Emmerdale and Coronation Street’s schedule change this week

The soaps regularly get moved about for football matches, and this week is no different.

Here’s what we know about the changes and which episodes the TV schedule shakeup affects.

Emmerdale and Coronation Street to see schedule changes this week

The Women’s European Qualifier is being shown on ITV1 this week.

England will take on Spain with coverage airing from 6.30pm on ITV1 on Tuesday, April 14, with kick-off at 7pm.

Since it crosses over into the soap slots, Emmerdale and Corrie have both changed their usual schedules.

Emmerdale fans tune into the soap from 8pm on ITV1 on Monday through to Friday, but this week, the Tuesday episode on April 14 will not air.

Instead, fans can look forward to an episode at 7pm on Sunday, April 19.

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Coronation Street usually airs from 8.30pm on the same channel on Monday through to Friday, but there will be no Tuesday episode.

The soap will, however, air on Sunday too with an episode starting after Emmerdale, at 7.30pm on ITV1.

Apart from these changes for the England match, the soaps will run as normal this week.

In 2025, ITV announced changes to its soap schedule, including Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

From January 2026, the broadcaster introduced a “soaps power hour” on weekdays with 30-minute Emmerdale episodes at 8pm and 30-minute Coronation Street episodes at 8.30pm.

Coronation Street previously aired for three hour-long episodes a week, while Emmerdale aired four 30-minute episodes and one hour-long instalment.

In May 2025, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the company was making “good progress” on a cost-cutting drive, and that she expected to make £30 million of non-content savings during 2025.

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ITV also introduced changes to its popular daytime TV shows such as Good Morning Britain (GMB) and Lorraine.

From January this year, GMB has been extended by half an hour, while Lorraine Kelly’s morning talk show has been reduced to 30 minutes for 30 weeks of the year.

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