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January 13th, 2025 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. 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
 January 13th 2025

Welcome to the January 13th update! Full schedules for Disney+, Channel 4, E4, RTÉ2 and Sky Showcase are available below, right up through January 24th. Yes, in case you missed the memo, "E4" is not a typo: after two decades as a consistent fixture of Channel 4 weekdays, The Simpsons is now on E4. They are the home of the terrestrial premiere of season 32, starting this week. What's more, new seasons of The Simpsons will now premiere on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland, with E4 acquiring premiere linear broadcast rights from Sky. In short, this means season 36 premieres on Disney+ in the spring (likely at a one-episode-a-week pace as they do with Family Guy, American Dad, Bob's Burgers, et al) and will then get a broadcast on E4 later in the year. No involvement from Sky at all. There's also word that Channel 4 will be able to offer a streaming option for a number of episodes. The tacit implication is that, for now, Sky will still be home to repeats of the show - including seasons 33, 34 and 35, which are not mentioned in the press release at all. But clearly, the show's long term future on Sky Showcase feels ever-so-slightly up in the air. Irish fans, good news there too: there's word on season 32 hitting RTE2.

I'll be back on Monday January 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:



 Disney+: Schedule Status & Listings
 13th to 31st January 2025

SEASON RIGHTS: S1-S36
LISTINGS SOURCE: Disney+

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

Season 36 premieres on the streaming service early next year, and is expected to be released at a rate of one episode per week. In advance of that, "O C'mon All Ye Faithful", a Disney+ exclusive double-length episode, is now available (a transatlantic streaming exclusive, it's being released the same day both here and in the USA).


AVAILABLE NOW          S1-S35 in full, excluding "Stark Raving Dad"
AVAILABLE NOW          S36  *NEW* - O C'mon All Ye Faithful
TBC FEB                S36  *NEW* - Bart's Birthday
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Channel 4 & E4: Schedule Status & Listings
 13th to 31st January 2025

SEASON RIGHTS: 1, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32
LISTINGS SOURCE: Channel4.com, Digiguide

E4 are currently airing the show on weekdays at 4pm, 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 8pm and 8:30, with a late-night episode or two at varying times almost every day, also. Yes, weekdays are absolutely packed on E4 - they're clearly making the most of their investment in the show! We get seasons 23 and 17 in the 4pm hour, season 11 in the 6:30pm slot, season 23 then 29 in the 8pm hour, and various seasons overnight.

It's good news on weekends too: we get a handful of episodes from season 11 on Sunday teatime, and even better, the terrestrial premiere of season 32 has kicked off. E4 are airing that season in double-bills on Sundays from 8pm, with repeats on the subsequent Thursdays and Fridays at 7pm (those are in addition to all of the slots mentioned above). Friend of the page Christopher Wickham has some preview commentary on what E4 may or may not cut from their broadcasts.

What's even more exciting is that, as confirmed in a press release, E4 will be the home of the show's linear, broadcast premieres in the UK moving forward, inheriting Sky's mantle. From season 36, Disney+ will be premiering the show in the UK and Ireland, with E4 then broadcasting the season later in the year. What of seasons 33 to 35, which Sky have premiered and C4 have not yet inherited the rights to? I feel certain they will eventually show up on E4, but presumably Sky's legacy contract will determine when that will eventually be.

The show also remains on Channel 4 during weekend daytimes, with the usual hodgepodge of episodes on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and Sunday lunchtimes. There's the occasional overnight slot, too. They're currently airing season 7.

