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Home»Freeview channel reshuffle: retune time for all viewers

Freeview channel reshuffle: retune time for all viewers

26 January 2022

Freeview has completed its biggest channel reshuffle since 2020. 60 channels now have new channel numbers.

On Wednesday 26th January 2022, many of Freeview’s entertainment, lifestyle, factual and teleshopping channels move down to new channel numbers. The reshuffle also follows minor changes on 19th January, when Paramount Network became 5ACTION.

The Freeview channel reshuffle accommodates the return of BBC Three, which starts broadcasting on Tuesday 1st February. Ofcom has ordered platform operators to assign the service a top 24 slot on the channel list within 18 months of BBC Three returning. Freeview is acting immediately, and clearing channel 23 to facilitate this change.


Which channels changed positions on 26th January?

Services between channel 23 and 82 moved down the list. This affected channels including Dave Ja Vu right down to Talking Pictures and Together TV.

OLD NUMBERNEW CHANNEL NUMBERSERVICE NAME
–23BBC Three SD
2325Dave Ja Vu
2526ITV4
2627Yesterday
2728ITVBe
2829ITV2+1
2930E4+1
30314Music
31325STAR
32335ACTION*
3334GREAT! movies
3435ITV+1 in England, Wales, IoM and Scottish Borders.
STV+1 in Central & Northern Scotland.
UTV+1 in Northern Ireland.
3536Pick
3637QVC Beauty
3738QVC Style
3839DMAX
3940Quest Red
4041CBS Justice
4142GREAT! movies action (not Wales)
4243Food Network
4344HGTV
4445Gems TV
4546Channel 5+1
4647Film4+1
4748Challenge
48494seven
4950GREAT! tv (not available in all areas)
5051Ideal World**
5152GREAT! movies classic (not available in all areas)
5253TG4 (Northern Ireland only)
5354RTÉ One (Northern Ireland only)
5455RTÉ 2 (Northern Ireland only)
55565SELECT
5657Smithsonian Channel
5758ITVBe+1
5859ITV3+1
5960ITV4+1
6061GREAT! movies+1 (not available in all areas)
6162GREAT! tv+1 (Manchester only)
6263GREAT! movies classic+1 (Manchester only)
6364Blaze
6465FreeSports
6566TBN UK
6667CBS Reality
6768CBS Drama
6869Horror
6970Quest+1
7071Quest Red+1
7172Jewellery Maker
7273Shopping Quarter
7374Drama+1
7475Yesterday+1
7576NOW 70s
7677NOW 80s
7778TCC
7879NOW 90s
7980Clubland TV
8081Blaze+1
8182Talking Pictures
8283Together
8484PBS America
–109BBC Three HD
–110S4C HD***
* 5ACTION is the new name for Paramount Network UK ** Ideal World swapped with TJC ***added 19/01/2021 in Wales only, but may only be discovered by some viewers after this retune event.

Is support/help available?

Freeview is offering help and support. Its website includes a number of retuning videos for each type of TV, showing how to complete an automatic retune.

Some newer smart TVs and receivers are able to adjust automatically to the new channel numbers. A retune will ensure that all available Freeview channels, including BBC Three, appear in the channel list.

What if I don’t retune?

You may not be able to receive all available Freeview channels. But your existing channels will remain in the same place, if your TV doesn’t automatically adjust channel numbers. You may find that some TVs will add new services in the 800 channel range instead.


The last major channel reshuffle took place in November 2020. At the time, many services were also moved down one channel number. That change facilitated another Ofcom requirement, allowing BBC Four in Scotland to take channel 24. At the time, services lost their long-standing Freeview channel numbers, with ITV+1 losing channel 33, for example.


First published on 12/01/2022. Republished on 26/01/2022 to change from future to past tense.

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