Roku Just Added 5 Free Channels With British Favourites

Roku has just added five more free, ad-supported TV channels to its UK platform – and the new batch includes some recognisable British shows.

The new channels come from ITV Studios. If you’re not familiar with FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channels, the short version is: they work like traditional TV channels, but delivered over the internet.

They’re always on, built around specific themes or shows, and free to watch – in exchange for sitting through adverts. Think Pluto TV or Samsung TV Plus, but built into your Roku device.

A Quick Recap

Roku launched its FAST channel offering in the UK back in October 2025, bringing over 40 channels to all its streaming sticks and Roku TVs at once.

The content was – as we noted at the time – very much classic FAST channel territory: older American programming, reality TV, nature documentaries, and niche genres. Free, perfectly watchable, but not exactly must-see television.

The new additions, available now, push things in a more local direction, though again, don’t expect any TV blockbusters.

The New Channels

The Graham Norton Show – Back-to-back episodes of the BAFTA-winning chat show, featuring Norton’s famous red sofa and the parade of A-listers that come with it.

You might be wondering what a BBC show is doing arriving via ITV Studios – the answer is that while The Graham Norton Show airs on BBC One, it’s produced by So Television, a production company that ITV Studios owns.

That means ITV Studios controls the back catalogue and can license it to FAST platforms. It’s already been available as a FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus, so this isn’t a first.

Hell’s Kitchen – Gordon Ramsay‘s culinary boot camp, in which aspiring chefs are subjected to his particular brand of encouragement.

At this point, Ramsay has a dedicated channel on what feels like every streaming platform in existence. It’s only a matter of time before he turns up on your smart fridge, screaming that your leftovers are raw.

Hotel Inspector – Alex Polizzi tackles Britain’s worst-run hotels and B&Bs, dealing with dodgy décor, questionable hygiene standards, and the occasional family meltdown along the way.

River Monsters – Jeremy Wade travels the world tracking down the largest and most dangerous freshwater creatures on the planet. If you’ve never seen it, it’s considerably more gripping (or scary) than the premise makes it sound.

British Screen Classics – A film channel pulling from a range of genres including comedy, horror, war, drama, and romance.

The name does a lot of heavy lifting here – “classics” in the FAST world tends to mean older films you’ve never heard of. Still, a mixed bag of British cinema is hard to argue with if it’s free.

Today, for example, you can find films such as “Floodtide”, “The Hornet’s Nest”, and something called “Pink String and Sealing Wax”. All kidding aside – nostalgia fans are in for a treat.

These five join the existing lineup of 40-plus channels that launched last October, which includes PGA TOUR, Unsolved Mysteries, The Carol Burnett Show, The Bold and the Beautiful, and various others.

How to Watch

The new channels – like all of Roku’s FAST content – are available through The Roku Channel and the Live TV Zone. How you access them depends on your device.

On Roku TVs, the Live TV section combines the new Roku channels with Freeview thumbnails (assuming you have an aerial connected), giving you a single browsing experience across both.

Selecting a Roku channel opens The Roku Channel app, where a full EPG shows what’s on now and what’s coming up.

On Roku streaming sticks, the Live TV Zone only shows Roku’s own FAST channels – there’s no integration with BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4, or any other UK streaming service.

That remains a missed opportunity compared to Amazon’s Fire TV, which has had a unified live TV guide combining UK broadcaster streams since early 2025.

For now, if you want to switch between Roku’s FAST channels and your usual broadcaster streaming apps, you’ll still need to do that manually.

Roku’s Current UK Lineup

Roku sells three streaming devices in the UK: the entry-level Streaming Stick (HD) for £29.99, the Streaming Stick Plus with 4K support for £39.99, and the premium Streaming Stick 4K with Dolby Vision for £49.99.

All three support the full FAST channel lineup, as do Roku’s range of smart TVs from partners including Hisense, JVC, and TCL.

• Get Roku Streaming Stick HD on Amazon
• Get Roku Streaming Stick Plus on Amazon
• Get Roku Streaming Stick 4K on Amazon

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