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May 5th, 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
 May 5th 2025

Welcome to the May 5th update! Full schedules for Disney+, Channel 4, E4, RTÉ2 and Sky Showcase are available below, right up through late May.

The headlines: season 36 continues its rollout on Disney+, with the first twelve episodes of the season now available. There's another new episode each Monday. In addition to the continuation of season 36 proper, there's also a third exclusive-to-streaming episode now available, "Yellow Planet". Full details are below. An E4 outing will follow later this year; they have finished up the terrestrial premiere of season 32, and are packing their schedules with more repeats than ever. And despite losing rights to new episodes, Sky are still be home to a decent number of repeats of the show too - including seasons 33, 34 and 35, for now.

I'll be back on Monday May 12th. 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
 5th to 23rd May 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 proper continues its rollout on the streaming service. There are twelve episodes available now, with one more episode added every Monday. Details through May are below.

There's also a third streaming-exclusive episode available now. "Yellow Planet" premiered on Disney+ worldwide two weeks ago, including here in the UK. It joins "O C'mon All Ye Faithful" and "The Past and the Furious" in the "Exclusives" folder on the streaming service.


AVAILABLE NOW  S1-S35 in full, excluding "Stark Raving Dad"
AVAILABLE NOW  S36  Exclusive Special 1: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
AVAILABLE NOW  S36  Exclusive Special 2: The Past and the Furious
AVAILABLE NOW  S36  Exclusive Special 3: Yellow Planet
AVAILABLE NOW  S36  Episodes 1 to 11
MON-05-MAY     S36  *NEW* - The Flandshees of Innersimpson
MON-12-MAY     S36  *NEW* - The Last Man Expanding
MON-19-MAY     S36  *NEW* - P.S. I Hate You
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Channel 4 & E4: Schedule Status & Listings
 5th to 23rd May 2025

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

E4 are currently airing the show on weekdays at 8am, 8:30am, 4pm, 4:30pm and 6:30pm. We get season 26 then 29 then 8 in the 8am hour (moving to 9am from the 19th), season 26 then 29 then 8 in the 4pm hour, and season 14 then 26 in the 6:30pm slot. On Thursdays and Fridays, there's also season 32 at 7pm, in addition to the above slots. On Fridays only, we get a triple-bill of season 23 from 7:30pm. And some weekdays, there's an additional 7pm episode from season 23, too. Whew!

On weekends, the Friday 7:30pm triple and the season 32 Thu/Fri 7pm episodes are repeated Saturday from 6:30pm to 9pm, and we get a repeat of the prior week's 6:30pm episodes on Sunday evenings from 6:30pm to 9pm. The specifics of those repeats begin to vary from Saturday 17th, with the volume growing even further - seven on Saturday and eight on Sunday!

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+ are premiering the show in the UK and Ireland (see above), 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 lunchtimes. There's a good number of overnight slots there, too, occasionally bleeding right through to the early morning. They're currently mostly airing seasons 4 and season 31, though other seasons occasionally appear too. Between C4 and E4, the Channel 4 suite have double the number of broadcasts of Sky at the moment.

