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GET /v1/now
What every channel in a country is showing this minute, with the next programme after it.
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The full schedule in UTC time, what is on now and next, and the same data in your app with one call. Search any past day on the Archive plan.
All times UTC. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_jw83a3xg/schedule?date=2026-10-17&tz=UTC
| Time | Programme | Episode | Category | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23:40 | Joins BBC News | 5h 20m | ||
| 05:00 | Breakfast | 4h | ||
| 09:00 | Saturday Kitchen Live | 1h 30m | ||
| 10:30 | Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking. Series 1 Episode 6 | 30m | ||
| 11:00 | Bargain Hunt. Series 61 : Eccleston 21 | 45m | ||
| 11:45 | The Football Interview. Series 2 Episode 9 | 15m | ||
| 12:00 | BBC London News | 10m | ||
| 12:10 | BBC Weather | 5m | ||
| 12:15 | Money for Nothing. Series 14 Episode 8 | 45m | ||
| 13:00 | Homes Under the Hammer. Series 26 Episode 9 | 1h | ||
| 14:00 | Escape to the Country. Series 25 Episode 33: North Yorkshire | 45m | ||
| 14:45 | Final Score | 1h 25m | ||
| 16:10 | BBC London News | 10m | ||
| 16:20 | BBC London News | 5m | ||
| 16:25 | BBC Weather | 5m | ||
| 16:30 | The Celebrity Inner Circle. Series 2 Episode 6 | 45m | ||
| 17:15 | Strictly Come Dancing. Series 24 Episode 7: Week 4 | 2h 20m | ||
| 19:35 | Wisdom of the Crowd. Series 1 Episode 5 | 45m | ||
| 20:20 | Marble Hall Murders. Series 3 Episode 4 | 50m | ||
| 21:10 | BBC London News | 15m | ||
| 21:25 | BBC Weather | 5m | ||
| 21:30 | Match of the Day | S2027 E13, 17/10/2026 | 1h 10m | |
| 22:40 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Adventure (2019) | 1h 40m |
Copy, add your key, run. The free key reads yesterday and today on every channel, 500 calls a day.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_jw83a3xg/schedule?date=2026-10-17&tz=UTC" # what is on now, and next curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_jw83a3xg/now" # any past day (Archive plan) curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_jw83a3xg/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"
$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_jw83a3xg/schedule?date=2026-10-17&tz=UTC"); curl_setopt_array($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_jw83a3xg/schedule?date=2026-10-17&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_jw83a3xg/schedule", params={"date": "2026-10-17", "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_jw83a3xg/schedule?date=2026-10-17, the first programme { "data": [ { "id": "ls_54xsz0e0", "channel": "ch_jw83a3xg", "start": "2026-10-16T23:40:00Z", "stop": "2026-10-17T05:00:00Z", "title": "Joins BBC News", "sub_title": null, "description": null, "category": [], "flags": { "new": false, "live": false } } ], "meta": { "count": 23, "date": "2026-10-17", "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 |
|---|---|---|
| 23:20 | The Graham Norton Show | Talk-show |
| 00:10 | Weather for the Week Ahead | Weather forecast |
| 00:15 | BBC News | News |
| 27 more programmes that day, on Archive | ||
8 calls cover a channel from its details to its past. Each one opens in the documentation with Try it.
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