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November 2nd, 2026 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, E4 and RTÉ airings. All times are GMT. 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 2nd 2026


Welcome to the November 2nd update. Full schedules for Disney+, Channel 4, E4 and RTÉ2 are available below, through mid-November.

The headlines: in case you missed it, Sky One are no longer airing The Simpsons. The writing's arguably been on the wall since Sky lost the premiere rights to Disney+ and E4, but this still feels seismic. Click through to read my mini-obituary; I'll be following up later in the year with a thorough post-mortem of Sky's 36-year broadcasting relationship with the show.

Over on Disney+, season 38 continues. They have begun releasing the new run in the UK & Ireland on Mondays, with the first four episodes available right now. More details below. Additionally, Channel 4, E4 and RTÉ keep us occupied with repeats.

I'll be back with another update on Monday 9th. 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, as well as historical entries back to Christmas 2021, at my own site, too.



Contents:



 Disney+: Schedule Status & Listings
 2nd to 20th November 2026

SEASON RIGHTS: S1-S36
LISTINGS SOURCE: Disney+

Disney+ is home to new episodes of The Simpsons in the UK and Ireland.

Great news: season 38 has begun, with the first three episodes of the new run available now on Disney+! A new episode is added each Monday - see the next couple of scheduled episodes below. This is a similar turnaround to last year - my guess is we get fairly steady weekly episodes through the end of the year, staying a week or two behind the US.

Alongside the new episodes, seasons 1 to 37 and the six exclusive specials remain available on the service, also.


AVAILABLE NOW  S1-S37 in full, excluding "Stark Raving Dad"
AVAILABLE NOW  Exclusive Specials: 
                 O C'mon All Ye Faithful, The Past and the Furious, Yellow Planet,
                 Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition, Simpsley, Yellow Mirror
AVAILABLE NOW  S38  *NEW* - The Children's Book Job
AVAILABLE NOW  S38  *NEW* - Diary of a Chimpy Kid
AVAILABLE NOW  S38  *NEW* - Treehouse of Horror Presents: The Revengening
MON 02 NOV     S38  *NEW* - Treehouse of Horror XXXVII
MON 09 NOV     S38  *NEW* - Testing 1-2-3
MON 16 NOV     S38  *NEW* - The Kosmic Kruiser
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Channel 4 & E4: Schedule Status & Listings
 2nd to 20th November 2026

SEASON RIGHTS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36
LISTINGS SOURCE: Channel4.com, Digiguide

Weekdays on E4 are now home to quadruple-bills from noon to 2pm and four, five or six episodes between 5pm and 8pm - with occasional overnight spots too. The 5pm-to-7pm block (sometimes 5pm-to-6:30pm, with one episode in the early hours) is home to part of season 33 before they switch to 19, then 24, then 13 and then 25. That block of four episodes is then repeated a week later in the noon-to-2pm block (with some exceptions for episodes E4 don't deem suitable for daytime broadcast and/or episodes that found their way to a random late-night repeat beforehand - these are backfilled with season 36). Additionally, there are season 8 (then 12) episodes at 7pm on Thursday and Friday, with a good number of late night repeats and randoms (including some more season 8) thrown in for good measure too.

As for the weekends - they're pretty rammed too! Specifics vary significantly from week to week, but you can count on a good number of broadcasts - five-plus a day, sometimes significantly more; currently heavy on seasons 4, 8 and 12. Full details are below.

No word yet on whether Sky no longer broadcasting the show will lead to additional rights returning immediately to E4 and C4; my guess is some older seasons show up quickly, but that seasons 34 and 35 will play out on the original schedule (early 2027 and 2028 respectively) to abide by the linear exclusivity period guarantee of Sky's legacy deals. We should get seasons 34 and 37 early in 2027, and I'll keep an eye on whether we get any other seasons that are currently with Sky beforehand..

The show also remains on Channel 4 during weekend daytimes, with the usual selection of episodes on Saturday and Sunday mornings. There's a number of overnight slots there, too - repeats of the previous day's daytime slots, and through the next couple weeks, a good, solid number of episodes they don't deem suitable for daytime broadcast also - occasionally bleeding right through to the early morning. They're currently mostly airing selections from a variety of seasons, with an emphasis on seasons 1 and 6, but there's plenty of other stuff in there too.

Episodes starting between midnight and 5am are listed as part of the previous day's schedule, similar to most print TV guides. Note that all episodes are simulcast on Channel 4 HD or E4 HD and can be viewed one hour later on their timeshift services, Channel 4 +1 and E4 +1.