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 05 MAY  C4 05:00  S31  The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson
            C4 05:25  S31  Better Off Ned
            E4 08:00  S26  The Wreck of the Relationship
            E4 08:30  S26  Super Franchise Me
            E4 16:00  S26  The Princess Guide
            E4 16:30  S26  Sky Police
            E4 18:30  S14  Dude, Where's My Ranch?
            E4 19:30  S23  At Long Last Leave
            E4 04:10  S23  At Long Last Leave
TUE 06 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  Opposites A-frack
            E4 08:30  S26  Simpsorama
            E4 16:00  S26  Peeping Mom
            E4 16:30  S26  The Kids Are All Fight
            E4 18:30  S14  Old Yeller-Belly
WED 07 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  Blazed and Confused
            E4 08:30  S26  Covercraft
            E4 16:00  S26  Let's Go Fly A Coot
            E4 16:30  S26  Bull-E
            E4 18:30  S14  Brake My Wife, Please
THU 08 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  I Won't Be Home for Christmas
            E4 08:30  S26  The Man Who Came to Be Dinner
            E4 16:00  S26  Mathlete's Feat
            E4 16:30  S29  Springfield Splendor
            E4 18:30  S14  The Bart of War
            E4 19:00  S32  Wad Goals
FRI 09 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  Bart's New Friend
            E4 08:30  S26  Walking Big and Tall
            E4 16:00  S29  Whistler's Father
            E4 16:30  S29  Grampy Can Ya Hear Me
            E4 18:30  S14  Moe Baby Blues
            E4 19:00  S32  Yokel Hero
            E4 19:30  S23  The Book Job
            E4 20:00  S23  The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants
            E4 20:30  S23  The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
SAT 10 MAY  C4 09:45  S4   Lisa the Beauty Queen
            C4 10:15  S4   Treehouse of Horror III
            C4 10:45  S31  The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds
            C4 11:15  S31  The Way of the Dog
            E4 18:30  S23  The Book Job
            E4 19:00  S23  The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants
            E4 19:30  S23  The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
            E4 20:00  S32  Wad Goals
            E4 20:30  S32  Yokel Hero
            C4 04:35  S4   Lisa the Beauty Queen
            C4 04:55  S4   Treehouse of Horror III
SUN 11 MAY  C4 05:20  S31  The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds
            C4 05:45  S31  The Way of the Dog
            C4 13:00  S31  Warrin' Priests Part 1
            C4 13:30  S31  Warrin' Priests Part 2
            C4 14:00  S4   Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie
            C4 14:30  S4   Marge Gets a Job
            E4 18:35  S14  Dude, Where's My Ranch?
            E4 19:00  S14  Old Yeller-Belly
            E4 19:30  S14  Brake My Wife, Please
            E4 20:00  S14  The Bart of War
            E4 20:30  S14  Moe Baby Blues
            C4 02:50  S4   Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie
            C4 03:10  S31  Warrin' Priests Part 1
            C4 03:35  S31  Warrin' Priests Part 2
MON 12 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  The Princess Guide
            E4 08:30  S26  Sky Police
            E4 16:00  S29  Mr. Lisa's Opus
            E4 16:30  S29  Haw-Haw Land
            E4 18:30  S26  Clown in the Dumps
            E4 19:30  S23  Holidays of Future Passed
TUE 13 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  Peeping Mom
            E4 08:30  S26  The Kids are All Fight
            E4 16:00  S29  Frink Gets Testy
            E4 16:30  S29  Homer is Where the Art Isn't
            E4 18:30  S26  The Wreck of the Relationship
            E4 19:30  S23  Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson
WED 14 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  Let's Go Fly a Coot
            E4 08:30  S26  Bull-E
            E4 16:00  S29  King Leer
            E4 16:30  S29  Lisa Gets the Blues
            E4 18:30  S26  Super Franchise Me
            E4 19:30  S23  The D'oh-cial Network
THU 15 MAY  E4 08:00  S26  Mathlete's Feat
            E4 08:30  S29  Springfield Splendor
            E4 16:00  S29  Forgive & Regret
            E4 16:30  S29  Left Behind
            E4 18:30  S26  Opposites A-frack
            E4 19:00  S32  Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars
            E4 19:30  S23  Moe Goes from Rags to Riches
FRI 16 MAY  E4 08:00  S29  Whistler's Father
            E4 08:30  S29  Grampy Can Ya Hear Me
            E4 16:00  S29  Throw Grampa from the Dane
            E4 16:30  S8   You Only Move Twice
            E4 18:30  S26  Simpsorama
            E4 19:00  S32  Manger Things
            E4 19:30  S23  The Daughter Also Rises
SAT 17 MAY  C4 09:15  S4   Lisa's First Word
            C4 09:40  S4   Homer's Triple Bypass
            C4 10:10  S4   Marge vs the Monorail
            C4 10:40  S4   Selma's Choice
            E4 17:30  S23  Holidays of Future Passed
            E4 18:00  S23  Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson
            E4 18:30  S23  The D'oh-cial Network
            E4 19:00  S23  Moe Goes from Rags to Riches
            E4 19:30  S23  The Daughter Also Rises
            E4 20:00  S32  Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars
            E4 20:30  S32  Manger Things
            C4 02:15  S31  Highway to Well
            C4 02:45  S31  Thankgiving of Horror
            C4 03:15  S4   Marge Gets a Job
            C4 03:40  S4   Lisa's First Word
            C4 04:05  S4   Homer's Triple Bypass
            C4 04:35  S4   Marge vs the Monorail
SUN 18 MAY  C4 05:00  S4   Selma's Choice
            C4 13:00  S4   New Kid on the Block
            C4 13:30  S4   Mr Plow
            C4 14:00  S4   Brother from the Same Planet
            C4 14:30  S4   I Love Lisa
            E4 17:00  S23  Them, Robot
            E4 17:30  S23  A Totally Fun Thing that Bart Will Never Do Again
            E4 18:00  S23  The Spy Who Learned Me
            E4 18:30  S26  Clown in the Dumps
            E4 19:00  S26  The Wreck of the Relationship
            E4 19:30  S26  Super Franchise Me
            E4 20:00  S26  Opposites A-frack
            E4 20:30  S26  Simpsorama
            C4 03:25  S31  Treehouse of Horror XXX
            C4 03:55  S4   New Kid on the Block
            C4 04:20  S4   Mr Plow
            C4 04:45  S4   Brother from the Same Planet
MON 19 MAY  C4 05:15  S4   I Love Lisa
            E4 09:00  S29  Mr Lisa's Opus
            E4 09:30  S29  Haw-Haw Land
            E4 16:00  S8   The Homer They Fall
            E4 16:30  S8   Burns, Baby Burns
            E4 18:30  S26  Blazed and Confused
            E4 19:30  S23  Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart
TUE 20 MAY  E4 09:00  S29  Frink Gets Testy
            E4 09:30  S29  Homer is Where the Art Isn't
            E4 16:00  S8   Bart After Dark
            E4 16:30  S8   A Milhouse Divided
            E4 18:30  S26  Covercraft
            E4 19:30  S23  How I Wet Your Mother
WED 21 MAY  E4 09:00  S29  King Leer
            E4 09:30  S29  Lisa Gets the Blues
            E4 16:00  S8   Lisa's Date with Density
            E4 16:30  S8   Hurricane Neddy
            E4 18:30  S26  I Won't Be Home for Christmas
            E4 19:30  S23  Them, Robot
THU 22 MAY  E4 09:00  S29  Forgive & Regret
            E4 09:30  S29  Left Behind
            E4 16:00  S8   El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer
            E4 16:30  S8   The Springfield Files
            E4 18:30  S26  The Man Who Came to Be Dinner
            E4 19:00  S32  Uncut Femmes
            E4 19:30  S23  Beware My Cheating Bart
FRI 23 MAY  E4 09:00  S29  Throw Grampa from the Dane
            E4 09:30  S8   You Only Move Twice
            E4 16:00  S8   The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
            E4 16:30  S8   Mountain of Madness
            E4 18:30  S26  Bart's New Friend
            E4 19:00  S32  Burger Kings
            E4 19:30  S23  A Totally Fun Thing that Bart Will Never Do Again
            E4 20:00  S23  The Spy Who Learned Me
            E4 20:30  S23  Ned'n'Edna's Blend Agenda
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 RTÉ2: Schedule Status & Listings
 5th to 23rd May 2025

