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Easter in high definition: What's on UK TV this weekend?

Ahh, a four-day weekend beckons. Here's a look at some of the high definition highlights available across the UK channels this weekend.

Don't forget, you need Freesat in order to watch ITV HD, and either Sky or Freesat to watch BBC HD or Channel 4 HD.

Animation

Good Friday
10 April

Chicken Run
Classic Aardman Animations comedy with the voices of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha and Imelda Staunton

4.20pm

BBC HD

Good Friday
10 April

Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Follows the plasticine pair running their own bakery business.

8.30pm

BBC HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Finding Nemo
Animated underwater comedy

5.10pm

BBC HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Persepolis
Animated drama based on graphic novel of Marjane Satrapi.

11pm

Channel 4 HD

Documentary

Easter Saturday
11 April

Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant
First of a four part series with renowned historian Dr David Starkey, examining the inner life of this important historical figure.

7pm

Channel 4 HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant
Second of the four part series with renowned historian Dr David Starkey, examining the inner life of this important historical figure.

9pm

Channel 4 HD

Drama

Easter Saturday
11 April

Doctor Who
Lee Evans joins the cast in "Planet of the Dead", along with new assistant Lady Christina de Souza (Michelle Ryan)

6.45pm

BBC HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Robin Hood
continues, as the Sheriff forces the Abbot to accuse Robin and his men of theft, but Tuck's defiance leads to him being captured and tied to the rack.

7.45pm

BBC HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

Lewis
Counter Culture Blues

8pm

ITV HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Doctor Who
Lee Evans joins the cast in "Planet of the Dead", along with new assistant Lady Christina de Souza (Michelle Ryan)

5pm (rpt)

BBC HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Heroes

9pm

BBC HD

Films

Good Friday
10 April

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Biblical drama telling the Easter story.

11.45am

Channel 4 HD

Good Friday
10 April

Chicken Run
Classic Aardman Animations comedy with the voices of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha and Imelda Staunton

4.20pm

BBC HD

Good Friday
10 April

Big
Comedy starring Tom Hanks as a 12-year-old boy who wishes he could be big.

8pm

Sky 1 HD

Good Friday
10 April

Atonement

8pm

Sky Drama HD

Good Friday
10 April

Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Follows the plasticine pair running their own bakery business.

8.30pm

BBC HD

Good Friday
10 April

Wedding Crashers
Romantic comedy starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.

10pm

Channel 4 HD

Good Friday
10 April

No Country for Old Men

10pm

Sky Premiere HD

Good Friday
10 April

The Thin Red Line

10.10pm

Sky Drama HD

Good Friday
10 April

Die Hard 4.0

11pm

Sky Screen 2 HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Schindler's List

10.30am

Sky Modern Greats HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Finding Nemo
Animated underwater comedy

5.10pm

BBC HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Little Miss Sunshine
Oscar-winning road-movie comedy with Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell and Toni Collette.

9pm

Channel 4 HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Saturday Night Fever

10pm

Sky Drama HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Cliffhanger
Action thriller starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow

10.30pm

ITV HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Persepolis
Animated drama based on graphic novel of Marjane Satrapi.

11pm

Channel 4 HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

The Machinist
Psychological mystery thriller starring Christian Bale.

12.50am

Channel 4 HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

Grease
Classic musical with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

5.45pm

Channel 4 HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

The Shining
Stanley Kubrick's chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel.

8pm

Sky Modern Greats HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

Back to the Future

9pm

Sky Sci-Fi/Horror HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Collector's Edition of the seminal sci-fi drama starring Richard Dreyfuss.

12.50pm

Channel 4 HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Die Hard

6.40pm

Sky Action/Thriller HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Die Hard 2

9pm

Sky Action/Thriller HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Die Hard with a Vengeance

11.05pm

Sky Action/Thriller HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Jurassic Park III

10.45pm

ITV HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Cobb

1.55am (Tue)

Channel 4 HD

Sport

Good Friday
10 April

Live Super League
Hull FC vs Hull Kingston Rovers

3pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Good Friday
10 April

Live Football League
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Southampton

3pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Good Friday
10 April

Live Football League
Reading vs Sheffield United

5.30pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Good Friday
10 April

Live Super League
Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos

8pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Good Friday
10 April

Golf: The Masters
Continuing coverage of the famous golf tournament from the Augusta National Golf Club

9pm onwards

BBC HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Live Premier League Football
Liverpool vs Blackburn Rovers

12 noon

Sky Sports 1 HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Live Rugby Union
Leicester Tigers vs Bath

5.55pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Easter Saturday
11 April

Golf: The Masters
Continuing coverage of the famous golf tournament from the Augusta National Golf Club

8.30pm onwards

BBC HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

Golf: The Masters
Final day's play from the Augusta National Golf Club

6.55pm onwards

BBC HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

Live Rugby Union
Munster vs Ospreys

12.45pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

Live Premier League Football
Manchester City vs Fulham

3.30pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Easter Sunday
12 April

Live Rugby Union
Harlequins vs Leinster

3.30pm

Sky Sports 2 HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Live Football League
Leicester City vs Leeds United

12 noon

Sky Sports 1 HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Live Super League
Catalans Dragons vs Wigan Warriors

5.15pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

Bank Holiday Monday
13 April

Live Football League
Millwall vs Peterborough United

7.30pm

Sky Sports 1 HD

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Posted by Andy Merrett on April 9, 2009

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