Easter TV 2018: What films and TV shows are on this Easter?
EASTER 2018 is nearly upon us and brings with it a slew of great TV shows and films. Here’s your guide to all the best movies and specials on TV over the period.
Hamlet, Ordeal By Innocence and Kiss Me First will air this Easter
Mysterious 'Ordeal By Innocence' premieres soon on BBC
There are lots of great TV specials include an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence, which features an all-star with including Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode from The Crown, Poldark’s Eleanor Tomlinson and Anna Chancellor.
The three-part BBC period drama will be starting on Easter Sunday and promises to be a gripping watch.
Sherlock actor Andrew Scott will be taking centre-stage in a new modern-dress BBC production of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Hamlet.
Joining Scott will be Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay and Juliet Stevenson.
Fans of Sir David Attenborough can catch the naturalist’s Wonder of Eggs programme on Easter Saturday.
For those of an artist leaning, The Big Painting Challenge will be kicking off this weekend.
Easter Monday bring a raft of great shows, particularly from Channel 4 which has several new programmes starting including futuristic thriller Kiss Me First which is a cross between Black Mirror and Enter Player One.
A new group will be embarking on a stint on Bear Grylls: The Island and comedians Richard Ayoade and Lee Mack give audiences a whistle stop tour of the Belgian capital.
Also continuing will The Durrell, Marcella and The Good Karma Hospital on ITV.
The cast of Agatha Christie thriller Ordeal By Innocence
Here are the TV and film highlights for Easter 2018
GOOD FRIDAY
TV
Mastermind final - BBC Two - 7.30pm
Mrs Brown's Boys - BBC One - 9.30pm
Lee and Dean - Channel 4 - 10pm
Films
The Silent Child - BBC One - 7.40pm
Fast & Furious 7 - ITV - 9pm
Sherlock actor Andrew Scott in BBC's Hamlet
EASTER SATURDAY
TV
Easter from King’s - BBC Two - 6.15pm
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV - 7pm
The Voice UK - ITV - 8.30pm
Attenborough’s Wonder of Eggs - BBC Two - 8pm
Hamlet - BBC Two - 9pm
Troy: Fall of a City - BBC One - 9.10pm
Films
Gone with the wind - Channel 5 - 10.10am
Oklahoma - Channel 5 - 2.30pm
Skyfall - ITV2 - 7.30pm
Taken 3 - Channel 4 - 9pm
AVP: Alien vs Predator - Channel 4 - 11.15pm
Kiss Me First will be airing on Channel 4 on Easter Monday
EASTER SUNDAY
TV
Songs of Praise - BBC One - 5pm
The Big Painting Challenge - BBC One - 6pm
Top Gear - BBC Two - 8pm
The Generation Game - BBC One - 8pm
The Durrells - ITV - 8pm
The Good Karma Hospital - ITV - 9pm
Homeland - Channel 4 - 9pm
Ordeal by Innocence - BBC One - 9pm
Films
The Silent Child - BBC One - 11.25am
Shaun the Sheep Movie - BBC One - 12.40pm
Joe Kidd - Channel 5 - 12.40pm
Will Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - ITV - 1.40pm
Space Cowboys - Channel 5 - 2.25pm
Dumbo - Channel 4 - 4pm
Stargate - Channel 5 - 4.55pm
Bruce Almighty - Channel 5 - 9pm
The Green Mile - Channel 4 - 10.05pm
Sherlock Holmes - ITV - 10.15pm
Selma - BBC Two - 11pm
Just Go With It - Channel 5 - 11.05pm
EASTER MONDAY
TV
Travel Man: 48 Hours in Brussels - Channel 4 - 8.30pm
MasterChef - BBC One - 7.30pm
Marcella - ITV - 9pm
The Island with Bear Grylls - Channel 4 - 9pm
Dave Allen at Pace - BBC Two - 9pm
Lenny Henry: the Commonwealth Kid - BBC One - 9pm
Kiss Me First - Channel 4 - 10pm
Dave Allen: God’s Own Comedian - BBC Two - 10pm
Films
Gnomeo & Juliet - BBC Two - 8.30am
The House of Magic - Channel 4 - 8.55am
DragonHeart - ITV - 9.25am
Rise of the Guardians - BBC Two - 9.45am
Free Willy - ITV - 11.25am
The Jewel of the Nile - Channel 4 - 12pm
Funny Lady - BBC Two - 12pm
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Channel 5 - 1.10pm
Oliver! - Channel 5 - 3.10pm
Z for Zachariah - BBC Two - 11pm