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 2022:
Our Pick of Christmas Movies on TV 2022
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 2022.
Monday 19th December
Monday December 19th
08:00 – The Gruffalo – TG4
10:20 – A Cinderella Wish – ITV2
12:10 – Sherlock Gnomes – ITV2
12:15 – Shrek – Film4
14:00 – Shrek 2 – Film4
14:45 – Doolittle – BBC One
14:45 – Back to the Future – ITV/UTV
15:45 – Shrek The Third – Film4
16:55 – It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie – ITV2
17:30 – Shrek Forever After – Film4
18:50 – Night At The Museum – ITV2
19:15 – Puss in Boots – Film4
21:00 – School of Rock – Comedy Central
Tuesday 20th December
08:40 – The Boss Baby – CBBC
12:00 – The Emoji Movie – Comedy Central
12:05 – Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure – ITV2
12:40 – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – Film4
13:30 – Swallows and Amazons – BBC2
14:45 – The Jungle Book – BBC1
15:00 – The Railway Children – BBC2
14:55 – Back to the Future Part II – ITV/UTV
16:00 – The Addams Family – ITV2
16:35 – Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief – Film 4
17:50 – Nativity Rocks! – ITV2
20:00 – Mamma Mia 2 – ITV2
Wednesday 21st December
06:30 – A Christmas Story – BBC2
09:00 – Into the Woods – BBC2
09:45 – Sherlock Gnomes – ITV2
11:00 – Bill – BBC2
11:30 – Dr Doolittle – ITV2
12:00 – Ace Ventura Pet Detective – Comedy Central
12:50 – Megamind – Film4
14:30 – The NeverEnding Story III: The Escape from Fantasia – RTÉ2
14:45 – Ice Age: Collision Course – Film 4
14:45 – Beauty and The Beast – BBC1
15:45 – Back to the Future Part III – ITV/UTV
16:10 – Smallfoot – ITV2
Thursday 22nd December
07:00 – The Rugrats Movie – C4
09:00 – The Waltons’ Homecoming – BBC2
10:10 – Garfield – ITV2
12:00 – Father of the Bride – Comedy Central
13:50 – The African Queen – BBC2
14:50 – Norm of the North – RTÉ2
15:00 – How The Grinch Stole Christmas – ITV/UTV
15:15 – Paddington – BBC1
15:40 – Night at the Museum – ITV2
17:20 – Abominable – TG4
19:05 – The Addams Family – Film 4
20:00 – Skyfall – ITV/UTV
Friday 23rd December
08:40 – Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! – CBBC
09:55 – Shaun the Sheep Movie – BBC1
10:20 – The Addams Family – ITV2
11:00 – Marmaduke – Film4
12:05 – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – ITV2
12:45 – Shrek – Film4
13:40 – The King and I – BBC2
13:45 – Trolls: World Tour – BBC1
14:55 – Shrek Forever After – RTÉ2
15:10 – Stick Man – BBC1
15:35 – Paddington 2 – BBC1
15:50 – The Grinch – ITV/UTV
16:00 – Peter Pan – ITV2
16:30 – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – Film 4
16:50 – Edward Scissorhands – BBC2
18:15 – Wonder Woman – ITV2
21:30 – Love Actually – RTÉ1
Christmas Eve
06.00 – Trolls Holiday – ITV1
06.05 – Rugrats Go Wild – C4
07.25 – The Snowman – C4
09.20 – Monsters V Aliens – RTÉ2
10.05 – A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish – ITV2
11.00 – Miracle on 34th Street – Film4
11.30 – How To Train Your Dragon – C4
11.55 – Nativity Rocks – ITV2
12.45 – Arthur’s Christmas – ITV1
13.15 – Ice Age: Collision Course – Film4
13.25 – It’s a Wonderful Life – C4
13.40 – The Secret Life of Pets 2 – BBC1
13.45 – Miracle on 34th Street – RTÉ1
14.05 – Donkey’s Carolling Christmas-Tacular – ITV2
14.20 – Santa’s Squad – RTÉ2
14.30 – Penguins of Madagascar – ITV2
14.35 – Santa Claus the Movie – ITV1
14.50 – Big Momma’s House – VM1
15.00 – Pokemon Detective Pikachu – BBC1
15.05 – Shrek 2 – Film4
15.55 – Goodbye Christopher Robin – RTÉ1
16.00 – E.T The Extra-Terrestrial – RTÉ2
16.40 – Addams Family Values – Film4
16.55 – Chariots of Fire – BBC2
16.55 – The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – BBC1
17.00 – Christmas at the Kranks – TG4
