The Simpsons Archive: Schedules for the UK and Ireland

Schedules for the UK & Ireland
Early February 2012 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, S4C, Sky 1/Sky 1 HD and RTÉ airings. All times are GMT, and all scheduled slot times last 30 minutes. All episodes are subtitled for the hearing impaired.

If you would like television listings for other countries please click here, where you can get schedules for many countries around the world, including Germany and Australia. You may also like to check out my guide to BBFC classification of the show in the UK.

Latest Update
February 3rd 2012

Welcome to the early February update. Once again, I've thoroughly updated schedules for every single channel. Next update will be around February 17th. As ever, I'm at wesley@snpp.com if you need to contact me. See you then!

Channel 4: Schedule Status & Listings
3rd to 17th February 2012

SEASON RIGHTS: Seasons 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19
LISTINGS SOURCE: Channel4Sales.com, UK TV Guide

C4 are currently airing season 7 in the evergreen 6pm weekdays slot. Season 1 currently comprises the Saturday morning slot around noon, and the Sunday lunchtime (exact time varies) double-bill.
Also note that sister channel E4 are airing The Simpsons Movie on Wednesday 25th January from 8pm to 9:45pm. (It's also simulcast on E4 HD and repeated an hour later on E4+1, and repeated on Sunday 29th January at 7:15pm). I believe this is its free-to-air premiere.
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.

FRI 03 FEB 18:00 S7 Bart Sells His Soul SAT 04 FEB 11:55 S1 Moaning Lisa SUN 05 FEB 13:20 S1 Call of the Simpsons 13:55 S1 The Tell-Tale Head MON 06 FEB 18:00 S7 Lisa the Vegetarian TUE 07 FEB 18:00 S7 Treehouse of Horror VI WED 08 FEB 18:00 S7 King-Size Homer THU 09 FEB 18:00 S7 Mother Simpson FRI 10 FEB 18:00 S7 Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming SAT 11 FEB 12:50 S1 Life in the Fast Lane 13:20 S1 Homer's Night Out SUN 12 FEB 12:50 S1 The Crepes of Wrath 13:20 S1 Krusty Gets Busted MON 13 FEB 18:00 S7 138th Episode Spectacular TUE 14 FEB 18:00 S7 Marge Be Not Proud WED 15 FEB 18:00 S7 Team Homer THU 16 FEB 18:00 S7 Two Bad Neighbours FRI 17 FEB 18:00 S7 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.

RTÉ2: Schedule Status & Listings
3rd to 24th February 2012

SEASON RIGHTS: Seasons 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19
LISTINGS SOURCE: RadioTimes.com, UK TV Guide

RTÉ2 are currently airing season 7 at 7pm some weekdays (Fridays also 7:30pm) (changed from 6pm; see listings for details). As ever with RTE, episode details are inconsistent and sporadic.

FRI 03 FEB No episodes scheduled SAT 04 FEB No episodes scheduled SUN 05 FEB No episodes scheduled MON 06 FEB 19:00 S13 The Frying Game TUE 07 FEB 19:00 S13 Papa's Got A Brand New Badge WED 08 FEB 19:00 No details THU 09 FEB No episodes scheduled FRI 10 FEB No episodes scheduled SAT 11 FEB No episodes scheduled SUN 12 FEB No episodes scheduled MON 13 FEB No episodes scheduled TUE 14 FEB 19:00 S7 Radioactive Man WED 15 FEB 19:00 S7 Bart Sells His Soul THU 16 FEB 19:00 S7 Home Sweet Home Diddly-Dum-Doodily FRI 17 FEB 19:00 S7 Lisa the Vegetarian 19:30 S7 Treehouse of Horror VI SAT 18 FEB No episodes scheduled SUN 19 FEB No episodes scheduled MON 20 FEB 19:00 S7 King-Size Homer TUE 21 FEB 19:00 S7 Mother Simpson WED 22 FEB 19:00 S7 Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming THU 23 FEB 19:00 S7 Two Bad Neighbours
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.

Sky 1 and Sky 1 HD: Schedule Status & Complete Listings
3rd to 24th February 2012

SEASON RIGHTS: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23
LISTINGS SOURCE: Digiguide

Sky 1 are currently airing triple-bills most weeknights from 6:30pm (only two episodes on Tuesdays, from 6:30pm; there's a fourth, after a half-hour break for "Futurama", at 8:30pm on Fridays). There are also double-bills from 8pm to 9pm on Saturdays and 5pm to 6pm on Sundays.
Note that due to half-term, there are additional double-bills from 5pm weeknights from Mon 13 - Fri 17 Feb.
Seasons 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 16, 20, 21 and 22 currently comprise the majority of the schedule. No new episodes are currently scheduled.
Note that new episodes, and repeats of episodes from production series LABFxx and MABFxx, are now simulcast on Sky 1 HD, in High Definition.

