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Freeview Channel Lineup

Our list of the channels available on Freeview. The list includes the channel name, channel type and the multiplex that the channel is broadcast on.

Freeview channels

Freeview's channel line-up

EPG Channel Programming Notes Mux*
1 BBC One Entertainment
1
2 BBC Two Entertainment
1
3 ITV1 (and GMTV) Entertainment
2
4 Channel 4 (S4C in Wales) Entertainment
2
5 Channel Five Entertainment
2
6 ITV2 Entertainment
2
7 BBC Three Entertainment
1
8 Ch. 4 (Wales) / TeleG (Scotland) Culture
2/A
9 BBC Four Culture
B
10 ITV3 Entertainment
A
11 Sky Three Entertainment
C
12 Yesterday History Formerly UKTV History.
D
13 Channel 4+1 Entertainment
2
14 More 4 Entertainment
2
15 Film Four Movies
D
16 QVC Shopping
A
17 G.O.L.D Entertainment Top Up Anytime only. 6pm to 11:30pm only
A
18 4Music Music
D
19 Dave Entertainment 7am to 3am only
C
20 Virgin 1 Entertainment 9am to midnight only. To rebrand as Channel One
A
21 VIVA Music channel Also running Noggin (morning kids content)
D
22 Ideal World Shopping
D
23 Bid TV / ScreenShop Shopping
A
24 ITV4 (and GMTV2) Entertainment
D
25 Dave ja vu (+ 1) Entertainment
C
26 Home Lifestyle Formerly UKTV Style - Top Up Anytime only. 2pm to 4pm only
A
27 ITV2 + 1 Entertainment Scotland / N. Ireland only
2
28 E4 Entertainment
2
29 E4+1 Entertainment
C
30 Fiver Entertainment
A
31 Five USA Entertainment
A
32 Big Deal Quiz 4am to 6am
C
33 ITV2 + 1 Entertainment England / Wales only
2
34 ESPN Sport Available on BT Vision and Top Up TV or on Freeview CAM (Not 24 hours)
A
36 Create & Craft Shopping 8am to 1pm. More
D
37 Price-Drop TV Shopping  
C
38 Quest Documentary 10am to 1am
A
40 Rocks & Co 1 Shopping
D
41 Sky Sports 1 - NEW Sports Subscription Sports Service
B
42 Sky Sports 2 - NEW Sports Subscription Sports Service
B
43 Gems TV "Coloured Rocks" Shopping 1am to 11am
A
44 Sky 3 + 1 Entertainment Replaced Sky Sports News Aug 2010
C
50 BBC HD Entertainment - HD Freeview HD areas only
HD
51 ITV1 HD / STV HD Entertainment - HD Freeview HD areas only
HD
52 Channel 4 HD Entertainment - HD Freeview HD areas only
HD
53 S4C HD Entertainment - HD Wales Freeview HD areas only
HD
70 CBBC Kids
1
71 Cbeebies Kids
B
72 CITV Kids
A
80 BBC News News
1
81 BBC Parliament News  
B
82 Sky News News
C
84 CNN News 7pm to midnight only
A
85 Russia Today News  
D
87 Community Channel Specialist
C
89 Al Jazeera English Entertainment News 6pm to 11pm
D
93 Television X Adult Pay-to-view
A
94 Smile TV 2 Adult chat Overnight
D
95 Smile TV 3 Adult chat Overnight
C
96 Babestation Adult chat 11pm-5am, pay-per-view from midnight
D
97 Partyland Adult Chat
A
98 TMTV (Tease Me TV) Adult Overnight
A

BT Vision Sky Sports Pricing

Data / Text Services

EPG Channel Programming Notes Mux*
101 Teletext Holidays Text Holidays  
A
102 Rabbit Text Dating  
2
104 1-2-1 Dating Text Dating  
2
105 BBC Red Button Text Information  
1
107 Gay Rabbit Text Dating  
2
108 Sky Text Text Information  
C
109 Mobilizer Text Adult  
A
300 4TV Interactive Text  
D
306 Channel Zero Text  
C

 

Radio Stations

EPG Channel Programming Notes Mux*
700 BBC Radio 1 Music  
B
701 BBC 1 Xtra Music  
B
702 BBC Radio 2 Music  
B
703 BBC Radio 3 Music  
B
704 BBC Radio 4 Speech  
B
705 BBC 5 Live Sport  
B
706 BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Sport  
B
707 BBC 6 Music Music  
B
708 BBC Radio 7 Comedy/Kids  
B
709 BBC Asian Network Specialist  
B
710 BBC World Service Speech  
B
711 The Hits Music  
D
712 Smash Hits! Music  
A
713 Kiss Music  
D
714 Heat Music  
D
715 Magic Music  
D
716 Q Music  
D
718 Smooth Radio Music  
D
719 BBC Scotland / BBC Wales / BBC Ulster Speech Scotland/Wales/NI only
1
720 BBC Radio Cymru / BBC Radio nan Gàidheal / BBC Radio Foyle Speech Scotland/Wales/NI only
1
722 Kerrang! Music  
D
723

TalkSport

Sport  
C
725 Premier Christian Radio Religious  
C
726 U105 Radio Music Northern Ireland only
2
727 Absolute Radio Music  
C
728 Heart Music  
2

The above lineup was obtained from a BT Vision set-top box, receiving signals from the Crystal Palace transmitter.

Freeview Channel List Updated: Sept 2010. Out of date? Let us know

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* Freeview Multiplexes

The number or letter beside the channels in the above list represents the Multiplex (or MUX) that carries the channel. Freeview channels are broadcast on one of six dedicated Freeview multiplexes - 1, 2, A, B, C or D, and as channels are grouped in multiplexes, it's common that you'll either receive all of the channels on a multiplex, or none of the channels on that multiplex.

More on Multiplexes in our Glossary | See also Reception Help

  • Multiplex 1 - Operated by the BBC. Includes BBC 1, 2 and Three
  • Multiplex 2 - Operated by Channel 3&4 Ltd - includes the ITV group, plus E4 / More 4
  • Multiplex A - Operated by SDN - Includes Virgin 1, QVC and the TopUp TV subscription service
  • Multiplex B - Operated by the BBC. Carries BBC Four, and most of the BBC radio stations
  • Multiplex C - Operated by Arquiva. Mostly contains the Sky channels and Dave
  • Multiplex D - Operated by Arquiva. Includes Film 4, Yesterday and TMF

Note that on this page, we list the pre-digital switchover Multiplex allocation. Mux allocations are slightly different for those that have completed the digital switchover.

 

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