17.15 – Ice Age – ITV2
17.25 – Home Alone – C4
17.25 – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – BBC1
18.10 – Paddington 2 – RTÉ2
18.45 – Bumblebee – Film4
19.00 – How The Grinch Stole Christmas – ITV2
20.00 – Deck The Halls – VM1
20.00 – Angela’s Christmas 2 – RTÉ 2
21.50 – Dirty Dancing – TG4
Christmas Day
06.35 – The Madagascar Penguins – ITV1
06.50 – Donkey’s Carolling Christmas-Tacular – ITV1
07.00 – Room on the Broom – RTÉ2
07.25 – The Overcoat – RTÉ2
07.40 – Rise of the Guardians – C4
07.55 – The Gruffalo – RTÉ2
08.00 – Beethoven’s Christmas – ITV2
08.20 – The Man Who Invented Christmas – RTÉ1
08.25 – The Gruffalo’s Child – RTÉ 2
09.00 – Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas – RTÉ2
09.30 – Adam Saves Christmas – RTÉ2
09.35 – Kung Fu Panda – C4
09.50 – A Kid’s County Christmas – RTÉ2
10.15 – Shrek – RTÉ 2
10.25 – Trolls – ITV2
10.50 – It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas – ITV2
11.35 – Puss in Boots – RTÉ2
11.35 – Abominable – BBC1
12.30 – Kindergarten Cop – E4
12.35 – Kung Fu Panda Holiday – ITV2
12.40 – Miracle on 34th Street – TG4
13.00 – A Shaun the Sheep Movie – BBC1
13.05 – The Secret Life of Pets 2 – RTÉ1
13.10 – Peter Pan – ITV2
13.35 – White Christmas – BBC2
13.50 – The Great Escape – C4
14.20 – Mirror Mirror – RTÉ2
14.25 – Wolfwalkers – RTÉ1
14.45 – Abominable Gaeilge – TG4
15.00 – Big Momma’s House – VM1
15.10 – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – BBC2
15.10 – Aladdin – BBC1
15.25 – ET The Extra-Terrestrial – ITV2
16.00 – Some Like It Hot – RTÉ2
16.05 – Little Women – RTÉ1
16.40 – Some Like It Hot – BBC2
16.45 – Deck the Halls – VM2
17.30 – Home Alone 2 – C4
17.45 – Back to the Future – ITV2
17.55 – Home Alone – RTÉ 2
18.00 – Nanny McPhee -TG4
18.20 – Jumanji: The Next Level – RTÉ1
19.15 – Johnny English Strikes Again – E4
19.30 – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – RTÉ2
20.00 – Mamma Mia Here We Go Again – ITV2
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St Stephen’s Day / Boxing Day / 26th December
07.35 – Hotel For Dogs – C4
08.20 – Cats & Dogs – ITV2
09.25 – The Christmas Choir – VM1
09.55 – The Gruffalo – BBC1
10.35 – Big Hero 6 – BBC1
10.25 – Wallace & Gromit – RTÉ2
10.45 – Deck the Halls – VM2
11.00 – The Secret of Moonacre – RTÉ2
12.00 – A Christmas Carol – TG4
12.25 – Frozen – BBC1
12.50 – Ice Age 2: The Meltdown – ITV2
13.00 – Trolls: World Tour – RTÉ1
14.00 – Junior – E4
14.25 – Mary Poppins – BBC1
14.40 – The Sound of Music – RTÉ1
14.40 – Matilda – ITV2
15.15 – Goldfinger – RTÉ2
15.30 – Big Momma’s: Like Father Like Son – VM1
15.30 – The Mitchells V The Machines – VM1
16.45 – Into The West – TG4
16.45 – Madagascar – ITV2
17.30 – The Magnificent Seven – BBC2
17.50 – Raiders of the Lost Ark – RTÉ1
17.55 – Peter Rabbit – C4
18.20 – The Karate Kid – E4
18.30 – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – ITV2
Tuesday 27th December
07.55 – The Gruffalo’s Child – RTÉ2
09.00 – Ella Enchanted – ITV2
09.25 – Over The Hedge – ITV
10.10 – Undercover Christmas – VM1
10.50 – Wallace & Gromit – RTÉ2
10.55 – Annie – ITV2
11.00 – Rio – ITV1
11.20 – The House on Seahorse Bay – RTÉ2
11.50 – Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – C4
13.05 – Annie – TG4
13.25 – Trolls Holiday in Harmony – BBC1
13.30 – Hello, Dolly – BBC2
13.30 – ET: The Extra-Terrestrial – ITV1
13.45 – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – BBC1
14.00 – The Karate Kid – E4
15.20 – How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming – BBC1
15.20 – Hotel Transylvania: A Monster Vacation – ITV2
15.35 – Back to the Future – RTÉ1
15.45 – Ghostbusters II
15.25 – From Russia with Love – RTÉ2
15.50 – Funny Girl – BBC2
17.05 – Where the Wild Things Are – TG4
