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{{Short description|British free-to-air television channel}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = ITV3
| logo = ITV3 logo 2022.svg
| logo_size = 235px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2022
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2004|11|1}}
| owner = [[ITV plc]]
| parent = [[ITV Digital Channels]]
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom
| sister_channels = {{hlist|[[ITV1]]|[[ITV2]]|[[ITV4]]|[[ITV Quiz]]}}
| replaced = [[Plus (British TV channel)|Plus]]
| timeshift_service = ITV3 +1
| website = {{URL|www.itv.com}}
| terr_serv_1 = [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 10 (SD)<br />Channel 58 (+1)
| online_serv_1 = [[ITVX]]
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.itv.com/watch?channel=itv3 Watch live] (UK only)
| online_serv_2 = [[Sky Go]]
| online_chan_2 = [https://www.sky.com/watch/sky-go/ Watch live] (UK & Ireland only)
| online_serv_3 = [[Virgin TV|Virgin TV Go]]
| online_chan_3 = [https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com/en/epg/1598 Watch live] (UK only) <br /> [https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com/en/epg/1455 Watch live] (+1) (UK only)
| online_serv_4 = [[Virgin TV (Ireland)|Virgin TV Anywhere]]
| online_chan_4 = [https://www.virginmediatv.ie/en/epg/IESVC1076 Watch live] (Ireland only)
}}

'''ITV3''' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[free-to-air]] [[television]] channel owned by [[ITV Digital Channels]], a division of [[ITV plc]]. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing [[Plus (British TV channel)|Plus]] (previously known as G+). ITV3 is the sixth-largest UK television channel by audience share and the largest after the five main [[Terrestrial television|terrestrial]] services, the position which was previously held by its sister station [[ITV2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/monthly-total-viewing-summary?_s=4 |title=Monthly Total Viewing Summary |publisher=BARB |date=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217063117/http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/monthly-total-viewing-summary?_s=4 |archive-date=17 December 2012 }}</ref> The channel is primarily devoted to repeats of ITV dramas, and including sequential reruns of ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'', ''[[Coronation Street|Classic Coronation Street]]'', ''[[Emmerdale|Classic Emmerdale]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' and ''[[A Touch of Frost]]'', amongst others, as well as formerly showing repeats of ''[[Kojak]]'', ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'' and ''[[The Bill]]'', but occasionally shows popular factual programming and is also used as an overflow location for ITV's sports coverage.

==History==
ITV3 was launched on the terrestrial (Freeview), cable (NTL and Telewest), broadband (HomeChoice) and [[Digital television|digital]] satellite (Sky) on 1 November 2004 at 9:00pm, with the UKTV premiere of Ian Rankin's [[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]]. It is also available on TalkTalk TV [[IPTV]] and Freesat.

ITV3 was originally conceived as 'ITV Gold', when ITV was looking to maximise their multichannel presence due to the growth of digital TV and the Freeview platform, but was faced with lack of space on the Sky platform due to technical limitations and the rights to certain ITV programmes being held by GSkyB, a joint venture run by ITV and Sky which operated a suite of pay TV channels. ITV took full control of [[Granada Sky Broadcasting]], and ceased broadcasting the [[Granada Plus]] channel, thereby allowing ITV3 to take the channel number, bandwidth, and programme rights, meaning all platforms could receive the channel from launch. ITV3 was also the only channel in the ITV brand not to simulcast [[CITV]] breakfast, until ITV launched two channels in 2014, [[ITVBe]] and [[ITV Encore]].

On 10 October 2006, ITV announced to launch a one-hour timeshift service of ITV3, titled ITV3 +1. The channel launched on 30 October 2006 along with ITV2 +1.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/satellite/a37981/timeshifts-planned-for-itv2-itv3/ | title=Timeshifts planned for ITV2, ITV3 | website=[[Digital Spy]] | date=10 October 2006 }}</ref>

The channel had been available from launch on UPC Ireland, but was withdrawn on 22 March 2006. This is believed{{by whom|date=July 2016}} to have been at the request of ITV plc, which had previously barred Irish newspapers from publishing details of ITV channels and regions other than [[UTV (TV channel)|UTV]] and [[Men & Motors]]. The channel had already been (and remains) available to Irish viewers on [[free-to-air]] satellite for some time, however it has not been listed in the [[Sky Ireland|Sky]] [[Electronic program guide|electronic programme guide]] since its removal on 25 January 2006. ITV3 returned to [[Virgin Media Ireland|UPC Ireland]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]] on 4 January 2010.

