The Best TV Shows on ITV4

Every ITV4 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of ITV4’s elite series, with our list refreshed for September 2025. Icons of ITV4, CITV Breakfast and The Contender Asia made their debut in 1999 and 2008, setting industry standards. ITV4 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1999 all the way to 2022.

  • Monster Carp
    Monster Carp (2016)8.0

    Series in which carp fishing fanatic Ali Hamidi seeks out giant carp across the world.

  • Junk and Disorderly
    Junk and Disorderly (2019)8.0

    Vintage restorers Henry Cole and his mechanical genius of a best mate Sam Lovegrove are back on the memorabilia merry-go-round, challenging themselves to make money out of buying and selling other people's automotive junk and classic collectibles.

  • The Contender Asia
    The Contender Asia (2008)7.0

    The Contender Asia was a reality-based television series that follows 16 aspiring Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they compete in a series of outdoor challenges and sanctioned matches. The series is a deviation from the original Contender series, which involved boxing. The winner received US$150,000 and bragging rights as "The Contender Champion". The program was hosted by Vice President of World Muay Thai Council and former World Champion Stephen Fox and Jaymee Ong. The second season has been announced on its official website. Production will begin in late September 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 16 fighters vying for the title and a bigger cash prize, which the producers say as "the highest prize money ever to be paid out in the sport of Muay Thai."

  • The Motorbike Show
    The Motorbike Show (2011)7.0

    Presenter, motorcycle adventurer and writer, Henry Cole, takes a look at the world of motorcycling.

  • Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors
    Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors (2011)6.4

    Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors is a 2011 British reality show featuring action star Jean-Claude Van Damme and was being shown on ITV4 in the United Kingdom.

  • Made in Britain
    Made in Britain (2018)6.0

    From the mass produced to the hand crafted, Made in Britain is a behind the scenes look at how Britain's most iconic brands are made.

  • I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks
    I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks (2010)4.2

    The show recounts incredible true stories of some of the greatest prison escapes in history.

  • CITV Breakfast
    CITV Breakfast (1999)N/A

    CITV Breakfast is a British digital television station owned by ITV Breakfast Limited, part of ITV plc. It broadcasts every morning between 06:00 and 09:25. It was originally designed to complement its sister channel GMTV, and offered children's programming every day. On weekdays teleshopping was shown for the first half hour until 6.30am followed by Action Stations! until 9.25am. Weekends changed to pre-school programming, with Wakey! Wakey! airing 06:00 to 09:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. A teleshopping strand was featured on Saturdays and Sundays airing from 09:00-09:25. A repeat of The Sunday Programme was aired at 07:55-08:55 each Sunday from 1999-2008. The station closed down at 09:25, although viewers didn't notice any changeover between GMTV2 and CITV. On 17 March 2008, ITV2 and its one-hour timeshift channel have been broadcasting 24 hours a day, meaning GMTV2 programming moved from ITV2 to ITV4, broadcasting its usual hours. The stand continues to be simulcast on CITV. As of November 2006, a one hour delayed version of GMTV2 had been available on ITV2+1 on Sky and also on Freeview, running from 07:00 to 10:25, however due to the change from ITV2 to ITV4, GMTV2 was available one hour later on ITV4+1 on Sky Channel 180.

  • Isle of Man TT
    Isle of Man TT (2009)N/A

    The world famous Isle of Man road race event with a guide to the circuit, and the riders who will negotiate the mountain circuit of over 37 miles.

  • James Corden's World Cup Live
    James Corden's World Cup Live (2010)N/A

    James Corden's World Cup Live was a comedy chat show hosted by comedian James Corden during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The show was broadcast after every ITV evening match with Abbey Clancy, celebrity guests, a football hero, a studio full of fans, Corden's friends and family, his human World Cup wall chart, and challenges for his celebrity guests, such as 'How Many Peter Jones?', 'Heston Blumen-Cool or Heston Blumem-Fool?' or 'Uru-Guy or Uru-Girl?' and 'Joachim Löw or Joachim No?' . The programme also featured exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in English football, plus regular updates of what was happening in the England players' camp.

  • Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club
    Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club (2010)N/A

    Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club is a British comedy panel show produced by Talkback Thames for ITV4. The programme is presented by Richard Bacon. The programme has aired two series.

  • Sports Mash: Taking the Mic
    Sports Mash: Taking the Mic (2010)N/A

  • Mark Watson Kicks Off
    Mark Watson Kicks Off (2010)N/A

  • Sports Life Stories
    Sports Life Stories (2012)N/A

    Sporting legends speak honestly and candidly about their careers, giving a fascinating insight into the mindset required to reach the very top of their game.

  • The Cycle Show
    The Cycle Show (2012)N/A

    The cycling magazine show with regular presenter Graham Little including special guests and items and features on all aspects of bike riding.

  • The Classic Car Show
    The Classic Car Show (2015)N/A

    Legendary classic car journalist, campaigner and aficionado Quentin Willson teams up with international model and racing driver Jodie Kidd. It’s the perfect partnership, combining humour with heated debate, extensive knowledge with experience – and sharing their mutual passion for four-wheeled icons.

  • The Production Line
    The Production Line (2018)N/A

    Looking at the processes of manufacturing the products we use every day. Discover the processes, and meet the people who work on The Production Line.

  • The Grand Fishing Adventure
    The Grand Fishing Adventure (2022)N/A

    Two close friends, globe-trotting angler Ali Hamidi and ex-pro footballer and avid fisherman Bobby Zamora (England, Spurs, West Ham, Fulham, QPR & Brighton), set off on a fishing bucket list tour around the British Isles 🇬🇧. The boys visit some of Britain’s most iconic and beautiful angling venues while setting themselves tough angling missions along the way.

  • English Football League Highlights
    English Football League Highlights (2022)N/A

    All the highlights, action and talking points from the day's EFL matches

  • EFL Carabao Cup Highlights
    EFL Carabao Cup Highlights (2022)N/A

    Highlights from the annual knockout football competition organised by the Football League.