Are Emmerdale and Coronation Street on ITV tonight following the Queen's death?
09.09.2022 - 15:25
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The TV schedules are continuing to be changed in the wake of the death of the Queen. There was an outpouring of shock and sadness on Thursday when at around 6.30pm, it was announced Queen Elizabeth II had died.
Concerns for the 96-year-old monarch began on Wednesday evening when she pulled out of a virtual Privy Council on Wednesday, a day after appointing Liz Truss as PM at Balmoral Castle. However, this escalated Thursday afternoon when, at 12.32pm, Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying royal doctors were concerned for health.
Later, it was confirmed that her Majesty had died peacefully at Balmoral, her Scottish Highlands home, at the age of 96. The Palace said in a brief statement: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."
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As a result, the likes of BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 have all reverted to continuous news coverage and have scrapped their planned programming.
This includes, for fans of Emmerdale and Coronation Street, the soaps which were due to air at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Friday night following cancellations earlier in the week due to the football.
Live broadcasts returned to ITV at 6am this morning (Friday) with Good Morning Britain hosted by Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard. Susanna, who returned to the programme following her summer break on Monday, is usually off for the last show of the week but returned for coverage of the Queen's passing.
From 9am until later in the evening viewers are able to watch an extended ITV News Special. At 8.30pm, a programme titled Queen Elizabeth II - The Longest