As Freeview announced plans for a retune on 30 September 2009, ITV3 moved to an alternative [[Multiplex (television)|multiplex]]. Viewers in areas that have completed [[digital television transition|switchover]] who receive their signal from a local [[broadcast relay station|relay transmitter]] not carrying the commercial multiplexes were no longer be able to receive ITV3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/howtoretune/retuning_instructions|title=Digital UK – Retuning instructions|website=www.digitaluk.co.uk|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref> It was moved back on 28 March 2018.

On 1 April 2011, ITV3 was removed from UPC Ireland along with ITV2 and ITV4 due to the expiry of a carriage agreement between UPC and ITV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bad-news-for-fans-of-poirot-upc-is-losing-itv2-3-and-4-113698-Apr2011/|title=Bad news for fans of Poirot: UPC is losing ITV2, 3 and 4|publisher=Business ETC|date=31 March 2011}}</ref> UPC Ireland claim that ITV is not in a position to renegotiate the deal because ITV had struck a deal with another channel provider to provide it with exclusive rights to air certain content from the channels. Conversely, UPC Ireland also claims to have been in discussions right up to the last moment in order to continue broadcasting the channels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.upc.ie/app/answers/detail/a_id/324 |title=ITV2, ITV3, & ITV4 channels are no longer available |publisher=UPC Ireland |date=1 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717112651/http://support.upc.ie/app/answers/detail/a_id/324 |archive-date=17 July 2012 }}</ref> ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 were restored to the UPC Ireland line-up on 20 December 2011. [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]] and its sister channel [[3e]] already hold carriage agreement to air certain ITV content within the Republic of Ireland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theairwaves.net/index.php/cable/4396-gordon |title=UPC lose ITV's digital channels |publisher=TheAirwaves |date=1 April 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906230418/http://www.theairwaves.net/index.php/cable/4396-gordon |archive-date=6 September 2011 }}</ref> alternatively [[UTV (TV channel)|UTV]] is available within the Republic. ITV2 is available along with ITV3 and ITV4 within [[Switzerland]], all three channels are available on [[Swisscom]]TV and [[UPC Cablecom]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upc-cablecom.ch/en/sender.htm?region_change=2&firstclick=true |title=Channels – Television |publisher=UPC Cablecom |access-date=5 May 2013 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311173131/http://www.upc-cablecom.ch/en/sender.htm?region_change=2&firstclick=true |url-status=dead }}</ref> ITV3 is registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alia.lu/en/television/supervisory-activities|title = Supervisory activities|date = 7 November 2021}}</ref><ref>https://www.alia.lu/assets/upload/files/2021-03-17Liste-des-services-de-television-maj-mars-2021_site-ALIA.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

It was announced by ITV on 20 September 2017 that reruns of classic episodes of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' will air twice on weekdays.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a838626/coronation-street-classic-episodes-coming-to-itv3/|title=Coronation Street Classic episodes are coming to ITV 3 Next Month|first=Joe|last=Anderton|date=20 September 2017|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=20 September 2017|newspaper=Digital Spy}}</ref> The repeat run began on 2 October 2017 with the episodes originally broadcast on 15 and 20 January 1986. The episodes air from 2:40&nbsp;pm on weekday afternoons and are repeated at 6:00&nbsp;am the following day (except Friday's episodes, which are repeated on the following Monday).

To mark the 60th Anniversary of ''Coronation Street'' between 7 and 11 December 2020 at 10:00 pm – 11:05&nbsp;pm ITV3 re-aired special episodes of the soap including: ''[[Episode 1 (Coronation Street)]]'', the tenth anniversary episode from December 1970, two episodes from the twentieth anniversary in December 1980, two episodes from the thirtieth anniversary in December 1990, the ''[[Coronation Street Live (2000 episode)]]'' from the fortieth anniversary in December 2000, and the fiftieth-anniversary episode ''[[Coronation Street Live (2010 episode)]]'' which was re-transmitted after a repeat of ''[[The Road to Coronation Street]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a34889532/coronation-street-classic-episodes-airing-this-week/|title=Coronation Street to air more classic episodes this week – including three live editions|first=Dan|last=Seddon|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|access-date=14 March 2021|date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

