Coronation Street and Emmerdale to face schedule changes this week

4 September 2023, 10:10

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Emmerdale and Coronation Street have been pulled from TV schedules.

Emmerdale and Coronation Street are set to face schedule changes.

Both soaps will be airing at different times this week, as well as being taken off air completely for one day.

This is due to the National Television Awards and Rugby World Cup being shown on ITV.

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Here is the soap schedule for the week beginning Monday 4th September.

When are Emmerdale and Coronation Street on TV this week?

Monday 4th September- Emmerdale will air at 7:30pm and Coronation Street will air at 8pm.

Tuesday 5th September- Emmerdale will be on for an hour, beginning at 7pm. It will then be followed by the National Television Awards at 8pm.

Wednesday 6th September: Emmerdale and Coronation Street will air at their normal times, 7:30pm and 8pm respectively.

Thursday 7th September: Emmerdale will be on at 7:30pm and Coronation Street will be on for an hour, starting at 9pm.

Friday 8th September: Neither Emmerdale nor Coronation Street will be on TV as ITV will be showing the Rugby World Cup game between France and New Zealand.

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This news comes after Coronation Street has a seen its fair share of drama recently, with Tyrone discovering his birth mother Cassie was still alive.

This new character is played by actress Claire Sweeney, who spoke of her excitement around joining the soap:

"I never dreamed Corrie. Iain [Macleod, Corrie executive producer] has given me a chance.

"It just takes that one person to believe in you and go 'yeah, you can do it. Give her a chance.' And I'm so grateful for that."

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