Including The Snapper, The Shawshank Redemption and much, much more.
We’ve already seen the pretty decent collection of movies that will be on RTÉ over the festive period and TV3 have followed suit with more offerings that will leave viewers with plenty of choices.
Highlights in the schedule include The Snapper (Sunday, 17 December), the world TV premiere of Cardboard Gangsters (Monday, 18 December), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on Christmas Day and The Shawshank Redemption on the last Friday of 2017.
You can see the full list of movies on TV3 and 3E over Christmas below; best make a note of the dates in your diary and prepare to pick your battles for the remote over the best part of the next two weeks.
Movies on TV3
Saturday, 16 December
9pm: Unstoppable
Sunday, 17 December
9pm: The Snapper
Monday, 18 December
9pm: Cardboard Gangsters
Friday, 22 December
9pm: Deck The Halls
Saturday, 23 December
11.40am: The Night Before The Night Before Christmas
9pm: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Sunday, 24 December (Christmas Eve)
1.45pm: The 12 Days of Christmas
3.45pm: Santa Claus The Movie
11.20pm: Man About a Dog
Monday, 25 December (Christmas Day)
11.40am: Christmas Choir
4.20pm: Chicken Run
10.15pm: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Tuesday, 26 December
3.30pm The Flintstones in Viva Las Vegas
10pm: Waking Ned
Wednesday, 27 December
5pm: Into The West
9pm: Dirty Dancing
Thursday, 28 December
2.05pm: Gnomeo And Juliet
3.50pm: Rat Race
9pm: Last Holiday
Friday, 29 December
2pm: Lassie
9pm: The Shawshank Redemption
Movies on 3E
5.15pm: The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Sunday, 17 December
6pm: Big Momma’s House 2
Monday, 18 December
11pm: The Contract
Wednesday, 20 December
10pm: Blitz
Thursday, 21 December
9pm: T2: Judgement Day
Saturday, 23 December
5pm: Night at the Museum
Sunday, 24 December (Christmas Eve)
1.30pm Hotel For Dogs
6.05pm: Mr Popper’s Penguin
9pm: The Family Stone
Monday, 25 December (Christmas Day)
11.30am: Madagascar
6.05pm: Babe
Tuesday, 26 December
6pm: The Three Stooges
Wednesday, 27 December
12pm: Flushed Away
6pm: Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel
9pm: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Thursday, 28 December
6pm: Diary of a Whimpy Kid Roderick Rules
Friday, 29 December
6pm: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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