on radio but cannot get radio clyde or bbc radio five extra or radio forth.can you.Thank you

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Chris.SE

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2:33 PM

James Greenhorn:

BBC Radio Five Sports Extra is only broadcast on Block 12B BBC National.

Radio Clyde 1 is broadcast on FM on 97.0/102.3/102.5/103.3 MHz depending on your locale, and Radio Clyde 2 is on MW 1152 kHz. Radio Clyde is also on DAB mutliplex Block 11C: 220.352 MHz
The general Broadcast area is Glasgow and Central Scotland.

Radio Forth 1 is broadcast on FM on 97.3/97.6/102.2 MHz depending on your locale, and Radio Forth 2 is on MW 1548 kHz. radio Firth is also on DAB Block 12D: 229.072 MHz
The general Broadcast area is , Lothians and Fife.

Of course many stations can be listened to on-line, there is a selection of on-line Radio players.
What broadcasts you may receive will depend on where you are.

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Andrew Way
10:43 PM

Can anyone suggest a reliable tuner/recorder please? We are on our third and they have all proved unreliable. Manhattan, Humax, and Freesats own brand. The current one locks up regularly, and fails to respond to the remote.( Yes we have tried new batteries.) Thanks in advance!

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Anka de Souza
2:26 PM

It would be so good to have a list of +1 . To set a recorder is a nightmare having to find all the +1 Channels. HELP!

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Chris.SE

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6:11 PM

Anka de Souza:

This list from has all the
https://www.freeview.co.uk/corporate/platform-management/-listings and which multiplexes they are carried on. of all multiplexes but especially COM7 and Local will depend on location, not all areas are served.

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Cad
10:54 AM

Cad I use iPlayer with free view but no internet thankyou

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Paul.

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12:10 PM

Cad:

Short answer, no.

Although many boxes and smart TVs have an iPlayer app intalled out of , all iPlayer content is delivered over the Internet.

If you have a mobile contract with unlimited data you could use the iPlayer app on the phone and Chromecast the to a suitably equipped TV. It's still using the Internet, but via your phone.

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