Emmerdale and Corrie to see more schedule changes next week

The popular ITV soaps are often moved, extended or sometimes axed from the schedule due to sport.

They have already been hit with several schedule changes so far in recent weeks due to the competition, and the week ahead will be the same again.

Here’s what the changes are and which episodes the latest TV schedule shakeup affects.

What are the Emmerdale and Corrie schedule changes next week?

Monday (June 22) will see Emmerdale and Corrie air with extended times at 8pm and 9pm respectively, being an hour long each rather than their usual half-hour episodes.

On Tuesday (June 23), both ITV soaps will air at a later time, due to the match between Portugal and Uzbekistan.

Emmerdale will be on from 9pm to 9.30pm, with Coronation Street following from 9.30pm to 10pm.

Neither soap will be on ITV on Wednesday evening (June 24), with Switzerland and Canada taking up the slot that evening.

On Thursday (June 25), both soaps will once again be extended to hour-long episodes, with Emmerdale on at 8pm and then Corrie at 9pm.

Neither soap will air on Friday evening (June 26) due to the World Cup game between Norway and France.

Despite the changes, Emmerdale and Corrie fans will get their two-and-a-half hours of each soap this week, just in a different format.

Emmerdale star to return as new character 9 years later

Emmerdale fans will see a previous Emmerdale star make her return to the show nine years since she was last seen.

Pippa Fulton has previously been seen in the Dales in two different roles in 2014 and 2017.

Now, she is back on the ITV soap once more, this time as a new villainous character.

She will be involved in a story with Lewis Barton (played by Bradley Riches), who will be taken hostage whilst he is on the way to the airport.

The kidnapper will be revealed to be a woman named Kylie (Fulton).

Kylie will abduct Lewis while he’s on his way to the airport, being bundled into the back of a van by masked assailants.

His danger is relayed via text to his brother Ross Barton (Michael Parr), informing him of the kidnapping.

The message warns Lewis is in danger unless his father returns a ‘Penny’ to the kidnapper.

Pippa first appeared in 2014, enjoying a one-night stand with Ross, before returning in 2014 as a customer at Dales business, Take A Vow in 2017.

The actress rose to fame in 2002 on the BBC talent show Fame Academy, where she reached the fourth week of the competition.

She has also appeared in Coronation Street as Aurora, the friend of Steve McDonald’s date.

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