Major Freeview shake-up sees THREE new channels with classic TV sitcoms & movies – but there are some closures too

FREEVIEW has undergone a caller shake-up that sees the accomplishment of immoderate caller channels - and the disappearance of others.

And the biggest of the clump is simply a Brit nostalgia channel, Rewind TV, which has been exclusive to Sky up until now.

Rewind TV burst onto the airwaves successful May but from this week it's disposable for escaped connected Freeview.

It broadcasts a fig of aged favourites, including Drop The Dead Donkey, GlobeLink News, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Worzel Gummidge Down Under, and A Fine Romance, starring Judi Dench and her precocious hubby Michael.

Here are immoderate much classics you tin expect to spot connected the channel:

• Return of The Saint
• Department S
• Whicker’s World
• That's My Dog
• Surgical Spirit
• The Cuckoo Waltz
• Dick Turpin
• Huckleberry Finn and His Friends

Rewind TV tin beryllium recovered connected Freeview transmission fig 95.

Meanwhile, connected fig 96 you'll present find Christian transmission SonLife.

And that's not each - there's a escaped movie transmission too.

Wedotv movies tin beryllium accessed via transmission 275.

But this is simply a streamed transmission truthful you'll request to person an internet-connected Freeview TV oregon container to entree it.

Sadly, immoderate channels person besides disappeared successful the latest overhaul.

Real-life play and stories transmission GREAT! Real precocious closed, truthful it has disappeared from the TV usher presumption 61.

Mech+ connected 276 has besides gone.

There are immoderate changes to existing channels arsenic well, including GREAT! Romance.

It has temporarily been replaced with GREAT! Christmas.

The Christmas-themed offering landed connected September 5 and has already divided opinion, with immoderate viewers saying it's excessively early.

"Hold connected we haven’t passed Halloween yet for Christmas," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X.

But others were much welcoming of the channel, saying:" The evident reply is if you deliberation it's excessively aboriginal don't watch, simples!"

GREAT! Christmas tin beryllium recovered connected transmission fig 52.

Elsewhere, That's Rock MCR has rebranded to That's Fabulous connected fig 78.

"You volition request to retune to update your TV and support your channels and TV Guide up to date," Freeview warned.