The Simpsons
Schedules for the UK & Ireland
November 13th, 2023 edition

Maintained by Wesley Mead

This page provides complete scheduling information for "The Simpsons" in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Schedules are available for Channel 4, Sky Showcase and RTÉ airings. All times are GMT, and all scheduled slot times last 30 minutes. All episodes are subtitled for the hearing impaired.

Click here for USA schedules, and check out my guide to BBFC classification of the show in the UK.



 Latest Update
 November 13th, 2023

Welcome to the November 13th update. Full, updated and finalised schedules for Channel 4, RTÉ2 and Sky Showcase are available below, right up through the start of December, including news on season 31 on Channel 4 and RTÉ. Note also that season 34 is now available on Disney+, including "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII", which Sky have only just premiered. I'll be back on Monday 20th - feel free to e-mail me at wesley@simpsonsarchive.com if you need to contact me in the meantime, and remember you can also always access the latest version of the listings at my own site, too.



Contents:



 Channel 4 & 4seven: Schedule Status & Listings
 13th November to 1st December 2023

SEASON RIGHTS: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31
LISTINGS SOURCE: Channel4.com, Digiguide

Channel 4 have moved their longstanding weekday 6pm slot to 6:30pm - and it's currently home to the terrestrial premiere of season 31. Due to content concerns, "Thankgiving of Horror" and "Highway to Well" get late-night premieres just after midnight on Weds 15th and Thurs 30th, respectively. I recommend perusing Christopher Wickham's assessment of what they might see fit to cut from the run.

There are a few days where episodes are bumped for sports (or episodes of Four in a Bed that have been bumped by sports) - see below for details.

On weekend mornings and lunchtimes on C4, we get season 5 - see the full schedules below for slot times.

Nothing over on 4seven at the moment. Episodes starting between midnight and 5:30am are listed as part of the previous day's schedule, similar to most print TV guides. Note that all episodes that air on Channel 4 are simulcast on Channel 4 HD and can be viewed one hour later on their timeshift service, Channel 4 +1.


MON 13 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Marge the Lumberjill
TUE 14 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Livin' la Pura Vida
WED 15 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
            C4 00:20  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Thanksgiving of Horror
THU 16 NOV  No episodes scheduled
FRI 17 NOV  No episodes scheduled
SAT 18 NOV  C4 09:40  S5   Marge on the Lam
            C4 10:10  S5   $pringfield
            C4 10:40  S5   Homer and Apu
            C4 11:10  S5   Deep Space Homer
SUN 19 NOV  C4 09:00  S5   Lisa vs Malibu Stacey 
MON 20 NOV  No episodes scheduled
TUE 21 NOV  No episodes scheduled
WED 22 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Bobby It's Cold Outside
THU 23 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Hail to the Teeth
FRI 24 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson
SAT 25 NOV  C4 11:50  S5   Bart Gets an Elephant
            C4 12:20  S5   Lisa vs Malibu Stacey
SUN 26 NOV  C4 08:30  S5   Homer Loves Flanders
            C4 09:00  S5   Burns' Heir
            C4 12:40  S5   Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
            C4 13:10  S5   The Boy Who Knew Too Much
MON 27 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Frinkcoin
TUE 28 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Bart the Bad Guy
WED 29 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Screenless
THU 30 NOV  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Better Off Ned
            C4 00:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - Highway to Well
FRI 01 DEC  C4 18:30  S31  *NEW TO C4* - The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 RTÉ2: Schedule Status & Listings
 13th November to 1st December 2023

SEASON RIGHTS: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31
LISTINGS SOURCE: RadioTimes.com, Digiguide

RTÉ2 are currently airing season 19, returning to terrestrial after a while away, in the usual 4:30pm weekday slot. Selections from season 24 and 25 follow, the latter returning after some time with Sky. There are occasional variations, and we also sometimes get a Sunday episode at 5:30pm.

The more exciting news is that the Irish terrestrial premiere of season 31 has begun. For now, however, it's just one episode per week, Fridays at 6pm (in addition to the usual 4:30pm slot).

As usual, some episodes are skipped due to content concerns (or other reasons) - and there's nothing special for Halloween.


MON 13 NOV  16:30  S24  Moonshine River
TUE 14 NOV  16:30  S24  Treehouse of Horror XXIII
WED 15 NOV  16:30  S24  Adventures in Baby-Getting
THU 16 NOV  16:30  S24  Gone Abie Gone
FRI 17 NOV  No episodes scheduled
SAT 18 NOV  No episodes scheduled
SUN 19 NOV  17:30  S24  Black-Eyed, Please
MON 20 NOV  16:30  S25  Homerland
TUE 21 NOV  16:30  S25  Treehouse of Horror XXIV
WED 22 NOV  16:30  S25  Four Regrettings and a Funeral
THU 23 NOV  16:30  S25  YOLO
FRI 24 NOV  16:30  S25  Labour Pains
            18:00  S31  *NEW TO RTÉ* - Go Big or Go Homer
SAT 25 NOV  No episodes scheduled
SUN 26 NOV  No episodes scheduled
MON 27 NOV  16:30  S25  The Kid is All Right
TUE 28 NOV  16:30  S25  Yellow Subterfuge
WED 29 NOV  16:30  S25  White Christmas Blues
THU 30 NOV  16:30  S25  Steal This Episode
FRI 01 DEC  16:30  S25  Married to the Blob
            18:00  S31  *NEW TO RTÉ* - The Fat Blue Line
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Sky Showcase: Schedule Status & Complete Listings
 13th November to 1st December 2023


SEASON RIGHTS: 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35
LISTINGS SOURCE: Digiguide

Sky Showcase can't seem to commit to a regular weekday schedule right now. Following C4's changes, we are currently getting five episodes a weeknight, from 5pm to 6:30pm and then 7pm to 8pm - but from next week, the 6pm slot disappears, and we are back to four a night.

