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Ballykissangel Returns to UK TV on Great TV From 2 February

The comeback taps into demand for nostalgic daytime drama.

Overview

  • Freeview channel Great TV will broadcast all six series of Ballykissangel from Monday 2 February 2026 at 3pm, with episodes airing on weekdays.
  • This marks the show's first availability on British television since 2016.
  • The BBC drama originally ran from 1996 to 2001 across 58 episodes set in a small Irish village.
  • Stephen Tompkinson and Dervla Kirwan led the cast, with a pre-fame Colin Farrell appearing in one of his earliest TV roles.
  • Great TV’s marketing director Kate Gartland said the revival caters to viewers’ appetite for comfort viewing and 1990s nostalgia.