FRI 03 FEB 18:30 S9 Lisa the Skeptic 19:00 S22 Flaming Moe 19:30 S16 Goo Goo Gai Pan 20:30 S22 The Fight Before Christmas SAT 04 FEB 20:00 S9 Natural Born Kissers 20:30 S9 Miracle on Evergreen Terrace SUN 05 FEB 17:00 S15 Catch 'Em If You Can 17:30 S15 Fraudcast News MON 06 FEB 18:30 S3 Like Father, Like Klown 19:00 S22 The Fool Monty 19:30 S10 Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers" TUE 07 FEB 18:30 S3 Bart's Friend Falls in Love 19:00 S22 Money Bart WED 08 FEB 18:30 S9 Lost our Lisa 19:00 S21 Loan-a-Lisa 19:30 S10 The Old Man and the 'C' Student THU 09 FEB 18:30 S9 King of the Hill 19:00 S22 Moms I'd Like to Forget 19:30 S9 Lisa, the Simpson FRI 10 FEB 18:30 S9 Dumbbell Indemnity 19:00 S22 Angry Dad: The Movie 19:30 S9 Trash of the Titans 20:30 S16 Pranksta Rap SAT 11 FEB 20:00 S15 The Fat and the Furriest 20:30 S15 Simple Simpson SUN 12 FEB 17:00 S15 Bart-Mangled Banner 17:30 S15 Smart and Smarter MON 13 FEB 17:00 S2 One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish 17:30 S3 Colonel Homer 18:30 S2 Simpson and Delilah 19:00 S2 The Way We Was 19:30 S3 I Married Marge TUE 14 FEB 17:00 S2 Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment 17:30 S3 Saturdays of Thunder 18:30 S10 I'm With Cupid 19:00 S3 Bart the Lover WED 15 FEB 17:00 S2 Bart vs Thanksgiving 17:30 S3 Lisa the Greek 18:30 S3 Black Widower 19:00 S8 Lisa's Date with Density 19:30 S8 Grade School Confidential THU 16 FEB 17:00 S2 Itchy and Scratchy and Marge 17:30 S2 Treehouse of Horror II 18:30 S10 Viva Ned Flanders 19:00 S15 The Wandering Juvie 19:30 S15 My Big Fat Geek Wedding FRI 17 FEB 17:00 S2 Dancin' Homer 18:00 S3 The Otto Show 18:30 S21 Once Upon a Time in Springfield 19:00 S21 Boy Meets Curl 19:30 S22 Flaming Moe 20:30 S22 The Real Housewives of Fat Tony SAT 18 FEB 20:00 S20 How the Test Was Won 20:30 S20 No Loan Again, Naturally SUN 19 FEB 17:00 S16 Thank God, It's Doomsday 17:30 S16 Home Away From Homer MON 20 FEB 18:30 S2 Principal Charming 19:00 S22 The Great Simpsina 19:30 S9 The Joy of Sect TUE 21 FEB 18:30 S2 Bart Gets Hit By A Car 19:00 S9 Bart Carny WED 22 FEB 18:30 S2 Bart the Daredevil 19:00 S22 Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life 19:30 S16 She Used to Be My Girl THU 23 FEB 18:30 S2 Treehouse of Horror I 19:00 S22 How Munched Is That Birdie In The Window? 19:30 S16 All's Fair in Oven War FRI 24 FEB 18:30 S2 Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish 19:00 S21 Rednecks and Broomsticks 20:30 S22 The Blue and the Grey

For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.

Additional Notes and Latest UK DVDs
Updated February 2012

Latest UK DVDs: Season 14 is out now in the UK. My review is here; it's available in both Kang head and regular editions.
Credit where credit's due: Many thanks to David McCormick, creator of this page and original maintainer (ah, the days of uklistings.txt); Brian Petersen and Adam Wolf, designers; and Jared Morris, Robert Burroughs, Matt Johnson, Danny M and Ben Clifford for helping out around these parts - much appreciated! Thanks also to the members of the No Homers Club who regularly contribute to the UK scheduling discussing thread, which is very closely linked with this page (I post as Wezzo there).
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.
Syndication of listings: If you wish to use these listings on your site (with credit, please!), drop me a line.

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