MON 02 NOV  C4 05:15  S19  Homer of Seville
            E4 12:00  S33  The Star of the Backstage
            E4 12:30  S33  Bart's in Jail!
            E4 13:00  S36  Women in Shorts
            E4 13:30  S36  TOH Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes
            E4 17:00  S19  The Debarted
            E4 17:30  S19  Dial "N" for Nerder
            E4 18:00  S19  Papa Don't Leech
            E4 18:30  S19  Apocalypse Cow
            E4 04:45  S8   Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment
TUE 03 NOV  E4 05:10  S36  Women in Shorts
            E4 05:35  S36  TOH Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes
            E4 12:00  S33  The Wayz We Were
            E4 12:30  S33  Lisa's Belly
            E4 13:00  S33  Portrait of a Lackey on Fire
            E4 13:30  S33  Mothers and Other Strangers
            E4 17:00  S19  Any Given Sundance
            E4 17:30  S19  Mona Leaves-a
            E4 18:00  S19  All About Lisa
            E4 18:30  S24  Moonshine River
            E4 04:40  S8   Grade School Confidential
WED 04 NOV  E4 05:05  S8   The Canine Mutiny
            E4 12:00  S19  He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
            E4 12:30  S19  Homer of Seville
            E4 13:00  S19  Midnight Towboy
            E4 13:30  S19  I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
            E4 17:00  S24  Gone Abie Gone
            E4 17:30  S24  Penny-Wiseguys
            E4 18:00  S24  Treehouse of Horror XXIII
            E4 18:30  S24  Adventures in Baby-Getting
            E4 03:05  S24  Treehouse of Horror XXIII
            E4 03:30  S24  Adventures in Baby-Getting
THU 05 NOV  E4 12:00  S19  Little Orphan Millie
            E4 12:30  S19  Husbands and Knives
            E4 13:00  S19  Funeral for a Fiend
            E4 13:30  S36  Convenience Airways
            E4 17:00  S24  A Tree Grows in Springfield
            E4 17:30  S24  The Day the Earth Stood Cool
            E4 18:00  S24  To Cur, with Love
            E4 18:30  S24  Homer Goes to Prep School
            E4 19:00  S8   The Old Man and the Lisa
            E4 04:30  S8   In Marge We Trust
            E4 04:55  S36  Convenience Airways
FRI 06 NOV  E4 12:00  S19  Midnight Towboy
            E4 12:30  S19  E Pluribus Wiggum
            E4 13:00  S19  That 90s Show
            E4 13:30  S19  Love, Springfieldian Style
            E4 17:00  S24  A Test Before Trying
            E4 17:30  S24  The Changing of the Guardian
            E4 18:00  S24  Love is a Many-Splintered Thing
            E4 18:30  S24  Hardly Kirk-ing
            E4 19:00  S8   Homer's Enemy
            E4 04:50  S8   The Simpsons' Spin-Off Showcase
SAT 07 NOV  C4 10:35  S7   Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
            C4 11:05  S6   Itchy and Scratchy Land
            C4 11:35  S6   Sideshow Bob Roberts
            C4 12:05  S6   Bart's Girlfriend
            E4 12:25  S8   Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment
            E4 12:55  S8   Grade School Confidential
            E4 13:25  S8   The Canine Mutiny
            E4 13:55  S8   The Old Man and the Lisa
            E4 14:39  S8   In Marge We Trust
            E4 15:00  S4   Kamp Krusty
            E4 15:30  S4   A Streetcar Named Marge
            C4 04:30  S7   Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
            C4 04:55  S6   Itchy and Scratchy Land
SUN 08 NOV  C4 05:20  S6   Sideshow Bob Roberts
            C4 05:45  S6   Bart's Girlfriend
            C4 13:00  S1   There's No Disgrace Like Home
            C4 13:30  S1   Bart the General
            E4 14:30  S4   Homer the Heretic
            E4 15:00  S4   Lisa the Beauty Queen
            E4 15:30  S4   Treehouse of Horror III
            E4 16:00  S4   Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie
            E4 16:30  S4   Marge Gets a Job
            E4 17:00  S8   Homer's Enemy
            E4 17:30  S8   The Simpsons' Spin-Off Showcase
            E4 18:00 to 19:45  The Simpsons Movie
            C4 04:50  S1   There's No Disgrace Like Home
MON 09 NOV  C4 05:15  S1   Bart the General
            E4 12:00  S19  The Debarted
            E4 12:30  S19  Dial "N" for Nerder
            E4 13:00  S19  Papa Don't Leech
            E4 13:30  S19  Apocalypse Cow
            E4 17:00  S24  Gorgeous Grampa
            E4 17:30  S24  Black-Eyed, Please
            E4 18:00  S24  Dark Knight Court
            E4 18:30  S24  Pulpit Friction
            E4 03:30  S8   The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
TUE 10 NOV  E4 12:00  S19  Any Given Sundance
            E4 12:30  S19  Mona Leaves-a
            E4 13:00  S19  All About Lisa
            E4 13:30  S24  Moonshine River
            E4 17:00  S24  The Fabulous Faker Boy
            E4 17:30  S24  The Saga of Carl
            E4 18:00  S24  Dangers on a Train
            E4 18:30  S13  Brawl in the Family
            E4 03:20  S12  Treehouse of Horror XI
            E4 03:45  S36  Homer and Her Sisters
WED 11 NOV  E4 12:00  S24  Gone Abie Gone
            E4 12:30  S24  Penny-Wiseguys
            E4 13:00  S36  Homer and Her Sisters
            E4 13:30  S36  The Man Who Flew Too Much
            E4 17:00  S13  She of Little Faith
