The Simpsons

1989•13 series•Entertainment / Animation

Available on Sky One HD

This long-running animated comedy focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state. The head of the Simpson family, Homer, is not a typical family man. A nuclear-plant employee, he does his best to lead his family but often finds that they are leading him. The family includes loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and baby Maggie. Other Springfield residents include the family's religious neighbour, Ned Flanders, family physician Dr Hibbert, Moe the bartender and police chief Clancy Wiggum.

Episode 14Gal of Constant Sorrow

Bart and Lisa get to know a homeless folk singer. Homer's attempt at DIY traps the cat in the walls of the house, so he launches a rescue bid. (S27 Ep14/22)

Episode 15Lisa the Veterinarian

Lisa is inspired to become a vet and begins an internship at a local surgery. Marge gets a job as a crime scene cleaner but finds it traumatic. (S27 Ep15/22)

Episode 16The Marge-ian Chronicles

When Lisa signs up to participate in the future colonisation of Mars, Marge's attempt to use reverse psychology to discourage her goes badly wrong. (S27 Ep16/22)

Episode 17The Burns Cage

Homer makes it his mission to find romance for Smithers. Milhouse is jealous of Lisa's leading man when she's cast in the school production of Casablanca. (S27 Ep17/22)

Episode 18How Lisa Got Her Marge Back

Marge takes Lisa on a city theatre trip to make up for a rough patch in their relationship. Bart teams up with Maggie to play practical jokes. (S27 Ep18/22)

Episode 19Fland Canyon

Homer tells Maggie a bedtime story about the Simpson and Flanders families getting stranded when they go on holiday together to the Grand Canyon. (S27 Ep19/22)

Episode 20To Courier with Love

Homer makes a deal with a travel agent to transport a briefcase with secret contents to Paris in exchange for a cheap family holiday. (S27 Ep20/22)

Episode 21Simprovised

Homer turns to improvisational comedy to bolster his public speaking. Marge decides to upgrade Bart's tumbledown treehouse, but he questions her building skills. (S27 Ep21/22)

Episode 22Orange Is the New Yellow

Marge is arrested for neglect after letting Bart go to the park alone, but finds that prison gives her a break from the demands of family life. (S27 Ep22/22)

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