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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_fgsk6qv1/schedule?date=2026-10-18&tz=UTC
| Time | Programme | Episode | Category | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23:00 | BFBS BeatsGet your weekend well and truly underway with a playlist that is guaranteed to get you dancing! | 4h | ||
| 03:00 | Ops BreakfastGood morning from Ops! E-mail: [email protected] | 3h | ||
| 06:00 | Sunday BreakfastMusic, sport, and entertainment to get you ready for the weekend. | 3h | ||
| 09:00 | Forces LifeThe show that lets you know what Forces Life is all about. | 3h | ||
| 12:00 | Kam KellyKam Kelly is here with great tunes, the Film of the Week, Showbites from the world of showbiz and Web Mash's trending stories from social media! | 4h | ||
| 16:00 | The BFBS ChartThe week's biggest songs compiled from the ones we're playing across the Forces world and the tunes you're downloading. | 2h | ||
| 18:00 | Dance Through The DecadesJoin Rachael Price as she takes you on a rollercoaster of musical eras with dance hits, '80s, '90s, disco, house, garage, trance and TikTok trends! | 3h | ||
| 21:00 | BFBS EdgePlaying the best new rock and indie music, plus some absolute classics to blow the ears and the mind! | 2h | ||
| 23:00 | BFBS EdgePlaying the best new rock and indie music, plus some absolute classics to blow the ears and the mind! | 1h |
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_fgsk6qv1/schedule?date=2026-10-18&tz=UTC" # what is on now, and next curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fgsk6qv1/now" # any past day (Archive plan) curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fgsk6qv1/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"
$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_fgsk6qv1/schedule?date=2026-10-18&tz=UTC"); curl_setopt_array($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_fgsk6qv1/schedule?date=2026-10-18&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_fgsk6qv1/schedule", params={"date": "2026-10-18", "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_fgsk6qv1/schedule?date=2026-10-18, the first programme { "data": [ { "id": "ls_jhxjqj21", "channel": "ch_fgsk6qv1", "start": "2026-10-17T23:00:00Z", "stop": "2026-10-18T03:00:00Z", "title": "BFBS Beats", "sub_title": null, "description": "Get your weekend well and truly underway with a playlist that is guaranteed t...", "category": [], "flags": { "new": false, "live": false } } ], "meta": { "count": 9, "date": "2026-10-18", "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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing held for that day. Try another date. | ||
8 calls cover a channel from its details to its past. Each one opens in the documentation with Try it.
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