Watch TV online in the UK with internet 'catch up' services
The logos below link to the online (over the internet) websites of these UK TV Freeview broadcasters
Films on catchup TV
See the film links at the bottom
of this page for the currently available free films
to watch from BBC, ITV, Channel 5 and Channel 4's Film4.
NEW in
2024 - films from GREAT!movies on GREAT!player.
BBC iPlayer
(Free)
BBC CHANNELS AVAILABLE
BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4
CBBC CBeebies NEWS PARLIAMENT ALBA S4C
RADIO1
Radio 1 has a TV channel
TV
Programs available for 30 days* after first being shown.
*1/8/2019:
Ofcom gave permission to increase
this to 1 year.
BBC Radio channels are also available - both recorded programs,
podcasts to download and listen to offline and
live radio.
LIVE TV -
BBC iPlayer also allows live streaming of all the BBC TV channels as
well as the catch up service.
Here's a useful link to access
BBC live channels:
ON NOW:
bbc.co.uk/tv
This page also links to a full TV guide.
1/9/2016 TV
Licence
The
law changed and a TV licence is now required to
download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer.
ITVX
(ITV Hub)
(Free)
ITV CHANNELS AVAILABLE
ITV1
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
CITV
ITVBe
December 2022
ITV HUB became ITV X
November 2015
ITV Player became ITV Hub
ITV Catch Up
In December 2008 the ITV CatchUp service became
ITV Player
Channel 4 (All4/4oD/4 Catch up)
(Free)
www.channel4.com/programmes/catchup
C4 CHANNELS AVAILABLE
Channel 4
E4
More4
4Seven
4Music
Film4 (*NEW* Oct 2019!)
TV
Programmes available for 30 days after first being shown.
April 2023
All4 has become Channel 4
'All 4' has catch up, free 'box sets' of popular series and live
streaming of C4 channels.
Before 'Channel 4'!
C4 Catchup was called All4, 4oD,
'4 on Demand'
4oD was originally a P2P program you installed but it is now a streaming service like the other TV players.
My5
(Free)
5 FIVE USA FIVE STAR SPIKE
[February 2016 Demand5 rebranded as My5]
[March 2011 FIVER rebranded as Five* / Five Star]
TV
Programs available for 30 days after first being shown.
DAVE TV
(Free)
The home of witty banter
Dave TV catch up service has a selection of their most popular programmes.
U
(Free)
UKTV renamed to 'U' (July 2024) Along with Dave, U also has
a selection of programs from
YESTERDAY, W and DRAMA available on catch up
TV.
YESTERDAY (Free)
DRAMA (Free)
QUEST TV
(Free*)
www.discoveryplus.com/.../quest
The free streaming
service for: QUEST, REALLY,
QUEST RED, FOOD NETWORK,
DMAX & HOME
January 2021:
dplay became
Discovery+
October 2019:
QuestOD became dplay.
Catch up with Quest On- Demand
Watch full episodes of some of Quest's most popular TV programmes.
*Since becoming Discovery+ the amount of free
content has reduced.
GREAT!player
(Free)
CHANNELS AVAILABLE
GREAT! movies / romance / action / TV / real
Spring 2024 the GREAT! TV
channel quietly launched its own streaming player.
Currently just a
web based TV streaming service with no app for Android or IOS.
Tubi
(Free)
CHANNELS AVAILABLE
Movies / TV / Tubi Originals
July 2024 Tubi launches in the UK. Free movies and TV programmes.
TV GUIDES - What's on?
Online TV
Guides are available from Freeview, RadioTimes, BBC, ITV & C4: Links to
TV Viewing Guides
iPlayer Help
A useful BBC service status and general iPlayer help page.
Reports on latest
known iPlayer issues etc.
Help on getting started with iPlayer and information on the latest iPlayer changes.
View a list of UK Freeview
Channels
With links to their live TV streams where
available.
A Freeview channel list showing HD and +1
channel numbers with links to the TV providers' website etc.
Tips on: Improving your Broadband connection
FILMS available on BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub,
Channel 5
On Demand & Film4 for FREE via catch up
The TV catch up players have some (but not all, due to copyright) films available to watch online. The links below take you to the BBC/ITV/C5/Film4 websites searching for available FREE films:
BBC iPlayer
FILMS (FREE)
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/films/most-recent
ITV FILMS
(FREE)
www.itv.com/hub/categories/films
Film4 C4 FILMS (FREE)
www.channel4.com/channel/film4
My5 CHANNEL 5 FILMS (FREE)
www.channel5.com/browse/Movies
GREAT! movies (FREE)
player.greatnetwork.com/great-movies
Tubi launched in the UK in July 2024 streaming free films and TV.