            E4 17:30  S13  Sweets and Sour Marge
            E4 18:00  S13  Half-Decent Proposal
            E4 18:30  S13  Jaws Wired Shut
            E4 03:25  S12  A Tale of Two Springfields
            E4 03:50  S36  The Man Who Flew Too Much
THU 12 NOV  E4 12:00  S24  A Tree Grows in Springfield
            E4 12:30  S24  The Day the Earth Stood Cool
            E4 13:00  S24  To Cur, with Love
            E4 13:30  S24  Homer Goes to Prep School
            E4 17:00  S13  The Bart Wants What It Wants
            E4 17:30  S13  The Lastest Gun in the West
            E4 18:00  S13  Tales from the Public Domain
            E4 18:30  S13  Blame It On Lisa
            E4 19:00  S12  Insane Clown Poppy
            E4 03:50  S12  Tales from the Public Domain
            E4 04:15  S12  Lisa the Tree-Hugger
FRI 13 NOV  E4 12:00  S24  A Test Before Trying
            E4 12:30  S24  The Changing of the Guardian
            E4 13:00  S24  Love is a Many-Splintered Thing
            E4 13:30  S24  Hardly Kirk-ing
            E4 17:00  S13  Gump Roast
            E4 17:30  S13  I Am Furious (Yellow)
            E4 18:00  S13  Little Girl in the Big Ten
            E4 18:30  S13  The Frying Game
            E4 19:00  S12  Homer vs Dignity
            E4 03:25  S12  The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
SAT 14 NOV  C4 11:05  S1   Moaning Lisa
            C4 11:35  S1   The Tell-Tell Head
            C4 12:10  S1   Life in the Fast Lane
            E4 14:00  S12  A Tale of Two Springfields
            E4 14:30  S12  Insane Clown Poppy
            E4 15:00  S4   Homer the Heretic
            E4 15:30  S4   Lisa the Beauty Queen
            E4 16:00  S4   Treehouse of Horror III
            E4 16:30  S4   Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie
            E4 17:00  S4   Marge Gets a Job
            E4 17:30  S4   New Kid on the Block
            E4 18:00 to 19:45  The Simpsons Movie
            C4 03:35  S1   Homer's Odyssey
            C4 04:00  S1   Life in the Fast Lane
            C4 04:25  S1   The Tell-Tale Head
            C4 04:55  S1   Moaning Lisa
SUN 15 NOV  C4 13:00  S1   The Call of the Simpsons
            C4 13:30  S19  Midnight Towboy
            C4 14:00  S19  I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
            E4 15:45  S4   Mr Plow
            E4 16:15  S4   Lisa's First Word
            E4 16:45  S4   Homer's Triple Bypass
            E4 17:20  S4   Marge vs the Monorail
            E4 17:50  S12  Lisa the Tree-Hugger
            E4 18:20  S12  Homer vs Dignity
            E4 18:50  S12  Treehouse of Horror XI
            E4 19:20  S12  The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
            C4 03:35  S1   The Call of the Simpsons
            C4 04:00  S19  Midnight Towboy
            C4 04:25  S19  I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
MON 16 NOV  E4 12:00  S24  Gorgeous Grampa
            E4 12:30  S24  Black-Eyed, Please
            E4 13:00  S24  Dark Knight Court
            E4 13:30  S24  Pulpit Friction
            E4 17:00  S13  Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge
            E4 17:30  S13  A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
            E4 18:00  S13  Treehouse of Horror XII
            E4 18:30  S13  Homer the Moe
TUE 17 NOV  E4 12:00  S24  The Fabulous Faker Boy
            E4 12:30  S24  The Saga of Carl
            E4 13:00  S24  Dangers on a Train
            E4 13:30  S13  Brawl in the Family
            E4 17:00  S13  The Blunder Years
            E4 17:30  S13  The Parent Rap
            E4 18:00  S25  Homerland
            E4 18:30  S25  Treehouse of Horror XXIV
            E4 03:20  S12  Treehouse of Horror XI
            E4 03:25  S13  Half-Decent Proposal
WED 18 NOV  E4 12:00  S13  She of Little Faith
            E4 12:30  S13  Sweets and Sour Marge
            E4 13:00  S36  Bottle Episode
            E4 13:30  S13  Jaws Wired Shut
            E4 17:00  S25  Four Regrettings and a Funeral
            E4 17:30  S25  Yolo
            E4 18:00  S25  Labour Pains
            E4 18:30  S25  The Kid is All Right
            E4 03:30  S25  Treehouse of Horror XXIV
            E4 03:55  S36  Bottle Episode
THU 19 NOV  E4 12:00  S13  The Bart Wants What It Wants
            E4 12:30  S13  The Lastest Gun in the West
            E4 13:00  S36  The Flandshees of Innersimpson
            E4 13:30  S13  Blame It On Lisa
            E4 17:00  S25  Yellow Subterfuge
            E4 17:30  S25  White Christmas Blues
            E4 18:00  S25  Steal This Episode
            E4 18:30  S25  Married to the Blob
            E4 19:00  S12  The Great Money Caper
            E4 03:25  S36  The Flandshees of Innersimpson
FRI 20 NOV  E4 12:00  S13  Gump Roast
            E4 12:30  S13  I Am Furious (Yellow)
            E4 13:00  S13  Little Girl in the Big Ten
            E4 13:30  S13  The Frying Game
            E4 17:00  S25  Specs and the City
            E4 17:30  S25  The Man Who Grew Too Much
            E4 18:00  S25  Diggs
            E4 18:30  S25  The Winter of His Content
            E4 19:00  S12  Skinner's Sense of Snow
            E4 03:25  S25  Diggs
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 RTÉ2: Schedule Status & Listings
 2nd to 20th November 2026

