Want a one stop handy guide to the family friendly tv & movies this Christmas? We’ve popped them onto this list covering the UK & Irish tv channels. Here’s Our Pick of Family Christmas Movies on TV 2023:
Our Pick of Christmas Movies on TV 2023
One of my favourite memories of Christmas time as a child was looking at the TV schedule to see what movies were going to be on and planning what TV time I’d have – there was no screen time limit at Christmas time (never mind the fact that it was the 70s & 80s!).
So if you like watching a good Christmas movie on TV with your child, here’s a big roundup of what’s on this Christmas 2023.
Saturday 23rd December
10.20 – A Christmas Carousel – C4
10.50 – Wolfwalkers – RTÉ2
11.35 – A Song for Christmas – RTÉ1
13.15 – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – BBC1
13.15 – Sing – UTV
14.20 – Twinkle All The Way – RTÉ2
14.35 – Scrooged – C4
15.20 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas – UTV
15.25 – Mrs Doubtfire – RTÉ1
16.30 – It’s a Wonderful Life – C4
17.15 – Stickman – BBC1
17.35 – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – UTV
18.45 – Paddington – BBC1
19.00 – Men in Black 3 – C4
Christmas Eve
10.05 – The Boss Baby – BBC1
10.45 – Angela’s Christmas Wish – RTÉ2
12.10 – The Overcoat – RTÉ2
12.30 – Charlotte’s Web – C4
13.00 – Sherlock Gnomes – RTÉ2
13.05 – The Secret Life of Pets – UTV
13.10 – Annie – TG4
13.40 – The Goonies – RTÉ1
14.30 – The Christmas Contract – RTÉ2
14.40 – The Grinch – UTV
14.50 – The Sound of Music – BBC1
15.45 – Miracle on 34th St – RTÉ1
16.10 – 101 Dalmatians – RTÉ2
17.25 – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – UTV
17.45 – Miracle on 34th St – C4
18.10 – Home Alone – RTÉ2
Christmas Day
07.30 – Paw Patrol – RTÉ2
08.00 – Smurfs: The Lost Village – TG4
08.40 – Puss in Boots – C4
08.45 – Puffin Rock and the New Friends – RTÉ2
08.50 – The Gruffalo – BBC1
09.15 – How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming – BBC1
09.30 – Finians Rainbow – TG4
09.40 – The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – BBC1
10.00 – The Witches – RTÉ2
10.15 – The Highway Rat – BBC2
10.25 – Kung Fu Panda 2 – C4
10.40 – Wallace & Grommit: A Close Shave – BBC2
11.15 – Cinderella – BBC1
11.40 – Mirror Mirror – RTÉ2
12.20 – Miracle on 34th St – TG4
12.25 – Wallace & Grommit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – RTÉ1
12.55 – The Addams Family 2 – BBC1
13.25 – The Jungle Book – RTÉ1
13.25 – Sonic the Hedgehog – RTÉ2
14.00 – Ice Age 3 – TG4
14.40 – Beauty & The Beast – RTÉ1
14.55 – Sing – RTÉ2
15.10 – Toy Story 4 – BBC1
14.00 – Mary Poppins Returns – RTÉ1
16.25 – The Wizard of Oz – VM1
16.30 – Sing 2 – UTV
17.00 – Spirit Untamed – RTÉ2
17.30 – Home Alone – C4
18.15 – Into the West – TG4
18.15 – The Lion King – RTÉ1
18.20 – Angela’s Christmas Wish – RTÉ2
19.05 – Home Alone 2 – RTÉ2
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St Stephen’s Day / Boxing Day / 26th December
07.55 – Zog – RTÉ2
08.25 – The Snail & The Whale – RTÉ2
09.25 – Gangsta Granny – RTÉ2
09.50 – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu – BBC1
10.00 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – RTÉ1
10.25 – The Croods – UTV
10.50 – Wallace & Grommit: The Wrong Trousers – RTÉ2
11.25 – Madagascar – RTÉ2
11.25 – Abominable – BBC1
11.40 – Annie – C4
13.15 – Beauty & The Beast – BBC1
15.00 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – UTV
