About TV Radar UK
TV Radar is a free, independent UK TV guide that covers 424 channels across Freeview and Sky. We show 280 Freeview channels and 210 Sky-exclusive channels including Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, Sky Atlantic, TNT Sports and more.
The site was built because existing TV guides are either slow, cluttered with ads, or missing half the channels. TV Radar loads fast, covers everything, and gets out of the way. No account required, no paywalls, no app to download.
How It Works
Our listings are built from Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) data, including the public Freeview XMLTV feed. Sources are fetched and merged every 12 hours, giving you accurate, up-to-date schedules covering 7 days forward. Where two sources carry the same channel we merge them rather than pick one, so the base schedule is enriched with extra metadata such as series images and on-demand links.
What You Can Do
- Browse the EPG grid to see what's on across all channels right now
- Check tonight's highlights for prime time picks, movies and sport
- See what's on now and what's coming up next, updated every 5 minutes
- View detailed schedules for any of our 424 channels
- Add programmes to your Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar with one click
Technology
TV Radar is built with Next.js and hosted on Cloudflare. The site uses server-side rendering so every page loads with full content visible to search engines and AI systems. Programme data is stored in a SQLite database and served via Incremental Static Regeneration — the homepage refreshes every 30 minutes, the Now & Next page every 5 minutes, and channel pages every hour.
Coverage
We cover all free-to-air Freeview channels (BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5, and all their associated digital channels) plus Sky-exclusive channels that are not available on Freeview. This includes Sky Sports (Main Event, Football, Cricket, Golf, F1, Tennis, Premier League, News), Sky Cinema (Premiere, Hits, Greats, Family, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi & Horror), Sky Atlantic, Sky Max, Sky Witness, Sky History, Sky Nature, Sky Documentaries, Sky Arts, TNT Sports 1-4, and many more.
Editorial
Every channel page carries a written guide to that day's schedule, covering the daytime line-up and the evening in turn, for a week ahead. These are written from the published listings — programme times, titles and run lengths — and checked against the EPG database before publication.
Data Sources
Programme listings are provided by Freeview EPG (XMLTV format) and Sky's schedule API. Channel logos are sourced from the open-source iptv-org community database. All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners.
Affiliate Disclosure
TV Radar is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Contact and corrections
Spotted an error? Email [email protected] with the channel and date and we will look into it. You can also reach us via our Facebook page or on X.
Our editorial standards and corrections policy sets out where the listings come from, how the written guides are produced, what we will not publish, and how quickly we fix things.