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

RTÉ2 are currently airing selections from seasons 29 and 31 in the usual 4:30pm weekday slot. Occasional bonus episodes appear on some Wednesdays and Fridays, typically at 6pm or 7pm.

As usual, some episodes are skipped due to content concerns.


MON 05 MAY  16:30  S31  Warrin' Priests Part 1
TUE 06 MAY  16:30  S31  Warrin' Priests Part 2
WED 07 MAY  16:30  S29  Springfield Splendor
            19:00  S31  Go Big or Go Homer
THU 08 MAY  16:30  S29  Treehouse of Horror XXVIII
FRI 09 MAY  16:30  S29  The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be
            18:00  S29  Fears of a Clown
SAT 10 MAY  No episodes scheduled
SUN 11 MAY  No episodes scheduled
MON 12 MAY  16:30  S29  Mr Lisa's Opus
TUE 13 MAY  16:30  S29  Lisa Gets the Blues
WED 14 MAY  16:30  S29  Forgive & Regret
THU 15 MAY  16:30  S29  Left Behind
FRI 16 MAY  16:30  S29  Throw Grampa from the Dane
            18:00  S29  No Good Read Goes Unpunished
SAT 17 MAY  No episodes scheduled
SUN 18 MAY  No episodes scheduled
MON 19 MAY  16:30  S29  Flanders' Ladder
TUE 20 MAY  16:30  To be confirmed
WED 21 MAY  16:30  To be confirmed
THU 22 MAY  16:30  To be confirmed
FRI 23 MAY  16:30  To be confirmed
            18:00  To be confirmed
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.



