These days, if you live in a large metropolitan area and plug in a digital TV antenna to your TV, you can easily receive anywhere from 70 to more than 100 channels. In some areas, such as Los Angeles, you can get up to 157 channels.
Missing Freeview channels (channels between numbers 1-199)
- Press the YouView button on your remote, and choose Settings.
- Go to TV Signal and Quality and select Restore Hidden Channels.
How To Get More Channels with Your Indoor Antenna
- Experiment with Different Locations in Your Home.
- Use a Longer Cable To Reach That Window.
- Face it Towards the TV Transmitter Towers.
- Lay Your Antenna Flat Horizontally.
- Move it Higher Up (Highly Recommended)
- Put it in a Skylight (Highly Recommended)
- Use a Better Cable (Highly Recommended)
- Eliminate Electronic Interference.
If you're unsure, please contact the manufacturer of your TV and provide the serial number / model number of your TV to find out if your flat-panel TV has Freeview|HD built-in. Contact details for manufacturers of Freeview Approved TVs can be found on the Approved Products page.
Shows from our other channels W, Alibi, Gold, and Eden are available via our partner platforms as part of a paid subscription.
Gold – BT TV channel 310The home of 24 Carat Comedy, Gold is the number one destination for fans of classic British comedy.
Setting up a Freeview-ready TVPlug in the TV and fit the batteries to the remote. Plug in the aerial and turn on the TV. If you have a smart TV you'll be asked for your wi-fi network and password, so have these ready. You'll then be asked to tune your TV to find the available Freeview channels.
To celebrate the launch of the Gold app on Amazon Appstore, we're giving you the chance to win an Amazon Fire Tech Bundle. You could be listening to Gold on the Amazon Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote or being entertained on your Amazon Fire tablet – we've got 50 to give away!
NOW TV offers five TV passes: Entertainment,
Sky Cinema, Sports, Kids and hayu. Here's an overview of what channels you can get through NOW TV.
Sky Cinema pass
- Sky Cinema Premiere.
- Sky Cinema Hits.
- Sky Cinema Greats.
- Sky Cinema Disney.
- Sky Cinema Kids Books.
- Sky Cinema Action.
- Sky Cinema Comedy.
- Sky Cinema Thriller.
If you're a Sky, Virgin Media, BT TV or TalkTalk TV customer, shows from other great UKTV channels - Gold, W, Alibi, Good Food, Home and Eden - are also on the menu.
Can I still watch on-demand movies and shows without a Pass? You can't watch NOW TV's on-demand movies and shows or the live channels if you cancel your Passes. However, you can still buy on-demand movies through your NOW TV Box or Smart Stick using the Sky Store app.
As long as you have an active Entertainment, Cinema, Kids, hayu or Sports Month Pass, then Sky Sports News HQ is free to view via your NOW TV Box or NOW TV Smart Stick.
Can I pause, rewind or record the TV channels? You can't record whole shows or series on the live TV channels. You can only pause or rewind on demand movies and shows.
No unfortunately there is no NOW TV pass for RTE content, you'd need to watch via Freeview or RTE player assuming you are in ROI (only limited content available outside ROI). There isn't a RTE player for the NOW TV box.
What apps can I get on the NOW TV Smart Stick? Your Smart Stick comes with a bunch of apps already pre-installed, with loads more you can download in seconds. You get catch up apps like BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub and UKTV Play, as well as Netflix, YouTube, Vevo and Sky Sports Box Office.
Watch over 300 box sets on-demand, exclusive Sky Originals, US comedies and the very best HBO dramas. Access over 1000 new and classic movies on-demand and live Sky Cinema channels. Plus get a brand new premiere every day.
You can get a Netflix subscription through the app on your NOW TV Box or Smart Stick, even if you don't have a Netflix account yet. Just open the Netflix app and follow the on-screen steps to create an account and get a subscription.
Today Dec 10
- Birds of a Feather. An Inspector Stays 07:15.
- Birds of a Feather. All Gone Pear Shaped 07:45.
- The Bill. Bill, The 08:25.
- Holby City. The Honeymoon's Over 09:30.
- Classic Casualty. World Gone Wrong (Part Two) 10:55.
- The Bill. Exit Wound 12:00.
- Classic Eastenders. Ep 107, B0260 13:00.
- Classic Eastenders. Ep 108, B0261 13:40.
ITV3
| Time | TV Show |
|---|
| 3:20 pm | Coronation Street |
| 3:50 pm | Midsomer Murders Murder on Saint Malley's Day - Season 5 Episode 5 |
| 5:50 pm | Agatha Christie's Poirot Double Sin - Season 2 Episode 7 |
| 6:55 pm | Wycliffe Crazy for You - Season 3 Episode 5 |
Today Jan 26
- Yianni: Supercar Customiser. The Two Million Pound Car 07:10.
- Yianni: Supercar Customiser. Survival of the Fittest 07:35.
- American Pickers. Hello Jell-O 08:00.
- Storage Hunters. Pod Squad 09:00.
- Storage Hunters. Culver City Showdown 09:30.
- American Pickers.
- American Pickers.
- Border Force America's Gatekeepers.
BBC One programmes for today
- 06:00. News. Breakfast. 26/01/2021.
- 09:15. Entertainment. Morning Live.
- 10:00. Lifestyle. Homes Under the Hammer.
- 11:00. Wanted Down Under Revisited. Series 15: Episode 17.
- 11:45. Documentary. Caught Red Handed.
- 12:15. Entertainment. Bargain Hunt.
- 13:00. News. BBC News at One.
- 13:30. News. BBC London & South East.
Our catch up programmes from W, Alibi, Gold, Dave and Drama by clicking 'Home' on your Virgin Media remote control and selecting 'Catch Up'. You can also click straight through to catch up content from the TV guide or press the red button while you're watching one of our channels.
What channel is Only Fools and Horses on tonight?
ITV (including ITV 2, ITV 3 and ITV Be) Channel 4 (plus HD, +1) Channel 5.
New BT TV brings you the best of Sky Atlantic, Sky Sports, Sky One, Sky Cinema and more from NOW TV. Add that to BT Sport, AMC, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and all your Freeview channels, and you can finally have it all in one place.
CNN is one of the extra entertainment channels available for BT TV customers.
The following channels are available in the HD Extra bolt-on: Comedy Central HD, MTV HD, Nat Geo HD, Nat Geo WILD HD, Sy Fy HD, Discovery HD, TLC HD, Animal Planet HD, History HD, Crime
TLC is available on BT TV along with channels such as Discovery, Eurosport, ID and many more.
Horror Bites and CBS Catchup Channels UK will be rolling out across all YouView connected set-top boxes and smart televisions including TalkTalk TV and BT TV homes.
AMC is the US studio behind the smash-hit dramas Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Fear the Walking Dead. AMC brings you the hottest new programmes on UK television, so get set for big drama and big thrills.
Essential – Essential is only available to customers either taking standard broadband or to pre-existing BT broadband customers. It is largely the same as Starter, with 80 channels, but comes with a recordable YouView+ box. You can choose to bolt-on BT Sport for an extra fee.
When great sport events clash, the red button service lets BT Sport broadcast extra events. You'll see a message on-screen to tell you when red button programmes are available. To watch, Sky viewers press red on their remotes, BT TV viewers switch to channel 527 (BT Sport Extra).