On 18 April 2022 Easter Monday, at 10:25 am until 2:35 pm. Eight special ''Coronation Street'' episodes featuring [[Ken Barlow]], were shown to mark the upcoming 90th birthday of [[William Roache]]. The episodes shown were ''''Episode 1'' from December 1960, ''Ken and [[Deirdre Barlow|Deirdre]] Tie the Knot'' from July 1981, ''Ken's Affair'' from December 1989, ''Deirdre's Fling'' from January 2003, ''[[Steve McDonald (Coronation Street)|Steve]] and [[Karen McDonald (Coronation Street)|Karen]]'s Wedding Shocker'' from February 2004, ''Ken and Deirdre's Second Wedding'' from April 2005. ''Ken and Deirdre's Holiday'' from August 2014, and '' Deirdre's Death'' from July 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=ITV3 Monday, April 18
|url=https://tv24.co.uk/channel/itv3/2022-04-18|work=TV24|date=18 April 2022|access-date=20 April 2022|archive-date=20 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420002750/https://tv24.co.uk/channel/itv3/2022-04-18|url-status=live}}</ref>

It was announced by ITV on 5 January 2019 that reruns of classic episodes of ''[[Emmerdale]]'' will air twice on weekdays. Two classic episodes were retransmitted between Mondays to Fridays at 1:45&nbsp;pm until 2:40&nbsp;pm from 21 January 2019. They are repeated at 7:00&nbsp;am the following day (except Friday's episodes, which are repeated on the following Monday) The reruns began with episode 1403 (originally shown on 14 November 1989) which was when the title changed from ''Emmerdale Farm'' to ''Emmerdale''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emmerdale classic episodes will start airing on ITV3 later this month|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a25756482/emmerdale-classic-old-episodes-airing-itv3/|last=Warner|first=Sam|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|date=5 January 2019|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>

To mark the 50th Anniversary of ''Emmerdale'' between 17 and 21 October 2022 at 10:00 pm – 12:05&nbsp;am ITV3 re-aired special episodes of the soap including: ''Episode 1'' from October 1972, ''The Train Crash'' resulting in the deaths of the Skilbeck twins from January 1976, The two episodes of ''The Mine Explosion'' from March 1978, ''[[Pat Sugden]] is killed in a car crash'' from August 1986. ''The Crossgill Fire'' and aftermath of [[Annie Sugden]]'s rescue from May 1988. ''[[Emmerdale plane crash|The Plane Crash]]'' episodes from December 1993. ''[[Biff Fowler|Biff]] and [[Linda Fowler]]'s Wedding'' and the following episode resulting in ''The Death of [[Dave Glover]]'' from December 1996. ''The New Year Storm'' resulting in [[The Woolpack]] collapsing on Tricia Dingle from January 2004, [[Zoe Tate]]'s exit and Home Farm is blown up from September 2005. ''[[Emmerdale Live|The 40th Anniversary Live Episode]]'' from October 2012. Ending with the episodes ''[[Debbie Dingle|Debbie]] and [[Pete Barton]]'s Wedding'', ''The Helicopter Crash'' and ''Death of [[Val Pollard]]'' from August 2015.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1579820541044670465|title=Itv3 will air night time classic Emmerdale next week alongside its usual afternoon slot. This is basically a "best of" type thing to celebrate the 50th anniversary week|user=TV Gold Radio|date=11 October 2022|accessdate=16 January 2023}}</ref>

On 19 September 2022, ITV3 and other ITV digital channels simulcast ITV's coverage of the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Westminster Abbey]]. ITV3 subsequently simulcast ITV1's airing of the [[Royal Christmas Message|King's Speech]] and the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla]] on 25 December 2022 & 6 May 2023 respectively in sign language.

On 7 October 2022, the ITV3 Facebook account was replaced by a new ITVX Facebook page.

==Crime Thriller Awards==
The [[Crime Thriller Awards|ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards]] were first held on 3 October 2008, and were broadcast on ITV3 three days later. ITV3 controller Emma Tennant devised the awards to "cement ITV3's reputation as the home of great storytelling and, in particular, great crime thrillers".<ref>{{cite news|author= West, Dave|title= ITV3 plans crime drama awards, season|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a95210/itv3-plans-crime-drama-awards-season.html|work= [[Digital Spy]]|date= 3 May 2008|access-date= 7 October 2008}}</ref> In 2009, the awards were merged with the [[Crime Writers' Association]] Daggers.