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 13 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts
            E4 16:30  S17  Bonfire of the Manatees
            E4 18:30  S11  Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
            E4 20:00  S23  Moe Goes from Rags to Riches
            E4 20:30  S23  The Daughter Also Rises
TUE 14 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  Replaceable You
            E4 16:30  S17  The Girl Who Slept too Little
            E4 18:30  S11  Eight Misbehavin'
            E4 20:00  S23  At Long Last Leave
            E4 20:30  S23  Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart
WED 15 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  The Book Job
            E4 16:30  S23  The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants
            E4 18:30  S11  Take My Wife, Sleaze
            E4 20:00  S23  How I Wet Your Mother
            E4 20:30  S23  Them, Robot
            E4 03:10  S23  Moe Goes from Rags to Riches
            E4 03:35  S23  Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart
THU 16 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
            E4 16:30  S23  Holidays of Future Passed
            E4 18:30  S11  Grift of the Magi
            E4 19:00  S32  Undercover Burns
            E4 20:00  S23  Beware My Cheating Bart
            E4 20:30  S23  A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again
            E4 03:00  S23  Beware My Cheating Bart
            E4 03:25  S23  Ned'n'Edna's Blend Agenda
FRI 17 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  Politically Inept, With Homer Simpson
            E4 16:30  S17  Milhouse of Sand and Fog
            E4 18:30  S11  Little Big Mom
            E4 19:00  S32  I, Carumbus
            E4 20:00  S23  The Spy Who Learned Me
            E4 20:30  S23  Ned'n'Edna's Blend Agenda
SAT 18 JAN  E4 04:55  S17  Bonfire of the Manatees
            E4 05:15  S17  The Girl Who Slept Too Little
            E4 05:35  S17  Milhouse of Sand and Fog
            C4 10:30  S7   Lisa the Vegetarian
            C4 11:00  S7   King-Size Homer
            C4 03:10  S7   Radioactive Man
            C4 03:40  S7   Home Sweet Home-Diddly-Dum-Doodily
            C4 04:05  S7   Bart Sells His Soul
SUN 19 JAN  C4 09:30  S7   Mother Simpson
            C4 13:00  S7   Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
            C4 13:30  S7   138th Episode Spectacular
            E4 17:30  S11  Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
            E4 18:00  S11  Eight Misbehavin'
            E4 18:30  S11  Take My Wife, Sleaze
            E4 19:00  S11  Grift of the Magi
            E4 19:30  S11  Little Big Mom
            E4 20:00  S32  *NEW* - Now Museum, Now You Don't
            E4 20:30  S32  *NEW* - Treehouse of Horror XXXI
            C4 03:10  S7   Lisa the Vegetarian
            C4 03:40  S7   Treehouse of Horror VI
MON 20 JAN  E4 16:00  S17  Marge's Son Poisoning
            E4 16:30  S23  The Daughter Also Rises
            E4 18:30  S11  Faith Off
            E4 20:00  S23  Ned'n'Edna's Blend Agenda
            E4 20:30  S29  The Serfsons
TUE 21 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  At Long Last Leave
            E4 16:30  S17  See Homer Run
            E4 18:30  S11  The Mansion Family
            E4 20:00  S29  Springfield Splendor
            E4 20:30  S29  Whistler's Father
            E4 03:10  S23  Ned'n'Edna's Blend Agenda
            E4 03:35  S29  The Serfsons
WED 22 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  How I Wet Your Mother
            E4 16:30  S23  Them, Robot
            E4 18:30  S11  Saddlesore Galactica
            E4 20:00  S29  Treehouse of Horror XXVIII
            E4 20:30  S29  Grampy, Can Ya Hear Me
            E4 03:10  S29  Treehouse of Horror XXVIII
            E4 03:35  S29  The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be
THU 23 JAN  E4 16:00  S17  The Last of the Red Hat Mamas
            E4 16:30  S23  A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again
            E4 18:30  S11  Alone Again, Natura-Diddly
            E4 19:00  S32  *ENCORE* - Now Museum, Now You Don't
            E4 20:00  S29  The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be
            E4 20:30  S29  Singin' in the Lane
            E4 03:10  S32  Treehouse of Horror XXXI
            E4 03:35  S17  Marge's Son Poisoning
FRI 24 JAN  E4 16:00  S23  The Spy Who Learned Me
            E4 16:30  S17  The Italian Bob
            E4 18:30  S11  Missionary: Impossible
            E4 19:00  S32  *ENCORE* - Treehouse of Horror XXXI
            E4 20:00  S29  Mr Lisa's Opus
            E4 20:30  S29  Gone Boy
            E4 03:20  S17  See Homer Run
            E4 03:45  S17  The Italian Bob
SAT 25 JAN  C4 10:20  S7   Marge Be Not Proud
            C4 10:55  S7   Team Homer
            C4 11:25  S7   Two Bad Neighbours
            C4 03:10  S7   Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
            C4 03:35  S7   138th Episode Spectacular
            C4 04:00  S7   Marge Be Not Proud
SUN 26 JAN  C4 09:00  S7   Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
            C4 09:30  S7   Bart the Fink
            C4 13:00  S7   Lisa the Iconoclast
            C4 13:30  S7   Homer the Smithers
            E4 17:30  S11  Faith Off
            E4 18:00  S11  The Mansion Family
            E4 18:30  S11  Saddlesore Galactica
            E4 19:00  S11  Alone Again, Natura-Diddly
            E4 19:30  S11  Missionary: Impossible
            E4 20:00  S32  *NEW* - The 7 Beer Itch
            E4 20:30  S32  *NEW* - Podcast News
            C4 04:05  S7   Team Homer
MON 27 JAN  E4 16:00  S17  Simpsons Christmas Stories
            E4 16:30  S17  Homer's Paternity Coot
            E4 18:30  S11  Pygmoelian
            E4 20:00  S29  Haw-Haw Land
            E4 20:30  S29  Frink Gets Testy
            E4 03:10  S17  Simpsons Christmas Stories
            E4 03:35  S17  Homer's Paternity Coot
TUE 28 JAN  E4 16:00  S29  Springfield Splendor
            E4 16:30  S29  Whistler's Father
            E4 18:30  S11  Bart to the Future
            E4 20:00  S29  Homer is Where the Art Isn't
            E4 20:30  S29  Three Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage
            E4 04:00  S17  We're on the Road to D'oh-where
WED 29 JAN  E4 16:00  S17  We're on the Road to D'oh-where
            E4 16:30  S29  Grampy Can Ya Hear Me
            E4 18:30  S11  Days of Wine and D'oh-ses
            E4 20:00  S29  Fears of a Clown
            E4 20:30  S29  King Leer
            E4 04:00  S29  Singin' in the Lane
            E4 04:30  S29  Three Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage
THU 30 JAN  E4 16:00  S17  My Fair Laddy
            E4 16:30  S17  The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
            E4 18:30  S11  Kill the Alligator and Run
            E4 19:00  S32  *ENCORE* - The 7 Beer Itch
            E4 20:00  S29  Lisa Gets the Blues
            E4 20:30  S29  Forgive and Regret
            E4 04:05  S17  My Fair Laddy
            E4 04:30  S17  The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
FRI 31 JAN  E4 16:00  S29  Mr. Lisa's Opus
            E4 16:30  S29  Gone Boy
            E4 18:30  S11  Last Tap Dance in Springfield
            E4 19:00  S32  Podcast News
            E4 20:00  S29  *ENCORE* - Left Behind
            E4 20:30  S29  Throw Grampa from the Dane
            E4 03:40  S29  Fears of a Clown
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 RTÉ2: Schedule Status & Listings
 13th to 31st January 2025

