Watch UK TV

Watch UK TV channels live online via TV Catchup and iPlayer

What is Watch UK TV?

The 'Watch UK TV' extension for Chrome is a tool designed to provide easy access to UK TV channels live online. It offers a clickable channel list for a quick selection of any of 58 UK freeview channels. Provides access via TV Catchup and BBC iPlayer for channels such as BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel Five, Film 4, Dave etc. Simply click any channel on the popup list to immediately start watching in your browser. Recent updates have been made to adapt to Chrome and iPlayer alterations.

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Extension stats

By: Mike Redrobe

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.05 (42)

Version: 1.29 (Last updated: 2018-01-30)

Creation date: 2018-01-30

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 956.42K

Ranking

# 17647 ▼ 59

Other rankings

#300 in News & Weather ▲ 3 #113 in tv keyword 35 ▲ 5 #161 in watch keyword 24 ▲ 7

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Extension summary

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Watch UK TV channels live online via TV Catchup and BBC iPlayer

Gives you a direct clickable channel list on a single click to watch any of the UK channels

Watch any of 58 UK freeview channels live streamed right in your browser. BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 ,Channel Five Film 4, Dave etc

Popup list of channels, click any channel to immediately watch it in your browser.

v1.1: working again after a Chrome update v1.2: BBC iplayer now requires login, switched to tvcatchup removed forcestv, added spike,5star,quest red, travel channels

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works pretty good - allows watching BBC without needing iplayer login.
Used daily for a few years and generally appreciated.
Good for specific content like F1 on Channel 4.
TV catch-up feature is seen as beneficial.

Cons

Frequently reported as not working or displaying blank boxes.
Many users mention errors when trying to access channels.
Lack of channel icons requires guessing to navigate.
Issues after Chrome updates have rendered the app unusable for some.

Most mentioned

Does not work at all.
Blank box or error pages for every channel.
Used to be good but has deteriorated in functionality.
Requests for fixing the app and adding a list of currently showing programs.

Recent reviews

This app is dead so it should be removed. Just fake. I am now going the remove it. Why are so many apps on Chrome web store fake or useless. In Future I will only use Android, chromeos is rubbish.