Your Easter weekend 2023 schedule: All the TV and film to watch this Bank Holiday

If you're in the mood for some reflective documentary watching, perhaps Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal or Netflix's Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now will be just the ticket. And if you're in the mood for a grippingly good drama, The Good Mothers has just landed on Disney Plus, as well as Why Didn't They Ask Evans? landing on ITV1 and ITVX this Sunday.

Basically, it's a great time for TV this weekend but if you're feeling slightly overwhelmed at all the choice, read on for a breakdown of the best things to catch everyday across this long Easter weekend.

Good Friday

The highlights of what to watch on TV on Good Friday:

• My Life at Easter with Sally Phillips, 11.15am, BBC One
• Beyond Paradise, 8pm, BBC One
• Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal, 9pm, BBC Two
• Late Night Lycett, 10pm, Channel 4
• Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Paramount Plus
• Thicker Than Water, Netflix
• Transatlantic, Netflix

And for the film lovers, the best movies to watch on Good Friday:

• Stuart Little 2, 2pm, ITV1
• The Lies She Tells, 2.15pm, Channel 5
• E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, 5.45pm, ITV2
• The Inbetweeners Movie, 9pm, E4
• Father of the Bride, 9.05pm, ITVBe
• Avengers: Age of Ultron, 10.30pm, BBC One
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 11.05pm, Channel 4
• Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre, Prime Video
• On A Wing and a Prayer, Prime Video

Easter Saturday

As the weekend well and truly gets underway, here are some excellent TV picks for Saturday:

• John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen, 11.40am, ITV1
• Easter from King’s, 6pm, BBC Two
• In With a Shout, 6pm, ITV1
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, 7pm, ITV
• Starstruck, 8.30pm, ITV1
• Intelligence: A Special Agent Special, 9pm, Sky Comedy
• Magpie Murders, 9.25pm, BBC One
• The Jonathan Ross Show, 9.50pm, ITV

Here are your Easter Saturday film picks:

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 2.40pm, BBC Two
• Oliver!, 3.10pm, Channel 4
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 5.35pm, BBC One
• Carry on Camping, 7.15pm, ITV3
• Spectre, 8pm, ITV2
• Jumanji: The Next Level, 8.30pm, Channel 4
• Commando, 10.50pm, Channel 4

Easter Sunday

As the big day arrives, make sure you're armed with all the chocolate eggs, a blanket and your remote for a jam-packed day of Easter Sunday viewing:

• Easter Day Service – Live from Southwell Minster, 10am, BBC One
• Urbi et Orbi (Easter message from Pope Francis), 11am, BBC One
• My Life at Easter with Sally Phillips, 11.30am, BBC One
• Songs of Praise: Easter Special, 1.15pm, BBC One
• Wild Isles, 4.35pm and 7pm, BBC One
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway: Behind The Scenes, 7pm, ITV1
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, 7.40pm, Channel 4
• For the Love of Paul O’Grady, 8pm, ITV1
• Great Expectations, 9pm, BBC One
• Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, 9pm, ITV1
• Tempting Fortune, 9pm, Channel 4

And there's a host of films to get stuck into, also:

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 1.50pm, Channel 4
• The Sound of Music, 1.50pm, BBC One
• Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief, 4pm, Channel 4
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 6pm, Channel 5
• The Greatest Showman, 8pm, E4
• No Time to Die, 8pm, ITV2
• The Forgiven, 10pm Sky Premiere
• 2 Fast 2 Furious, 10.35pm, ITV1
• Meet The Parents, 10.55pm, Channel 4
• Blade Runner 2049, 11.20pm, BBC One

Easter Monday

The TV offerings continue on into Easter Monday where dramas, documentaries and reality TV shows galore await:

• Tempting Fortune: The Final, 9pm, Channel 4
• B&B By the Sea, 6.30pm, BBC Two
• MasterChef, 8pm, BBC One
• Secrets of the Chippendale Murders, 9pm, BBC Two
• Blue Lights, 9pm, BBC One
• Made in Chelsea, 9pm, Channel 4
• Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter, 9pm, Sky History and Now
• Rise and Fall, 10pm, Channel 4
• Long Lost Family: What Happened Next, 10.30pm, ITV

Some films to round out the long Easter Bank Holiday weekend:

• Guys and Dolls, 11.15am, Channel 4
• Jumanji, 2.50pm, Film4
• The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse, 6pm, BBC One
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, 6.35pm, ITV2
• The Graduate, 9.45pm, BBC Two
• The Wolf of Wall Street, 11pm, ITV4
• John Wick: Chapter 2, Sky Showcase

Find all these showings on our TV Guide.

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