==Subsidiary channels==
===ITV3 +1===
[[File:ITV3 +1 logo 2022.svg|thumb|Third +1 logo used since 15 November 2022]]

ITV launched a one-hour [[timeshift channel]] of ITV3 on Monday 30 October 2006, it was allocated channel number 213. The channel number was moved a few years later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shelley|first=Darren|title=Timeshifts planned for ITV2, ITV3|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a37981/timeshifts-planned-for-itv2-itv3.html|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=29 September 2013|date=10 October 2006}}</ref> ITV2 +1 was launched on the same day.<ref>{{cite web|last= Oatts|first=Joanne |title=Updated: ITV launches +1 channels|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a38625/itv-launches-1-channels.html|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=29 September 2013|date=25 October 2006}}</ref>

This channel is often unable to broadcast certain programmes "for legal reasons", but the programme in question might still be listed on the [[EPG]]. The channel launched on Freeview on 15 October 2013 using downtime from ITV-owned shopping channel [[The Store (TV channel)|The Store]]. Initially on Freeview, ITV3 +1 broadcast from 1am till 6am – these hours were extended and brought forward in February 2014, now airing from 6pm till midnight in the higher EPG slot of channel 34. On 25 August 2015, ITV3 +1 extended its hours on Freeview to 6pm till 6am and then in March 2016 it went back to closing at midnight. On 26 September 2018. To coincide with CITV broadcasting until 9pm on Freeview. ITV3 +1 started to broadcast on Freeview from 9pm - 12am. In 2020. To coincide the launch of new channel Merit, ITV3 +1 moved to channel 58 on Freeview swapping with [[ITVBe]] +1 which moved to channel 97. Since 30 November 2023, ITV3 +1 cut broadcasting hours to 2 hours each night from 4am - 6am, after ITV cleared a Freeview slot.<ref>{{cite web|last= Thornham|first= Marc |title= ITV makes surprise Freeview change|url= https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/itv-makes-surprise-freeview-change/
|publisher=RXTV Info|access-date=2 December 2023|date=30 November 2023}}</ref>

===ITV3 HD===
[[File:ITV3 HD logo 2022.svg|thumb|Third HD logo used since 15 November 2022]]

A [[High-definition television|high-definition]] [[simulcast]] of ITV3, '''ITV3 HD''', was launched on 15 November 2010 alongside the sister channel, ITV4 HD on Sky.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itvplc.com/media/news/itv-2010-interim-results|title=ITV plc 2010 Interim Results & Sky deal|publisher=ITV plc|date=3 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712130553/http://www.itvplc.com/media/news/itv-2010-interim-results|archive-date=12 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a287927/itv3-hd-and-itv4-hd-go-live-on-sky.html|title=ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD go live on Sky|work=Digital Spy|date=15 November 2010}}</ref> The channel was initially available through Sky's [[Pay television|pay subscription]] service in a non-exclusive deal,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/mar/02/itv-programme-making-talent|title=ITV earmarks £12m to hire new talent to break international hit drought|work=The Guardian|date=2 March 2011 | location=London | first=Mark | last=Sweney}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/aug/03/itv-unveils-pay-tv-push|title=ITV unveils pay-TV push|last=Sweney|first=Mark|date=3 August 2010|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London}}</ref> before being added to [[Virgin Media]]'s service on 14 March 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://about.virginmedia.com/press-release/9306/virgin-media-introduces-hdelightful-itv-channels |title=Virgin Media introduces HDelightful ITV channels |publisher=Virgin Media |date=14 March 2013 |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927150231/http://about.virginmedia.com/press-release/9306/virgin-media-introduces-hdelightful-itv-channels |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ITV3 HD offers most of the ITV3 catalogue of recent drama in high definition, including ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' and ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' and factual series such as ''Joanna Lumley's Nile'' and ''Martin Clunes' Islands of Britain''.

On 1 November 2022, in the lead up to the launch of ITVX and as part of the 18th anniversary of ITV3 and 17th anniversary of ITV4, the encryption was dropped on ITV3 HD at around 11 am that day and so became free to air.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/itv2-3-and-4-hd-to-go-free-to-air|title=ITV2, 3 and 4 HD go free-to-air|date=1 November 2022|access-date=2 November 2022}}</ref> Later that day, [[Freesat]] data had been added to ITV3 HD, indicating that the channel will be made available on Freesat soon. On 8 November 2022 the HD version replaced the SD version on Freesat channel 115.

