Emmerdale and Coronation Street will face a major shake-up for a week in September as a sporting event causes disruption with the National Television Awards also taking place
Two of the UK's most popular soaps - Emmerdale and Coronation Street - will face disruption to their usual schedule in upcoming weeks.
Emmerdale usually airs at 7.30pm for half an hour each evening, with an hour long episode on Thursday nights.However, in an upcoming shake-up commencing Monday, 4 September, there will be some big changes for the soaps.On Tuesday, Emmerdale will air a special hour long edition from the earlier time of 7pm, with ITV News being cut short by half an hour that evening.The soaps will be back to normal on Wednesday, with Emmerdale airing at 7.
On Friday, Emmerdale and Corrie will not air as ITV will be covering the live Rugby World Cup game between France and New Zealand. The Emmerdale episodes airing that week mark some of the last that the current executive producer, Jane Hudson has been in charge of as she announced she had quit the show after five years.In a statement released earlier this week, she said: "I've had a wonderful time at Emmerdale and feel very lucky to have spent the last five years working alongside such a hardworking and talented team.
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