17.15 – The Amazing Spiderman 2 – ITV2
17.55 – Indiana Jone and the Temple of Doom – RTÉ2
20.00 – Aquaman
21.00 – 1917 – BBC1
Wednesday 28th December
10.00 – A Dog’s Journey – BBC1
10.10 – Dr Dolittle – ITV2
11.40 – Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit – BBC1
11.55 – Garfield – ITV2
13.25 – The Seven Year Itch – TG4
13.25 – Zog – BBC1
13.30 – South Pacific – BBC2
13.55 – Zog and the Flying Doctors – BBC1
14.00 – The Karate Kid II – E4
14.20 – Finding Dory – BBC1
14.45 – Hotel Transylvania – ITV
15.05 – Dad’s Army – C4
15.20 – The Spy Who Loved Me – RTÉ2
15.45 – Back to the Future II – RTÉ1
15.50 – Moana – BBC1
16.40 – Penguins of Madagascar – ITV2
16.55 – Whisky Galore! – BCC2
17.00 – Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang – TG4
17.40 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – RTÉ2
18.25 – Shazam! – ITV2
18.50 – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – C4
21.00 – Ocean’s 8 – ITV2
21.00 – Gladiator – RTÉ2
Thursday 29th December
08.40 – Zog – RTÉ1
09.10 – Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas – RTÉ2
09.35 – Dr Dolittle 2 – ITV2
10.40 – Barnyard – C4
11.20 – Matilda – ITV2
11.25 – Cars 3 – BBC1
13.20 – The Philadelphia Story – TG4
13.30 – The Highway Rat – BBC1
13.55 – Zootropolis – BBC1
14.00 – The Karate Kid Part III – E4
14.45 – Hotel Transylvania – ITV1
15.20 – For Your Eyes Only – RTÉ2
15.35 – The BFG – BBC1
15.40 – Back to the Future PART III – RTÉ1
16.30 – Ice Age – ITV2
17.50 – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – RTÉ2
18.10 – Wonder Woman – ITV2
Friday 30th December
09.45 – The Good Dinosaur – BBC1
10.15 – The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – ITV2
10.50 – Uglydolls – RTÉ2
11.15 – Kung Fu Panda – BBC1
12.20 – Ella Enchanted – ITV2
12.20 – The Legend of Longwood – RTÉ2
12.30 – Bend it Like Beckham – C4
14.00 – The Next Karate Kid – E4
14.05 – Alice Through The Looking Glass – BBC1
14.15 – D.A.R.Y.L – RTÉ2
14.55 – Goosebumps – ITV1
15.15 – Superman – RTÉ1
15.20 – Maleficient – BBC1
16.05 – Dark Horse – RTÉ2
16.45 – Sonic the Hedgehog – C4
17.00 – Space Jam – ITV2
17.20 – Hotel Transylvania Béarla – TG4
18.05 – Crocodile Dundee – RTÉ2
18.45 – Back to the Future – ITV2
20.00 – Spectre – ITV1
20.00 – Raiders of the Lost Ark – C4
Saturday 31st December
10.35 – Annie – ITV2
10.55 – Charlottes Web – C4
12.50 – Junior – RTÉ2
12.50 – Annie – C4
13.15 – Coco – BBC1
13.50 – Johnny English Strikes Again – E4
14.00 – Stuart Little – ITV2
14.50 – Inside Out – BBC1
14.55 – War Horse – RTÉ2
15.25 – Superman II – RTÉ1
15.45 – The Karate Kid – E4
15.50 – Hotel Transylvania 3 – ITV2
17.00 – Lego Ninjago – TG4
17.45 – New Year’s Eve – ITV2
18.25 – The Witches – RTÉ1
18.40 – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – C4
19.20 – Yesterday – BBC1
20.00 – Aquaman – ITV2
21.00 – Mr & Mrs Smith – VM1
21.00 – Superhero Movie – VM2
Sunday 1st January 2023
09.50 – Mr Stink – RTÉ2
10.00 – Stuart Little – ITV2
11.20 – Pete’s Dragon – BBC1
11.45 – Kindergarten Cop – E4
11.45 – Madagascar – ITV2
12.45 – Cleopatra – BBC2
12.55 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – RTÉ1
13.05 – The Pink Panther Strikes Again – TG4
13.30 – Ice Age 2: The Meltdown – ITV2
13.50 – Cinderella – BBC1
15.10 – Dr Seuss’ The Lorax – TG4
14.00 – Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse – E4
15.15 – ET The Extra Terrestrial – ITV2
15.30 – Superman III – RTÉ1
16.00 – Mary Poppins Returns – BBC1
16.45 – Planet of the Apes – BBC2
17.35 – Jurassic World; Fallen Kingdom – ITV2
17.15 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – C4
19.00 – The Nanny Diaries – VM2
19.05 – Skyscraper – E4
20.00 – Ocean’s 8 – ITV2
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