How to Watch the Champions League 2026-27 in the United Kingdom

To watch the UEFA Champions League in the UK in 2026-27: TNT Sports holds almost all the live rights — stream it on HBO Max for £30.99/month (or £25.99/month on a 12-month saver). Amazon Prime Video carries one exclusive game every Tuesday night, included with a £8.99/month Prime membership or a £5.99/month Prime Video plan. There is no free live coverage in 2026-27 — even the final is behind a paywall for the first time.

The 2026-27 season is the third and final year of the current UK Champions League cycle (2024-25 to 2026-27), and the live rights are split two ways. TNT Sports holds the lion's share — every match across the league phase and knockout rounds except for one game a week, plus the final. Amazon Prime Video holds a single exclusive package: the pick of the Tuesday night fixtures, one match per matchday, which is shown only on Prime and nowhere else. That split matters in practice. On a Tuesday, the standout fixture is often the Amazon exclusive — so a TNT Sports subscriber who wants that specific game has to add Prime Video, and a Prime-only viewer misses every Wednesday match and most of Tuesday. For full coverage of every Champions League match, you need both TNT Sports (via HBO Max) and Amazon Prime Video. This is also the last season of this arrangement. From 2027-28, the UK Champions League rights move to Paramount+ (the primary package) with Amazon Prime continuing a Tuesday game. So 2026-27 is the final year TNT Sports carries the competition — worth knowing if you are deciding which annual subscription to commit to.

TNT Sports is the main Champions League broadcaster in the UK, and since 26 March 2026 its streaming home is HBO Max (it previously lived on discovery+; existing subscribers were migrated across automatically). Anyone signing up fresh today does so through HBO Max. TNT Sports on HBO Max costs £30.99/month on a contract-free monthly plan, or £25.99/month if you commit to a 12-month saver term. That single subscription also carries the Europa League, the Premier League's Saturday 12:30pm package, and a range of other sport — so for a fan who wants European midweek football plus some Premier League, one HBO Max sports plan covers a lot of ground. TNT Sports is also available through traditional TV providers — it can be added to a Sky, Virgin Media or BT/EE TV package, and as a broadband add-on it is sometimes a few pounds cheaper than the standalone streaming rate. But for streaming-only access, HBO Max is the direct route. It runs on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, Chromecast, smart TVs, games consoles and the web.

Amazon Prime Video carries one exclusive Champions League match per week, on Tuesday nights — typically the highest-profile Tuesday fixture, including matches involving English clubs. This game is not shown on TNT Sports or anywhere else; Prime is the only place to watch it live in the UK. Access comes with any Amazon Prime membership at £8.99/month (which also bundles free delivery, Prime Music and the wider Prime Video catalogue), or as a standalone Prime Video subscription at £5.99/month if you only want the streaming. Amazon usually offers a 30-day free trial for new members, which can cover a couple of Tuesday fixtures at no cost. Because it is just one game a week, Prime Video alone is not a complete Champions League solution — it is the cheap top-up that unlocks the marquee Tuesday match. Many UK fans pair it with a TNT Sports/HBO Max subscription so they never miss a fixture; others take Prime on its own for the occasional big Tuesday night and rely on highlights for the rest.

No. For the first time, there is no free-to-air live Champions League coverage in the United Kingdom in 2026-27 — including the final. For years the BBC or ITV showed the final free under the "listed events" framework, but the current rights cycle made the final a TNT Sports exclusive, and that holds through 2026-27. To watch the final live in Britain you need a TNT Sports subscription via HBO Max. Free highlights are still available. TNT Sports publishes match highlights and clips, and UK broadcasters and the official UEFA channels carry goals and reaction packages after matches. But there is no legal way to watch a full live Champions League match for free in the UK this season. The cheapest legal route to a single big night is therefore Amazon's 30-day Prime free trial (which can cover a Tuesday fixture) or, for a TNT-televised match, a short HBO Max commitment cancelled after the game. There is no day-pass equivalent for Champions League the way NOW offers one for Premier League.

The cheapest way to follow your club through the Champions League depends on which package its fixtures fall into. If you mostly want to follow English clubs through the league phase and knockouts, a single TNT Sports subscription on HBO Max — £30.99/month, or £25.99/month on the 12-month saver — covers the overwhelming majority of matches plus the final. Across the roughly nine months of the competition the saver works out around £230 for the season. If you also want the exclusive Tuesday game (often a marquee fixture), add Amazon Prime Video at £8.99/month, or £5.99/month for Prime Video only. The complete-coverage option — every single Champions League match — is HBO Max plus Prime Video together, roughly £37-40/month. The budget approach: take Prime Video at £5.99/month for the Tuesday exclusives only, watch TNT highlights free, and add a single month of HBO Max around the knockout rounds and final. A fan who plans around the calendar can follow the competition's biggest nights for well under £100 across the season.