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All times UTC. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=UTC
| Time | Programme | Episode | Category | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23:05 | Caryl Churchill: OmnibusPortrait of Caryl Churchill, one of Britain's most prolific and versatile playwrights. Featuring extracts from her plays. Contains some strong lang... | 1h 10m | ||
| 00:15 | Shakespeare in Italy1/2. Francesco da Mosto takes to the Italian road in search of Shakespeare. He explores how Shakespeare used Italy to tell his most passionate stor... | S1 E1, Land of Love | 1h | |
| 01:15 | A Stitch in Time3/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. A rare portra... | S1 E3, The Hedge Cutter | 30m | |
| 01:45 | Talking ShakespeareCelia Imrie takes a trip through the BBC's archive for a celebration of the works of Shakespeare, exploring how the Bard's biggest plays have been ... | 1h | ||
| 02:45 | This is BBC FourProgrammes start at 7.00pm. [HD] | 1h 45m | ||
| 04:30 | ..programmes start at 7.00pm | 6h | ||
| 10:30 | ..programmes start at 7.00pm | 6h | ||
| 16:30 | ..programmes start at 7.00pm | 1h 28m | ||
| 17:58 | This is BBC FourProgrammes start at 7.00pm. [HD] | 2m | ||
| 18:00 | New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands1/3. Isolated since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand's wildlife has been left to its own devices. Its forests are stalked by predators from t... | S1 E1, Cast Adrift | 1h | |
| 19:00 | Art of France2/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how art took a dramatic turn after the French Revolution, looking at artists including Jacques-Louis David, Delac... | S1 E2, There Will Be Blood | 1h | |
| 20:00 | Mastermind: 1977Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Keele University. The specialist subjects are Otto von Bismarck, Ernest Hemingway, myths and leg... | 30m | ||
| 20:30 | Call My BluffRobert Robinson hosts as Patrick Campbell, Nerys Hughes and Jonathan Miller take on Frank Muir, Angela Rippon and Peter Brough in the panel game of... | S11 E13, Episode 13 | 30m | |
| 21:00 | The Sky at NightMaggie Aderin explores how dyslexia has affected her life and career by meeting other dyslexic astronomers and discovering their research - from ic... | S2026 E7, Space for Different Perspectives | 30m | |
| 21:30 | Reflecting SkinDocumentary presented by Bonnie Greer on how black people have been represented in western art, from medieval black Madonnas, through the great mas... | 1h | ||
| 22:30 | Leonardo da Vinci: Part Two: Painter-God2/2. Leonardo conducts scientific experiments and paints the most famous portrait on earth. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsett... | S1 E2, Part Two: Painter-God | 1h 40m |
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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=UTC" # what is on now, and next curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/now" # any past day (Archive plan) curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"
$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=UTC"); curl_setopt_array($ch, [ CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("TVG_KEY")], ]); foreach (json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true)["data"] as $slot) { echo $slot["start"], " ", $slot["title"], "\n"; }
const r = await fetch("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=UTC", { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TVG_KEY}` }, }); const { data } = await r.json(); data.forEach(s => console.log(s.start, s.title, s.flags.live ? "LIVE" : ""));
import os, requests r = requests.get( "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/schedule", params={"date": "2026-10-12", "tz": "UTC"}, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TVG_KEY']}"}, ) for slot in r.json()["data"]: print(slot["start"], slot["title"])
// GET /v1/channels/ch_7hw0kja0/schedule?date=2026-10-12, the first programme { "data": [ { "id": "ls_v84v49ef", "channel": "ch_7hw0kja0", "start": "2026-10-11T23:05:00Z", "stop": "2026-10-12T00:15:00Z", "title": "Caryl Churchill: Omnibus", "sub_title": null, "description": "Portrait of Caryl Churchill, one of Britain's most prolific and versatile pla...", "category": [], "flags": { "new": false, "live": false } } ], "meta": { "count": 16, "date": "2026-10-12", "tz": "UTC" } }
What was on, on any date we hold: for research, catch-up, clip finding or proving a broadcast. Any window up to 31 days with /v1/channels/{id}/history on the Archive plan.
| Time | Monday 13 October 2025 | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 23:45 | Munro: Mountain Man | Landscape |
| 00:45 | Strauss: The Waltz King | Biography |
| 01:45 | Around the World in 80 Gardens | Sparetime + hobby |
| 10 more programmes that day, on Archive | ||
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