==Branding==

===2013 rebranding===

In line with the corporate rebranding of ITV, ITV3 received a new look on 14 January 2013. The channel was described as the "keeper of ITV's treasured and timeless drama", with a new "midnight blue" logo and idents that feature stories told in shadow-puppet style animation inside glass bell jars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a438502/itv1-to-become-itv-in-major-corporate-rebrand.html|title=ITV1 to become 'ITV' in major corporate rebrand|last=Laughlin|first=Andrew|publisher=Digital Spy|date=16 November 2012|access-date=9 December 2012}}</ref>

=== 2022 rebranding ===
In line with the launch of the streaming service [[ITVX]], ITV3 received another new look on 15 November 2022. The logo is now coloured purple and uses idents that are cross-used across ITV1, ITV2, ITV4, and ITVBe with different views which reflect the channel's image and programming output.

==Viewership and programming==

The channel is mainly aimed at the over-35 audience, and its output consists of reruns of older ITV drama series, soap operas and sitcoms. The channel also broadcasts documentaries including programmes from [[Martin Clunes]], [[Paul O'Grady]] and Food Travel show, World Kitchen. Between 2008 and 2012 in the daytime. ITV3 broadcast repeats of reality programmes which were originally broadcast on [[ITV1]]. The channel broadcast [[...Cooks!|Daily Cooks Challenge]] in the afternoons between 2008-2012. In 2012, ITV3 broadcast both [[Countrywise]] and Countrywise Kitchen but it was only in January and April.

During the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]], ITV3 broadcast some of the matches while ITV1 and ITV4 were showing live European football matches which were being played at the same time and in the days when [[ITV4]] was an evenings-only service, ITV3 broadcast live weekend coverage of the [[Tour de France]] as well as the [[British Touring Car Championship]], and more recently, the [[ITV Racing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/itv3/posts/1500525653323055 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/147402801968687/1500525653323055 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=ITV3|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=16 June 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2021, ITV3 broadcast the [[French Open|French Open Tennis]] while ITV4 shown [[British Touring Car Championship]] and while ITV4 shows EFL Highlights. ITV3 broadcasts some of ITV’s [[Snooker]] and [[Darts]] coverage.

