SKY DIGITAL/ASTRA 2A CHANNEL NUMBERS
*= non subscription channels


ENTERTAINMENT
101 BBC1* 24 hours
BBC1 Scotland* 24 hours
BBC1 Northern Ireland* 24 hours
BBC1 Wales* 24 hours
102 BBC2* 24 hours
BBC2 Scotland* 24 hours
BBC2 Northern Ireland* 24 hours
BBC2 Wales* 24 hours
104 Channel 4* 24 hours
104 S4C* (Wales only) 12.00-24.00
105 Channel 5* 24 hours
106 Sky One 24 hours
109 UK Gold 24 hours
110 UK Gold 2 18.00-02.00
112 Living 06.00-24.00
118 Granada Plus 06.00-00.00
121 Challenge TV 24 hours
124 Bravo 12.00-06.00
127 Paramount Comedy Channel 19.00-05.00
130 Sci-Fi Channel 07.30-04.00
130 Quantum shopping 04.00-07.00
133 Discovery Home and Leisure 06.00-24.00
136 Granada Breeze 06.00-21.00
139 Granada Men and Motors 21.00-02.00
145 Sky Travel 11.00-16.00
148 UK Style 07.00-01.00
151 UK Drama 15.00-03.00
160 BBC Choice 06.00-24.00
178 Tara TV 12.00-24.00
181 Travel Channel* 07.00-00.00
184 Channel 4* (Wales only) 24 hours
184 S4C* (Except Wales) 12.00-24.00
187 Rapture* 10.00-18.00
190 Hallmark Entertainment Net 24 hours

MOVIES
301 Sky Premier 24 hours
302 Sky Premier 2 24 hours
303 Sky Premier 3 24 hours
304 Sky Premier 4 24 hours
305 Sky Premier Widescreen 18.00-24.00
308 Sky MovieMax 24 hours
309 Sky MovieMax 2 24 hours
310 Sky MovieMax 3 24 hours
311 Sky MovieMax 4 24 hours
312 Sky MovieMax 5 24 hours
315 Sky Cinema 24 hours
316 Sky Cinema 2 24 hours
324 FilmFour 18.00-24.00
327 TCM* 24 hours

SPORTS
401 Sky Sports 1 (W/E 24 hours) 07.00-03.00
402 Sky Sports 2 (W/E 24 hours) 07.00-03.00
403 Sky Sports 3 12.00-23.30
404 Sky Sports Extra Varies
410 MUTV 18.00-24.00
413 Sky Sports News 24 hours
416 The Racing Channel 11.00-18.00
419 Eurosport 07.30-00.30

MUSIC
440 MTV 24 hours
441 MTV Extra 24 hours
442 MTV Base 24 hours
443 VH-1 24 hours
444 VH-1 Classic 24 hours
446 M2 24 hours
449 The Box 24 hours
452 UK Play 24 hours

NEWS AND DOCUMENTARIES
501 Sky News* 24 hours
504 Bloomberg 24 hours
507 BBC News 24* 24 hours
508 BBC Parliament* Varies
510 CNBC 24 hours
513 CNN* 24 hours
516 The Money Channel* 24 hours
519 S4C2* Varies
522 Simply Money* 07.00-01.00
551 Discovery Channel 08.00-02.00
552 Discovery + 1 hour 09.00-03.00
553 Discovery Travel 08.00-02.00
554 Discovery Civil 08.00-02.00
555 Discovery Sci-Trek 08.00-02.00
558 National Geo 08.00-02.00
559 National Geo+ 09.00-03.00
560 Adventure One 08.00-02.00
561 History Channel 06.00-24.00
564 UK Horizons 07.00-01.00
567 [.tv] dot tv 12.00-24.00
570 Animal Planet 06.00-24.00
573 BBC Knowledge 17.00-24.00

KIDS
601 Cartoon Network 24 hours
602 Cartoon Network+ 24 hours
603 Boomerang* 06.00-24.00
604 Nickelodeon 06.00-22.00
605 Nick Replay 07.00-23.00
606 Nick Jr 06.00-19.00
607 Trouble 06.00-24.00
610 Fox Kids 06.00-22.00
611 Fox Kids+ 07.00-23.00
613 Disney Channel NEW! 06.00-02.00

SPECIALIST
630 QVC* 24 hours
633 TV Travel Shop* 24 hours
636 Shop!* 24 hours
639 PIN* 02.00-18.00
642 Ideal World* 24 hours
650 GOD Channel* 05.00-04.00
653 Inspiration 24 hours
667 B4U 24 hours
668 B4U Music* NEW! 24 hours
670 Sony TV Asia 24 hours
673 PCNE Chinese 20.00-02.00
676 Zee TV 24 hours
677 Music Asia 24 hours
678 Zee Bangla 24 hours
679 Bangla TV see TV Guide
680 Pakistani Channel see TV Guide
682 Asia 1 TV 07.00-24.00
685 Prime TV* 24 hours
688 Channel East* 06.00-01.00
691 Lashkara* 24 hours

SKY BOX OFFICE
700 Preview Channel 24 hours
701-758 Sky Box Office 24 hours
760-761 Sky Box Office Widescreen 24 hours
765-769 18 Plus Movies 22.00-05.30
770 Sky Box Office events Varies
800 U>directfilms (previews) 24 hours
801-811 U>directfilms 24 hours
820 U>directsport Varies