SEASON RIGHTS: 1, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31
LISTINGS SOURCE: RadioTimes.com, Digiguide

RTÉ2 are currently airing season 26 in the usual 4:30pm weekday slot, with selections from season 29 following, and season 31 occasionally showing up in a Friday 6pm bonus slot. Excitingly, however, the Irish free-to-air premiere of season 32 takes over the daily 4:30pm slot from Monday 27th! After experimenting with a weekly slot for new episodes last time around, RTE are back to a five-premieres-a-week system.

There's nothing currently on weekends, and, as usual, some episodes are skipped due to content concerns.


MON 13 JAN  16:30  S26  The Kids are All Fight
TUE 14 JAN  16:30  S26  Let's Go Fly a Coot
WED 15 JAN  16:30  S26  Bull-E
THU 16 JAN  16:30  S26  Mathlete's Feat
FRI 17 JAN  16:30  S29  Springfield Splendor
            18:00  S31  Better Off Ned
SAT 18 JAN  No episodes scheduled
SUN 19 JAN  No episodes scheduled
MON 20 JAN  16:30  S29  Treehouse of Horror XVIII
TUE 21 JAN  16:30  S29  The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be
WED 22 JAN  16:30  S29  Mr Lisa's Opus
            19:00  S29  The Serfsons
THU 23 JAN  16:30  S29  Haw-Haw Land
FRI 24 JAN  16:30  S29  Frink Gets Testy
            18:00  S31  Highway to Well
SAT 25 JAN  No episodes scheduled
SUN 26 JAN  No episodes scheduled
MON 27 JAN  16:30  S32  *NEW* - Undercover Burns
TUE 28 JAN  16:30  S32  *NEW* - I, Carumbus
WED 29 JAN  16:30  S32  *NEW* - Now Museum, Now You Don't
THU 30 JAN  16:30  S32  *NEW* - Treehouse of Horror XXXI
FRI 31 JAN  16:30  S32  *NEW* - The 7 Beer Itch
            18:00  S31  The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Sky Showcase: Schedule Status & Complete Listings
 6th to 24th January 2025


SEASON RIGHTS: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35
LISTINGS SOURCE: Digiguide

Sky Showcase are currently broadcasting four episodes a weeknight, from 5pm to 6pm and then 7pm to 8pm. (The US Office occupies the 6pm hour.) Weekends remain less predictable, typically home to six or more episodes throughout the day.

Currently airing: season 15, in two concurrent runs - generally, that's one run in the 5pm, 7pm or 7:30pm weekday slots, and a repeat either in a 5:30pm weekday slot, or on a weekend. Following that is season 21, then season 27.