SEASON RIGHTS: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
LISTINGS SOURCE: RadioTimes.com, Digiguide

RTÉ2 are currently airing season 14 in their usual weekday 4:30pm slot. Season 33 follows. As always, some episodes deemed unsuitable for daytime broadcast are skipped.


MON 02 NOV  16:30  S14  Moe Baby Blues
TUE 03 NOV  16:30  S33  The Star of the Backstage
WED 04 NOV  16:30  S33  Bart's in Jail!
            19:00  S26  Waiting for Duffman
THU 05 NOV  16:30  S33  Lisa's Belly
FRI 06 NOV  16:30  S33  Portrait of a Lackey on Fire
SAT 07 NOV  No episodes scheduled
SUN 08 NOV  No episodes scheduled
MON 09 NOV  16:30  S33  Mothers and Other Strangers
TUE 10 NOV  16:30  S33  A Made Maggie
WED 11 NOV  16:30  S33  The Longest Marge
THU 12 NOV  16:30  S33  Pixelated and Afraid
FRI 13 NOV  16:30  S33  Boyz N the Highlands
SAT 14 NOV  No episodes scheduled
SUN 15 NOV  No episodes scheduled
MON 16 NOV  16:30  S33  You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About
                         – Act Three Will Shock You!
TUE 17 NOV  16:30  S33  Bart the Cool Kid
WED 18 NOV  16:30  S33  Pretty Whittle Liars
THU 19 NOV  16:30  S33  The Sound of Bleeding Gums
FRI 20 NOV  16:30  S33  My Octopus and a Teacher
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Sky One: Schedule Status
 2nd to 20th November 2026


Sky One have concluded their 36-year broadcasting history with The Simpsons. The show is no longer on their schedule, as of Sunday, November 1st; click through to read my article.

It really is the end of a broadcasting era: a show once so closely associated with Sky that it appeared on the vans of their engineers, the programme whose exclusivity enticed so many viewers to satellite and cable in the early 1990s. Over 40,000 broadcasts of over 750 episodes. Gone for good, with little ceremony (the final broadcast, unsurpisingly, made no reference to the situation).

I'll have a stats-filled post-mortem later this year. In the meantime - thanks for the memories, Sky.




 Additional Notes and Latest UK DVDs
 Updated November 2025

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

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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