 Sky Showcase: Schedule Status & Complete Listings
 5th to 23rd May 2025


SEASON RIGHTS: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 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 a handful of episodes per day.

Currently airing: season 10, 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 2. The regular slots move to the morning on Bank Holidays.

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; but there's no shortage of repeat broadcasts in the short term, clearly.

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 05 MAY  10:00  S10  Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
            10:30  S10  Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"
TUE 06 MAY  17:00  S10  Make Room for Lisa
            17:30  S10  Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"
            19:00  S10  Maximum Homerdrive
            19:30  S10  Simpsons Bible Stories
WED 07 MAY  17:00  S10  Mom and Pop Art
            17:30  S10  Make Room for Lisa
            19:00  S10  The Old Man and the "C" Student
            19:30  S10  Monty Can't Buy Me Love
THU 08 MAY  17:00  S10  They Saved Lisa's Brain
            17:30  S10  Maximum Homerdrive
            19:00  S10  Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
            19:30  S2   Bart Gets an "F"
FRI 09 MAY  17:00  S2   Simpson and Delilah
            17:30  S10  Simpsons Bible Stories
            19:00  S2   Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish
            19:30  S2   Dancin' Homer
SAT 10 MAY  08:00  S10  Mom and Pop Art
            08:30  S10  The Old Man and the "C" Student
            09:00  S10  Monty Can't Buy Me Love
            09:30  S10  They Saved Lisa's Brain
SUN 11 MAY  16:00  S10  Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
            16:30  S2   Bart Gets an "F"
            17:00  S2   Simpson and Delilah
            17:25  S2   Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish
            17:50  S2   Dead Putting Society
MON 12 MAY  17:00  S2   Bart vs Thanksgiving
            17:30  S2   Dancin' Homer
            19:00  S2   Bart the Daredevil
            19:30  S2   Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
TUE 13 MAY  17:00  S2   Bart Gets Hit by a Car
            17:30  S2   Dead Putting Society
            19:00  S2   One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish
            19:30  S2   The Way We Was
WED 14 MAY  17:00  S2   Homer vs Lisa and the Eighth Commandment
            17:30  S2   Bart vs Thanksgiving
            19:00  S2   Bart's Dog Gets an "F"
            19:30  S2   Principal Charming
THU 15 MAY  17:00  S2   Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
            17:30  S2   Bart the Daredevil
            19:00  S2   Old Money
            19:30  S2   Brush With Greatness
FRI 16 MAY  17:00  S2   Lisa's Substitute
            17:30  S2   Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
SAT 17 MAY  12:00  S2   Bart Gets Hit by a Car
            12:30  S2   One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish
            13:00  S2   The Way We Was
            13:30  S2   Homer vs Lisa and the Eighth Commandment
            14:00  S2   Bart's Dog Gets an "F"
            14:30  S2   Principal Charming
SUN 18 MAY  13:00  S2   Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
            13:30  S2   Old Money
            14:00  S2   Brush With Greatness
            14:30  S2   Lisa's Substitute
            15:00  S2   The War of the Simpsons
MON 19 MAY  17:00  S2   Three Men and a Comic Book
            17:30  S2   The War of the Simpsons
            19:00  S2   Blood Feud
            19:30  To be confirmed
TUE 20 MAY  17:00  To be confirmed
            17:30  S2   Three Men and a Comic Book
            19:00  To be confirmed
            19:30  To be confirmed
WED 21 MAY  17:00  To be confirmed
            17:30  S2   Blood Feud
            19:00  To be confirmed
            19:30  To be confirmed
THU 22 MAY  17:00  To be confirmed
            17:30  To be confirmed
            19:00  To be confirmed
            19:30  To be confirmed
FRI 23 MAY  17:00  To be confirmed
            17:30  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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