Multiple schedule changes are taking place next week for EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
We are now firmly in the beginning part of the Summer of Sport, which typically sees soaps removed from schedules to make way for sports matches, usually football.
Next week, both ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale will have their usual broadcasting dates and times changed, as well as BBC One’s EastEnders.
Here’s everything you need to know:
When will Coronation Street, Emmerdale and EastEnders air next week?
Coronation Street’s schedule for the week commencing June 30 is as follows:
Monday, June 30 – 8-9pm.
Wednesday, July 2 – 8-9pm.
Friday, July 4 – No episode.
The schedule for Emmerdale is:
Monday, June 30 – 7:30-8pm.
Tuesday, July 1 – 7-8pm.
Wednesday, July 2 – 7:30-8pm.
Thursday – No episode.
Friday – No episode.
The schedule for EastEnders is:
Monday, June 30 – 7-7:30pm and then 7:30-8pm – Airing on BBC Two
Tuesday, July 1 – 7-7:30pm and then 7:30-8pm – Airing on BBC Two
Wednesday, July 2 – No episode
Thursday – No episode
Friday – No episode as per usual
Why have the schedules changed so much for the soaps?
For BBC One, the channel will be airing coverage of Wimbledon and also a UEFA Women’s Euro game.
EastEnders will air the same amount of episodes as normal, but they will be broadcasted on BBC Two, for one hour in total, across two days.
On Thursday, ITV will air coverage of the Spain V Portugal UEFA Women’s Euro game while on Friday, the match taking place will focus on Germany V Poland.
What is happening in the soaps next week?
In Coronation Street, Abi Webster (Sally Carman) feels torn between the Webster brothers, George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) grows concerned about Todd Grimshaw’s (Gareth Pierce) relationship, while Gary Windass (Mikey North) remains missing.
In EastEnders, Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) heads back to Walford, while Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) makes a decision about her future at the Queen Vic. There’s also trouble for Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig), as she receives huge news about Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean).
In Emmerdale, two new characters arrive in the form of Celia (Jaye Griffiths) and Ray (Joe Absolom).
Celia is involved in a storyline that will see Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) attacked by one of her dogs, while Ray heads to Butlers to talk to Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb), Ross Barton (Michael Parr) and Lewis (Bradley Riches) about the weed they’ve been growing in a barn.
