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Schedules for the UK & Ireland May 11th 2008 update |
Maintained by Wesley Mead |
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This page, updated every weekend when possible, provides complete scheduling information for "The Simpsons" in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Schedules are available for Channel 4, S4C, Sky One 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 The Britsons (soon to be replaced by a new UK censorship site), a guide to UK censorship of the show, and my guide to BBFC classification in the UK. Contents:
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Welcome to the May 11th update. This week, you will find the latest updates to Sky One's May and June schedules, alongside fullly updated listings for C4 (they're finally airing S15!), S4C and RTÉ2. Next update in two weeks. |
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Channel 4: Schedule Status 11th to 25th May 2008 |
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Let's all shout a collective huzzah! Channel 4 are finally airing season 15 -- wait, what's that? Five episodes in, a repeat run of season 14 kicks in in its place? Bloody hell, Channel 4, what are you playing at? Yep, after last week's pleasant surprise start to S15, S14 takes its place. I have no further comment. Lousy cotton-pickin' bast-- Episodes that air on Channel 4 can be viewed one hour later on their timeshift service, Channel 4 +1. |
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Channel 4: Complete Listings 11th to 25th May 2008 |
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.
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S4C: Complete Listings 11th to 25th May 2008 |
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S4C (the Welsh equivalent of C4) are currently repeating season 1 at 6pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday; as well as in double-bills on Sunday from 11:30am and also at varying times on Saturday morning. For some reason a couple of episodes are duplicated, I'm not sure why; I've included them here as they're what Radio Times list just in case they're right but don't be surprised if they're wrong. |
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.
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RTÉ2: Complete Listings 11th to 25th May 2008 |
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RTÉ2 are currently airing the show weeknights at 6pm, as part of the TTV strand. Season 8 airs Mon-Fri followed by season 9 (albeit with the Treehouse of Horror skipped), S15 having completed its premiere run. |
For more information on the episodes, see the Episode Guide.
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Note that Virgin Media (ex-NTL & Telewest) customers can no longer view Sky One (or Sky Two), pending contract renegotiation. Digital Spy article. Sky One schedules are now available up to early June, with preliminary timeslots until the end of June also available. Unfortunately actual episodic information, other than details on new episodes, is still not currently extending very far into the future - just three weeks - hopefully this will be rectified soon. New Episodes: After a couple of sparse months, there are tons to look forward to in May and June - though Sky have shuffled them around a bit since last update:
Events & Miscellany:
Premieres are highlighted and in bold; season 19 repeats/Encore slots are in bold, dark-red. |
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Sky One: Complete Listings 11th May to 31st July 2008 |
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Jump to: Apr 20 | Apr 27 | May 04 |New Eps
For more information on the episodes, see the
Episode Guide. |
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New Episodes - Sky One 11th May to 31st July 2008 |
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11th May - 20:00; KABF06 The Debarted |
| When Principal Skinner is one step ahead of all of Bart's pranks, Bart suspects a mole among his friends; when Homer gets a loaner car after Marge has an accident, he's reluctant to give it back when his old car is fixed. |
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11th May - 20:30; KABF01 Funeral for a Fiend |
| Homer buys a TiVo that allows Marge to skip commercials, but after a dream in which Keith Olbermann chastises her for doing so, she starts watching the ones she skipped, one of which is for a new rib restaurant that turns out to be a trap set by Sideshow Bob; once again, the trap fails and Bob is arrested, but at his trial, Bart throws away a nitroglycerin vial that Bob needed for a heart condition, and Bob falls dead. The town blames Bart for killing him, and Bob's brother Cecil suggests that Bart pay his last respects before Bob is cremated - but it's not Bob who's due for a hot time. |
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18th May - 20:30; KABF04 That '90s Show |
| When Bart and Lisa find Marge's college diploma, Homer and Marge flash back to the 1990s, where Homer has to work at the power plant Grampa's Lazer Tag factory rather than follow his dream of being a musician in order to support sending Marge to college, but when Marge gets a bit too "friendly" with one of her professors, Homer responds by inventing grunge music. |
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25th May - 20:30; KABF03 E. Pluribus Wiggum |
| Homer throws a car battery into the Krusty Burger trashcan, which ruptures a gas line that causes every fast food restaurant to explode, but in order to get the planned bond measure to rebuild them passed as soon as possible, Springfield moves its Presidential primary from June to January, where Homer comes up with an idea to get back at the politicians and media - vote for Ralph Wiggum - only for the media to proclaim Ralph as the national front-runner. |
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1st June - 20:30; KABF07 Dial "N" For Nerder |
| Bart pulls a prank on Martin in Springfield Forest, only for Martin to go tumbling off a cliffside and be presumed dead - and Lisa, thinking she's an accomplice, persuades Bart to keep quiet about it; Marge calls on a Cheaters-type show to catch Homer in the act of cheating...on his new bell pepper diet. |
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8th June - 20:30; KABF08 Smoke on the Daughter |
| Lisa discovers that second-hand cigarette smoke makes her a better ballet dancer, and ends up addicted to it; a family of raccoons makes off with Homer's homemade beef jerky supply. |
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15th June - 20:30; KABF09 Papa, Don't Leech |
| When the town goes after Lurleen Lumpkin (once again voiced by Beverly D'Angelo) for non-payment of city taxes and Marge discovers she's homeless, she takes her in, only to discover that Lurleen's father left her thirty years ago, so Marge gets them back together, only for the father to run off...to the Dixie Chicks with a song Lurleen wrote (and he's claiming credit for) in hand. |
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TBC - 20:30; KABF05 Love, Springfieldian Style |
| Delayed from original 1st June scheduling On Valentine's Day, Homer and Marge get stuck in a tunnel of love (thanks to Bart and some gelatin), so they pass the time with love stories of three couples, animated for our enjoyment: Homer and Marge as Bonnie and Clyde; Homer and Marge (again) as "Shady and the Vamp"; Nelson and Lisa as Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. |
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22nd/29th June No New Episodes |
| No new episodes are scheduled to air on these dates. |
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Additional Notes and Latest UK DVDs Updated 11th May 2008 |
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Mailing list: I'm hoping to get the mailing list back up again sometime soon.. I know, I keep procrastinating on this, but it will happen! It'll be a copy of each update sent to your e-mail address, plus (perhaps) additional reminders of new episodes on the day they air. If you're interested, e-mail me letting me know.
Latest UK DVDs: Look out for The Simpsons Movie on DVD, out now. If you haven't imported the R1 Futurama - Bender's Big Score movie, order the R2 from Amazon.co.uk now for GBP 9.98.
Credit where credit's due: Many thanks to David McCormick, creator of this page and original maintainer; Brian Petersen and Adam Wolf, designers; and Robert Burroughs and Matthew Johnson for helping out lots with episode details, bugs on the page and the like - much appreciated! Also, thanks to those of who write in each week informing me of corrections and the latest responses to queries from Channel 4 and Sky - what would I do without you? And finally, thanks 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).
Tip: if you're searching for when a specific episode is scheduled, find its production code from this list, return to this page, press Ctrl+F, enter the production code and click find. The next scheduled listing for the episode will appear. If no results are returned, the episode is not currently scheduled.
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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Last modified on May 11th, 2008 by Wesley Mead (wesley@snpp.com)
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