As discussed above, premieres of the show in the UK and Ireland will now take place on Disney+, followed later by E4. So we won't be getting season 36 on Sky anytime soon. It's hard to know what Sky's long-term strategy will be with the show now, once the jewel in Sky One's crown. It seems they do at least retain repeat rights for now, as January's schedules are as packed with the show as ever. We'll see if it basically remains situation as normal, sans new episodes; or whether the number of broadcasts takes a hit as the show becomes less of a feature in Sky Showcase's overall strategy. I'll keep on top of things throughout the year.

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. Episodes starting between midnight and 5am are listed as part of the previous day's schedule, similar to most print TV guides.


MON 13 JAN  17:00  S15  The Wandering Juvie
            17:30  S15  Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
            19:00  S15  My Big Fat Geek Wedding
            19:30  S15  Catch 'Em If You Can
TUE 14 JAN  17:00  S15  Simple Simpson
            17:30  S15  Smart & Smarter
            19:00  S15  The Way We Weren't
            19:30  S15  Bart-Mangled Banner
WED 15 JAN  17:00  S15  Fraudcast News
            17:30  S15  The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
            19:00  S21  Homer the Whopper
            19:30  S21  Bart Gets a "Z"
THU 16 JAN  17:00  S21  Homer the Whopper
            17:30  S15  The Wandering Juvie
            19:00  S21  Pranks and Greens
            19:30  S21  Rednecks and Boomsticks
FRI 17 JAN  17:00  S21  Pranks and Greens
            17:30  S15  My Big Fat Geek Wedding
SAT 18 JAN  12:00  S15  Catch 'Em if You Can
            12:30  S15  Simple Simpson
            13:00  S15  The Way We Weren't
            13:30  S15  Bart-Mangled Banner
            14:00  S15  Fraudcast News
            14:30  S21  Homer the Whopper
SUN 19 JAN  14:30  S21  Bart Gets a "Z!
            15:00  S21  The Great Wife Hope
            15:30  S21  The Devil Wears Nada
            16:00  S21  Pranks and Greens
            16:30  S21  Rednecks and Broomsticks
            17:00  S21  Thursdays with Abie
MON 20 JAN  17:00  S21  Once Upon a Time in Springfield
            17:30  S21  Rednecks and Broomsticks
            19:00  S21  Million Dollar Maybe
            19:30  S21  Boy Meets Curl
TUE 21 JAN  17:00  S21  The Color Yellow
            17:30  S21  Thursdays with Abie
            19:00  S21  Postcards from the Wedge
            19:30  S21  Stealing First Base
WED 22 JAN  17:00  S21  American History X-cellent
            17:30  S21  Once Upon a Time in Springfield
            19:00  S21  Chief of Hearts
            19:30  S21  The Squirt and the Whale
THU 23 JAN  17:00  S21  To Surveil, with Love
            17:30  S21  Million Dollar Maybe
            19:00  S21  Moe Letter Blues
            19:30  S21  The Bob Next Door
FRI 24 JAN  17:00  S21  Judge Me Tender
            17:30  S21  Boy Meets Curl
            19:00  S27  Every Man's Dream
            19:30  S27  'Cue Detective
            20:00  S27  Puffless
            20:30  S27  Friend with Benefit
SAT 25 JAN  08:30  S21  The Colour Yellow
            09:00  S21  Postcards from the Wedge
            09:30  S21  Stealing First Base
            10:00  S21  American History X-cellent
            10:30  S21  Chief of Hearts
            11:00  S21  The Squirt and the Whale
SUN 26 JAN  15:30  S21  To Surveil, with Love
            16:00  S21  Moe Letter Blues
            16:30  S21  The Bob Next Door
            17:00  S21  Judge Me Tender
            17:30  S27  Lisa with an "S"
            18:00  S27  Paths of Glory
MON 27 JAN  17:00  S27  Barthood
            17:30  S27  Lisa with an "S"
            19:00  S27  The Girl Code
            19:30  S27  Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles
TUE 28 JAN  17:00  S27  Much Apu About Something
            17:30  S27  Paths of Glory
            19:00  S27  Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4
            19:30  S27  Gal of Constant Sorrow
WED 29 JAN  17:00  S27  Lisa the Veterinarian
            17:30  S27  Barthood
            19:00  S27  The Marge-ian Chronicles
            19:30  S27  The Burns Cage
THU 30 JAN  17:00  S27  How Lisa Got Her Marge Back
            17:30  S27  The Girl Code
            19:00  S27  Fland Canyon
            19:30  S27  To Courier, with Love
FRI 31 JAN  17:00  S27  Simprovised
            17:30  S27  Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles
            19:00  S27  Orange is the New Yellow
            19:30  To be confirmed
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Additional Notes and Latest UK DVDs
 Updated December 2024

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.

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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