TV CHANNELS across the UK have been changing their schedules following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Multiple shows have been taken off air or delayed for a period of time to pay tribute to the late Monarch.
Which TV shows are not on after the Queen’s passing?
Following the news of the Queen’s death on September 8, 2022, broadcasting schedules in the UK have changed to reflect news coverage and tributes.
This has meant that regular TV shows have either been moved or postponed to reflect the country being in a period of mourning.
TV is likely to be affected until after the funeral on September 19, 2022.
Many of the main channels are airing rolling news and special tribute programming.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
The BBC continues with a changed schedule for rolling news coverage and special programming from 6am.
The schedule for BBC One includes live coverage of King Charles III’s visit to Northern Ireland – which will start from 11.15am.
In the evening The One Show will continue with their special tribute, called The One Show: Our Queen Remembered, which airs at the later time of 9pm.
EastEnders will be on, but at the later time of 9.30pm, and Celebrity MasterChef has been cancelled again.
BBC Two’s programming remains the same.
Over on ITV, morning programming remains the same but Loose Women has been cancelled to cover the King’s Northern Ireland visit.
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After this, normal programming resumes, which includes the return of Emmerdale and Coronation Street in their usual spots of 7.30pm and 8pm respectively.
Heading to Channel 4 and programming resumes as normal, which includes Steph’s Packed Lunch at 12.30pm.
Monday, September 12, 2022
The BBC has announced an altered TV schedule with both BBC One and BBC Two seeing changes in response to the death of the Queen Elizabeth II.
The schedule for the BBC includes live coverage of King Charles III’s visit to the Palace of Westminster in HM the King: Westminster Tributes, Scotland: A Service for HM the Queen, and Scotland: The Vigil.
The One Show will air with a special tribute, called The One Show: Our Queen Remembered.
EastEnders, The Capture, and Countryfile all remain the same.
ITV’s Lorraine has been dropped from the schedule with Good Morning Britain set to air for four hours instead.
Following this, ITV News Special will present Queen Elizabeth II: Lying At Rest and will run throughout the afternoon.
This means Loose Women has also been dropped from the line-up.
Channel 4’s airs Steph’s Packed Lunch as normal.
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Sunday, September 11, 2022
BBC’s programming will include changes to Countryfile – this will instead be a Queen and Country Balmoral special.
However, the BBC will then be showing Antiques Roadshow and The Capture as normal.
ITV’s Emmerdale will air, replacing Celebrity Lingo – however repeats of Ninja Warrior and Tipping Point will not air and instead programming will be focused on the queen’s coverage.
Ridley will return to ITV for it’s third episode this evening, but viewers will not be able to watch Bradley and Barney Walsh- Breaking Dad at 10.15pm – as the programme will not air.
Channel 4 will air Celeb SAS: Who Dares Wins as normal.
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Despite changes in most TV schedules, ITV’s The Masked Dancer and The Voice UK will still be airing on Saturday, September 10, 2022 – during the evening.
However, BBC have announced that Saturday’s Proms is amongst the weekend shows being cancelled – this is the first time since WW2 that the final concert has not taken place at all.
Friday, September 9, 2022
BBC have confirmed that the schedules will be subject to change during the period of national mourning.
BBC One’s schedule has been wiped and instead, a slate of special programming will air instead.
This means that many of the channel’s most popular shows, including EastEnders, Doctors, Bargain Hunt and Garden Rescue have been moved across to BBC Two.
The shows that were previously set to air on BBC Two during the day have been pulled from the schedule.
Celebrity MasterChef has also been removed from scheduling – the date in which it will re-air is yet to be confirmed.
The episode was due to have special guest Dame Mary Berry and the contestants were due to cook a dish dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen in celebration of the platinum jubilee.
ITV is also airing its own special coverage of the Queen, which means daytime TV such as This Morning, Loose Women and Lorraine will not be on.
Some channels will also not be showing any adverts.
Channel 4 and ITV announced that they would not air any adverts until at least the end of Friday.
Why are TV programmes cancelled?
Some TV programmes have been cancelled due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
TV schedules will now change following this with changes such as no comedy programmes being aired.
She passed away aged 96 after becoming Britain’s longest reigning monarch.
The Queen reigned for 70 years and celebrated her Platinum Jubilee this year.
The United Kingdom is in a period of mourning and a series of events occur during this.
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Her Majesty passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday, September 8, 2022.
The public were notified that doctors were concerned for the Queen’s health which is when news channels switched to rolling coverage.