Weekends are even less predictable, but we usually get a decent number of episodes - usually between four and nine a day, spread across the morning, afternoon and evening.

Currently airing: season 27, in two concurrent runs - although actually identifying which slots fall into which run is increasingly a fool's game.. suffice to say, we mostly get two chances to catch each episode. Following that, it's season 7, and then we get our first regular-timeslot run of season 34.

No word yet on season 35, which has kicked off in the US - presumably we're looking at the traditional Christmastime premiere here. As always, some episodes deemed unsuitable for daytime broadcast are skipped, and some episodes don't get a second run depending on Sky's weekend schedule. Note that episodes starting between midnight and 5:30am are listed as part of the previous day's schedule, similar to most print TV guides.


MON 13 NOV  17:00  S27  Lisa with an "S"
            17:30  S27  Puffless
            18:00  S27  Paths of Glory
            19:00  S27  Barthood
            19:30  S27  The Girl Code
TUE 14 NOV  17:00  S27  Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles
            17:30  S27  Friend with Benefit
            18:00  S27  Much Apu About Something
            19:00  S27  Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4
            19:30  S27  Gal of Constant Sorrow
WED 15 NOV  17:30  S27  Lisa with an "S"
            19:00  S27  Lisa the Veterinarian
            19:30  S27  The Marge-ian Chronicles
THU 16 NOV  17:30  S27  Paths of Glory
            19:00  S27  The Burns Cage
            19:30  S27  How Lisa Got Her Marge Back
            20:00  S7   King-Size Homer
            20:30  S7   Mother Simpson
FRI 17 NOV  17:00  S27  Fland Canyon
            17:30  S27  Barthood
            18:00  S27  To Courier with Love
SAT 18 NOV  14:00  S27  The Girl Code
            14:30  S27  Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles
            17:00  S27  Much Apu About Something
            17:30  S27  Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4
SUN 19 NOV  12:30  S7   Lisa the Vegetarian
MON 20 NOV  17:00  S27  Simprovised
            17:30  S27  Orange is the New Yellow
            19:00  S7   Radioactive Man
            19:30  S7   Bart Sells His Soul
TUE 21 NOV  17:00  S7   Home Sweet Home-Diddly-Dum-Doodily
            17:30  S7   Lisa the Vegetarian
            19:00  S7   King-Size Homer
            19:30  S7   Mother Simpson
WED 22 NOV  17:00  S27  Simprovised
            17:30  S27  Orange is the New Yellow
            19:00  S7   Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
            19:30  S7   The Simpsons' 138th Episode Spectacular
THU 23 NOV  17:00  S7   Radioactive Man
            17:30  S7   Bart Sells His Soul
            19:00  S7   Team Homer
            19:30  S7   Two Bad Neighbors
FRI 24 NOV  17:00  S7   Home Sweet Home-Diddly-Dum-Doodily
            17:30  S7   Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
            19:00  S7   Bart the Fink
            19:30  S7   Lisa the Iconoclast
SAT 25 NOV  11:00  S7   Lisa the Vegetarian
            11:30  S7   King-Size Homer
            19:00  S7   Mother Simpson
            19:30  S7   Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
SUN 26 NOV  08:00  S7   The Simpsons' 138th Episode Spectacular
            14:00  S7   Team Homer
            14:30  S7   Two Bad Neighbors
            15:00  S7   Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
            15:30  S7   Bart the Fink
            16:00  S7   Lisa the Iconclast
            19:30  S7   Homer the Smithers
MON 27 NOV  17:00  S7   Homer the Smithers
            17:30  S7   A Fish Called Selma
TUE 28 NOV  17:00  S7   A Fish Called Selma
            17:30  S7   The Day the Violence Died
            19:00  S7   Bart on the Road
            19:30  S7   22 Short Films About Springfield
WED 29 NOV  17:00  S7   The Day the Violence Died
            17:30  S7   Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in:
                          "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"
            19:00  S7   Much Apu About Nothing
            19:30  S7   Homerpalooza
THU 30 NOV  17:00  S7   Bart on the Road
            17:30  S7   Summer of 4 ft. 2
            19:00  S34  Habeas Tortoise
            19:30  S34  One Angry Lisa
FRI 01 DEC  17:00  S7   22 Short Films About Springfield
            17:30  S34  Lisa the Boy Scout
            19:00  S34  The King of Nice
            19:30  S34  Not It
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Additional Notes and Latest UK DVDs
 Updated October 2023

Syndication of listings: You can also find these listings at my own website.

Latest UK DVDs: The Season 19 DVD set is out now! Woo-hoo! You can order it from Amazon.co.uk now.

Disney+ streaming service: The Disney+ streaming service is now available in the UK, and includes seasons 1-34 of The Simpsons (minus "Stark Raving Dad") available to watch whenever you desire.

UK scheduling history: check out my June 2012 piece for Dead Homer Society, "English? Who Needs That?": The Simpsons in the United Kingdom, a 3000-word piece on the show's history, scheduling and ratings over here.

Credit where credit's due: Many thanks to David McCormick, creator of this page and original maintainer; Brian Petersen and Adam Wolf, who contributed HTML; and Christopher Wickham, Zach the Animator, Rocco, Phinbart, Robert Burroughs, Matt Johnson, Ben Clifford, Nathan, and Grace for helping out around these parts - much appreciated.

Contact: Being completely accurate is great, but unfortunately, sometimes unattainable. Changes can occur that are beyond my control; if you spot any such late amendments, note any errors, or have any suggestions or queries regarding the listings, please contact me - details here, e-mail is your best bet for a speedy answer.


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