List of British television channels

Terrestrial Stations

These channels are available as free-to-air analogue broadcasts, as well as on digital, satellite and cable systems.

• BBC1 - see also BBC
• BBC2 - ditto
• ITV - sometimes referred to as ITV 1, to distinguish it from ITV 2 (see below)
• Channel 4 - not Wales
• S4C - Wales only
• five (formerly known as Channel 5; unavailable in some regions)

Free Digital Channels

Most of these channels are available on the Freeview service as well as in basic digital cable and satellite packages. Some are only available in part of the UK.

• BBC Three[?] (formerly BBC Choice)
• BBC Four[?] (formerly BBC Knowledge)
• BBC News 24
• BBC Parliament[?]
• CBBC[?]
• CBeebies[?]
• Ftn[?]
• ITV 2[?]
• ITV News[?]
• QVC[?]
• S4C2[?]
• Sky News
• Sky Sports News[?]
• Sky Travel[?]
• TV Travel Shop[?]
• TG4[?]
• TMF[?]
• The Hits[?]
• UK History[?]

Satellite & Cable

These channels are only available on cable and satellite television, whether in basic packages or as premium channels.

• The Adult Channel[?]
• Adventure 1[?]
• Animal Planet[?]
• Artsworld[?]
• Asia 1[?]
• Asianet[?]
• At the Races[?]
• B4U Movies[?]
• Bangla TV[?]
• BBC Prime[?] - not available in UK
• BBC World - not on Sky Digital
• BET International[?]
• bid-up.tv[?]
• The Biography Channel[?] - affiliated with the History Channel
• Bloomberg TV[?]
• Boomerang - operated by Cartoon Network
• The Box
• Bravo
• Cable Channel One[?]
• Carlton Cinema[?]
• Cartoon Network
• Challenge?[?]
• Channel 9[?]
• CNBC Europe
• CNE[?]
• CNN
• Discovery
• Discovery Civilisations[?]
• Discovery Health[?]
• Discovery Home and Leisure[?]
• Discovery Kids[?]
• Discovery Sci Trek[?]
• Discovery Travel and Adventure[?]
• Discovery Wings[?]
• The Disney Channel[?]
• E4 - operated by Channel 4
• EuroNews[?]
• Eurosport[?]
• Extreme Sports[?]
• Fashion TV[?]
• FilmFour[?] - operated by Channel 4
• FilmFour Weekly[?]
• Fox Kids Network[?]
• Front Row Digital[?]
• GBC[?]
• The God Channel[?]
• Granada Plus[?]
• Hallmark Entertainment[?]
• Health
• Hellenic
• History
• Kerrang[?]
• Kiss
• The Landscape Channel[?]
• LivingTV[?]
• Men and Motors[?]
• MTV
• MTV2
• MTV Base[?]
• MTV Dance[?]
• MTV Hits[?]
• Multi Channel[?]
• Music Choice Blues[?] - all Music Choice channels are audio and text only
• Music Choice Classical[?]
• Music Choice Country[?]
• Music Choice Dance[?]
• Music Choice Easy Listening[?]
• Music Choice Europe[?]
• Music Choice Gold[?]
• Music Choice Hits[?]
• Music Choice Jazz[?]
• Music Choice Love[?]
• Music Choice Rock[?]
• MUTV[?]
• National Geographic
• Nickelodeon
• Nickelodeon Jr[?]
• Oxford Channel[?]
• The Pakistani Channel[?]
• Paramount Comedy[?]
• Performance
• Playboy TV[?]
• Playhouse Disney[?]
• Play UK[?]
• QVC1[?]
• The Racing Channel[?]
• Rai Uno[?]
• Red Hot All Girl[?]
• Red Hot Amateur[?]
• Red Hot Euro[?]
• Red Hot Films[?]
• Sat 1[?]
• Sci-fi (no longer affiliated with us Sci-Fi Channel[?])
• Screenshop[?]
• Shop America[?]
• Simply Shopping[?]
• Sky Box Office Digital[?]
• Sky Movies Cinema[?]
• Sky Movies Cinema 2[?]
• Sky Movies Max[?] (formerly Sky Moviemax)
• Sky Movies Max 2[?]
• Sky Movies Max 3[?]
• Sky Movies Max 4[?]
• Sky Movies Max 5[?]
• Sky Movies Premier[?]
• Sky Movies Premier 2[?]
• Sky Movies Premier 3[?]
• Sky Movies Premier 4[?]
• Sky Movies Premier Widescreen[?] (closed June 4, 2003 when the other Sky Movies channels adopted widescreen as standard)
• Sky One[?]
• Sky One Mix[?]
• Sky Sports 1[?]
• Sky Sports 2[?]
• Sky Sports 3[?]
• Sky Sports Extra[?]
• sms.tv[?]
• Sony Entertainment TV Asia[?]
• Star Plus[?]
• The Studio[?]
• TCM
• Teleg[?]
• Television X[?]
• Toon Disney
• travelchannel[?]
• Trouble[?]
• TV5[?]
• TVE Internacional[?]
• TV Travel Shop 2[?]
• UK Bright Ideas[?]
• UK Drama[?]
• UK Food[?]
• UK Gold[?]
• UK Horizons[?]
• UK Style[?]
• VH1 Classic[?]
• Zee TV[?]