===Current programming===
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* ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]''
* ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
* ''[[An Audience with...]]''
* ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''
* ''[[The Bay (TV series)|The Bay]]''
* ''[[Beecham House]]'' 
* ''[[Blue Murder (British TV series)|Blue Murder]]''
* ''[[Coronation Street|Classic Coronation Street]]''
* ''[[Emmerdale|Classic Emmerdale]]''
* ''[[Cracker (British TV series)|Cracker]]''
* ''[[The Darling Buds of May (TV series)|The Darling Buds of May]]''
* ''[[DCI Banks]]''
* ''[[Doc Martin]]''
* ''[[Downton Abbey]]''
* ''[[The Durrells]]''
* ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Omnibus]]''
* ''[[Endeavour (TV series)|Endeavour]]''
* ''[[Foyle's War]]''
* ''[[George and Mildred]]''
* ''[[The Good Karma Hospital]]''
* ''[[Grantchester (TV series)|Grantchester]]''
* ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''
* ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
* ''[[Inspector Wexford]]''
* ''[[ITV Racing]]''
* ''[[Kate & Koji]]''
* ''[[Ladies of Letters]]''
* ''[[The Larkins (2021 TV series)|The Larkins]]''
* ''[[Law & Order UK]]''
* ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''
* ''[[Little Boy Blue (TV series)|Little Boy Blue]]''
* ''[[The Loch (TV series)|The Loch]]''
* ''[[Long Lost Family (British TV series)|Long Lost Family]]''
* ''[[Love Your Garden]]''
* ''[[Man About the House]]''
* ''[[Maigret (1992 TV series)|Maigret]]''
* ''[[Marcella (TV series)|Marcella]]''
* ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
* ''[[Mr. Bean|Mr. Bean:]]''
* ''[[Never the Twain]]''
* ''[[On the Buses]]'' (Series 3–7 only)
* ''[[Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans]]''
* ''[[Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs]]''
* ''[[Prime Suspect]]''
* ''[[Rising Damp]]''
* ''[[Road to Avonlea]]''
* ''[[Rosemary & Thyme]]''
* ''[[The Royal]]''
* ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]''
* ''[[Scott & Bailey]]''
* ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]''
* ''[[Tonight at the London Palladium|Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]''
* ''[[Tonight at the London Palladium]]''
* ''[[A Touch of Frost]]''
* ''[[Trial & Retribution]]'' 
* ''[[Unforgotten (TV series)|Unforgotten]]''
* ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''
* ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
* ''[[Victoria (British TV series)|Victoria]]''
* ''[[Where the Heart Is (British TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]'' 
* ''[[Wild at Heart (British TV series)|Wild at Heart]]''
* ''[[Wire in the Blood]]''
* ''[[Wycliffe (TV series)|Wycliffe]]''
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===Former programming===
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* ''[[The Bill]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[Born and Bred]]'' 
* ''[[Cadfael (TV series)|Cadfael]]'' (now on [[ITV4]])
* ''[[Case Sensitive (TV series)|Case Sensitive]]''
* ''[[Clocking Off]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[Columbo]]'' (now on [[5USA]])
* ''[[Countrywise]]''
* ''[[Daily Cooks Challenge]]''
* ''Dancing On Ice Live Tour 2012''
* ''[[Dempsey and Makepeace]]'' (now on [[ITV4]])
* ''[[Dickinson's Real Deal]]''
* ''[[Dragnet (franchise)#2003 series: L.A. Dragnet|Dragnet]]''
* ''Drama Trails''
* ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]''
* ''[[Due South]]'' (now on [[Great! TV]])
* ''[[Duty Free (TV series)|Duty Free]]''
* ''Film File''
* ''[[French Fields]]'' 
* ''[[Fresh Fields]]''  
* ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' 
* ''Grandma Jane's Garden Adventures'' (now on [[ITV4]])
* ''[[Hamish Macbeth (TV series)|Hamish Macbeth]]''
* ''[[Home to Roost]]''
* ''[[Hornblower (TV series)|Hornblower]]'' (now on [[ITV4]]) 
* ''[[The House of Eliott]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]''
* ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]'' (now on [[ITV4]])
* ''[[Kate Garraway's Life Stories|Kate Garraway's Life Stories (Formerly Piers Morgan’s Life Stories)]]''
* ''[[Kojak]]'' (now on [[ITV4]])
* ''[[The Lakes (TV series)|The Lakes]]''
* ''[[Liverpool 1 (TV series)|Liverpool 1]]''
* ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[May the Best House Win]]''
* ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]]) 
* ''Movies Now''
* ''[[Murder in Suburbia]]''
* ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' (now on [[Great! TV]])
* ''[[Only When I Laugh (TV series)|Only When I Laugh]]'' (now on [[ITV4]]) 
* ''[[Peak Practice]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[P. D. James]]''
* ''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series)|Pie in the Sky]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[The Practice]]''
* ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
* ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''
* ''[[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]] and [[Alibi (TV channel)|Alibi]])
* ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' (now on [[ITV4]])
* ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[Second Thoughts (TV series)|Second Thoughts]]''
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (now on [[ITV4]]) 
* ''[[Taggart]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' (now on [[Sky Arts]])
* ''[[Terry and June]]''
* ''[[The South Bank Show]]''
* ''[[The Two Ronnies]]''  
* ''[[Whitechapel (TV series)|Whitechapel]]'' (now on [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]])
* ''World Kitchen''
{{div col end}}

==Most watched programmes==
The following is a list of the ten most watched broadcasts on ITV3 since launch, based on Live +7 data supplied by [[BARB]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/ |title=Weekly Top 10 Programmes |publisher=Barb.co.uk |date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Programme!! Number of Viewers !! Date
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1 || ''[[Foyle's War]]'' || 1,710,000 || 23 March 2013
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2 || rowspan="2" | ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' || 1,504,000 || 14 July 2012
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|3 || 1,486,000 || 16 July 2012
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4 || rowspan="2" | ''Foyle's War'' || 1,473,000 || 14 January 2012
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5 || 1,467,000 || 21 January 2012
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|6 || ''Lewis'' || 1,429,000 || 1 July 2012
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7 || rowspan="2" | ''[[Midsomer Murders]] '' || 1,425,000 || 4 July 2014
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8 || 1,414,000 || 8 January 2011
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|9 || rowspan="2" | ''Foyle's War'' ||  1,405,000 || 4 February 2012
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10 || 1,346,000 || 13 February 2011
|-
|}

==Former logos==
<gallery>
File:ITV3logo2004.svg|First logo used from 1 November 2004 to 15 January 2006
File:ITV3.svg|Second logo used from 16 January 2006 to 13 January 2013
File:ITV3 logo 2013.svg|Third logo used from 14 January 2013 to 14 November 2022
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{itv.com|id=itv3|title=ITV3}}

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