15.15 – Peter Rabbit 2 – BBC1
17.00 – The Boss Baby – TG4
17.05 – The Lion King – BBC1
18.30 – Paddington 2 – RTÉ1
18.50 – Raiders of the Lost Ark – C4
Wednesday 27th December
08.30 – Mr Stink – RTÉ2
09.20 – Dora & The Lost City of Gold – C4
09.45 – Beethoven – RTÉ2
10.15 – Trolls – BBC1
10.20 – Believe – BBC2
11.25 – Beethoven’s 2nd – RTÉ2
11.40 – Spirit Untamed – BBC1
13.00 – Lemony Snicket – C4
13.55 – The Snail & The Whale – BBC1
14.25 – The Croods 2 – BBC1
15.50 – Ghostbusters – BBC1
17.01 – Are We There Yet? – VM2
17.20 – Smurfs 3 – TG4
17.40 – Stardust – C4
21.00 – 1917 – BBC1
Thursday 28th December
08.10 – Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – C4
08.50 – Fluke – RTÉ2
9.50 – Aliens in the Attic – C4
10.05 – Trolls World Tour – BBC1
10.30 – Wallace & Grommit: A Grand Day Out – RTÉ2
11.00 – K-9 – RTÉ2
11.30 – Inside Out – BBC1
13.55 – The BFG – BBC1
14.20 – Fiddler on the Roof – RTÉ1
15.20 – Brewsters Millions – RTÉ2
15.40 – Ghostbusters 2 – BBC1
17.30 – Stuart Little – TG4
18.40 – Spiderman: Far From Home – RTÉ2
21.00 – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – C4
Friday 29th December
08.00 – A Monsterous Holiday – TG4
09.00 – The Good Dinosaur – BBC1
09.15 – Ben 10 vs. The Universe – RTÉ2
09.20 – Barnyard – C4
10.40 – Wallace & Grommit: A Close Shave – RTÉ2
11.15 – The Witches – RTÉ2
11.25 – Big Hero 6 – BBC1
13.00 – Are We There Yet? – VM2
13.45 – My Girl – RTÉ1
13.55 – Trolls in Harmony – BBC1
14.15 – The Book of Life – BBC1
15.25 – Planes, Trains & Automobiles – C4
15.45 – Alice Through the Looking Glass – BBC1
15.50 – My Girl 2 – RTÉ1
17.20 – Ice Age 3 – TG4
19.05 – The House with the Clock in it’s Walls – RTÉ2
Saturday 30th December
08.40 – The Gruffalo – RTÉ2
09.40 – The Highway Rat – RTÉ2
10.00 – Calamity Jane – TG4
11.35 – Gangsta Granny – RTÉ2
12.55 – The Water Horse – TG4
13.15 – The Secret Life of Pets 2 – BBC1
13.25 – Wallace & Grommit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit – UTV
14.35 – Finding Dory – BBC1
15.05 – Jumanji – UTV
17.20 – Wallace & Grommit: The Wrong Trousers – BBC1
18.00 – Paddington 2 – BBC1
18.35 – My Spy – RTÉ1
19.00 – The Sound of Music – BBC4
19.40 – Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom – C4
Sunday 31st December
08.00 – Yogi Bear – TG4
08.55 – The Snail & The Whale – RTÉ2
09.20 – Stickman – RTÉ2
09.30 – Over the Hedge – UTV
09.55 – Cars 3 – BBC1
11.05 – About a Boy – UTV
11.45 – Mr Stink – RTÉ2
13.05 – Evan Almighty – UTV
13.25 – Madagascar – RTÉ2
13.50 – Zog & The Flying Doctors – BBC1
14.20 – Saving Mr Banks – BBC1
14.55 – Matilda – UTV
15.15 – The Boss Baby – TG4
16.20 – The Jungle Book – BBC1
19.00 – Johnny English Reborn – RTÉ2
Monday 1st January 2024
08.00 – My Little Pony – TG4
09.00 – The Highway Rat – BBC1
09.55 – Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon – BBC1
10.30 – Babe – UTV
11.05 – Daddy Day Care – C4
11.15 – The Boss Baby 2 – BBC1
11.45 – Oliver Twist – VM3
12.55 – Paw Patrol – C4
14.15 – Space Jam: A New Legacy – RTÉ2
14.20 – Moana – BBC1
14.35 – Around the World in 80 Days – RTÉ1
14.55 – Mrs Doubtfire – C4
16.00 – Wallace & Grommit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – BBC1
17.00 – Are We There Yet? – VM1
17.20 – Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade – C4
17.30 – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – TG4
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