MUSIC CHOICE
851 Hit List 24 hours
852 Alternative Rock 24 hours
853 Love Songs 24 hours
854 Dance 24 hours
855 Country 24 hours
856 Jazz 24 hours
857 Classical Favourites 24 hours
858 Blues 24 hours
859 Gold 24 hours
860 Easy 24 hours
861 Classic Rock 24 hours
862 Soft Rock 24 hours
863 Heavy Rock 24 hours
864 Old Gold 24 hours
865 Soul Classics 24 hours
866 Soul & Rythmn 24 hours
867 Reagae 24 hours
868 Latin 24 hours
869 Progressive Dance 24 hours
870 New Country 24 hours
871 Jazz II 24 hours
872 Big Band 24 hours
873 Symphonic 24 hours
874 Opera 24 hours
875 Baroque 24 hours
876 Classical Adventures 24 hours
877 Musicals 24 hours
878 Film Music 24 hours
879 New Age 24 hours
880 Bella Italia 24 hours
881 Chansons 24 hours
882 Light Classics & Standards 24 hours
883 Ireland 24 hours
884 Turk Music 24 hours
885 Arabic 24 hours
886 India 24 hours
887 World Music 24 hours
888 Deutsche Hits 24 hours
889 Les Tubes 24 hours
890 Schlager 24 hours
891 Volksmusik 24 hours
892 Flemish 24 hours
893 Dutch 24 hours
894 Nordic 24 hours

DIGITAL RADIO
911 BBC Radio 1* 24 hours
912 BBC Radio 2* 24 hours
913 BBC Radio 3* 24 hours
914 BBC Radio 4 FM* 24 hours
915 BBC Radio 5 Live* 24 hours
916 Classic FM* 24 hours
917 Virgin Radio* 24 hours
918 Talk Sport 24 hours
919 Classic Gold* 24 hours
920 The Mix* 24 hours
921 Planet Rock* 24 hours
922 Core* 24 hours
923 Capital Gold* 24 hours
924 XFM* 24 hours
926 BBC World Service* 24 hours
927 BBC Radio Scotland* 24 hours
928 BBC Radio Wales* 24 hours
929 BBC Radio Ulster* 24 hours
930 BBC Asian Network* 24 hours
934 BBC Radio 4 LW* 24 hours
935 Youth FM* 24 hours
937 WRN Europe* 24 hours
938 Premier Radio* 24 hours
939 Heart* NEW! 24 hours
940 UCB Europe NEW! 24 hours
941 Cross Rythmns 24 hours
964 BBC Choice Scotland*NEW! 24 hours
965 BBC Choice Wales* NEW! 24 hours
966 BBC Choice N.Ireland* NEW! 24 hours
970-2 Sky Info Channel 24 hours
974 Playboy TV/Adult Channel 20.00-04.00
977 Television X 22.00-02.00
980 Adult Nightly: Midnight Blue 22.00-04.00
981 Playboy TV/Adult Channel (PPV) 22.00-04.00
997 Retail Info 24 hours
998 Sky Guide Info 24 hours
999 Sky Info Channel 24 hours

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ONDIGITAL
FREE= free to air, all others are free to ondigital only

01 FREE BBC One 24 hours
02 FREE BBC Two 24 hours
03 FREE ITV Channel 3 24 hours
04 FREE Channel 4 (Not Wales) 24 hours
04 FREE S4C (Wales Only) 24 hours
05 FREE Channel 5 24 hours
06 FREE GMTV:2 (All UK) 0600-0925
06 FREE ITV2 (England and Wales) 1600-0200 (WE 0925-0200)
06 FREE S2 (Scotland) 1600-0200 (WE 0925-0200)
06 FREE TV-You (N Ireland) 1600-0200 (WE 0925-0200)
07 FREE BBC Choice 0600-0200
08 FREE Channel 4 (Wales only) 1200-0000
09 FREE Teletext (Press ÔtextÕ to start)
10 FREE BBC Text (Press ÔtextÕ to start)
11 FREE BBC News 24 24 hours
12 FREE BBC Parliament Varies
13 FREE BBC Knowledge 0800-0200
14 FREE FourText (Press ÔtextÕ to start)
15 FREE ntl (not Wales) test transmissions
18 FREE S4C-2 (Wales only) Varies
18 FREE Tele G (Scotland only) 1800-1900
19 FREE Shop! (Not Wales) 24 hours
20 First ONdigital 24 hours
21 Sky Sports 1 0700-0300 (WE 24 hours)
22 Sky Sports 2 0700-0300 (WE 24 hours)
23 Sky Sports 3 1200-0000 (WE 1000-0000)
24 Sky MovieMax 24 hours
25 Sky Premier 24 hours
26 Sky One 24 hours
27 Cartoon Network 24 hours
28 Carlton Cinema 24 hours
28 ONsport 2 Occasionally
29 British Eurosport 0730-0100
30 Granada Plus 0600-0000
31 Granada Breeze 0600-2100
31 Granada Men & Motors 2100-0200
32 UK Gold 24 hours
33 MTV 24 hours
35 Carlton Food Network 0700-0000
36 Discovery Kids 0600-1800
36 Discovery Wings 1800-0000
37 UK Play 24 hours
38 UK Style 0700-0100 (Mon-Wed)
38 UK Horizons 0700-0100 (Thur-Sun)
41 FREE Film4 Preview 0600-1800
41 Film4 1800-0600
43 FREE Simply Money 0700-1000
44 FREE TV Travel Shop NEW 0600-1200 (0600-1000 weekends)
45 ONgames 1 (Press the yellow key to start)
46 FREE ONgames 2 (Press text to start)
47 FREE ONoffer (Press text to start)
48 FREE ITN (0530-0900)
50 FREE Onrequest info 24 hours
51 Onrequest 1 1000-0700
52 Onrequest 2 1200-0600 (1000-0600 weekends)
53 Onrequest 3 (NOT WALES) 24 hours
54 Onrequest 4 0900-0000
55 Onrequest 5 1200-0600 weekends only
90 Adult Channel 0000-0400
91 Television X 0000-0530
99 ONsport 1 varies

 

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