Emmerdale dropping down to TWO episodes per week
The soap is currently running at three episodes per week
Emmerdale bosses have today announced the soap will drop down to just two episodes per week from the week beginning 8th June, to avoid the soap having to be pulled from air after filming was suspended due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The soap, which is already running at a reduced schedule of three episodes per week, will be shown on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7pm on ITV, for three weeks before the soap goes back up to three episodes per week.
The episodes aired in this three week period will be the special lockdown episodes which bosses announced last week, which have all been filmed whilst adhering to the current social distancing rules.
The six new episodes will be recorded at Emmerdale's studio in Leeds and will feature the following cast members:
Episode One: Cain and Aaron (Jeff Hordley and Danny Miller)
Episode Two: Chas and Paddy (Lucy Pargeter and Dominic Brunt)
Episode Three: Sam and Lydia (James Hooton and Karen Blick)
Episode Four: Marlon, Al and Ellis (Mark Charnock, Michael Wildman, Aaron Anthony)
Episode Five: Mandy and Vinny (Lisa Riley and Bradley Johnson)
Episode Six: Jimmy and Nicola (Nick Miles and Nicola Wheeler)
See what time your favourite soaps are on right now:
When is EastEnders on TV?
EastEnders bosses announced episodes have dropped to just two per week.
Mondays: 8pm
Tuesdays: 7.30pm
When is Emmerdale on TV?
Emmerdale have suspended filming and episodes have dropped to three per week.
Monday: 7pm
Wednesday: 7pm
Friday 7pm
When is Coronation Street on TV?
Corrie has also been dropped to three episodes per week, with filming on the soap also now suspended.
Monday: 7.30pm
Wednesday: 7.30pm
Friday: 7.30pm
When is Hollyoaks on TV?
The cast of Hollyoaks have been expressing their sadness that filming has been temporarily suspended, with the show also going down to three episodes per week.
Monday: 6.30pm
Tuesday: 6.30pm
Wednesday 6.30pm
However, Hollyoaks bosses announced they will be showing 'classic' Hollyoaks episodes on E4 on both Thursday and Friday, calling it 'Hollyoaks Favourites'.
Introduced by Kieron Richardson and Jorgie Porter, this series will give viewers a chance to revisit some of our biggest episodes, from weddings, bust-ups, heartbreaks and some of the biggest and best stunts from the last 25 years.
It was back in March that Emmerdale bosses announced filming had been suspended due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The statement read, "ITV has sadly taken the decision to suspend production of the soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale with effect from Monday 23 March.
"We’ve been doing our best to carry on filming, whilst adhering to the Government’s latest health guidelines, to ensure we’ve episodes of both soaps airing on ITV until at least the early summer.
"However, the health and well-being of the production teams, actors, crew and their families is of paramount importance to us and we now feel that the time has come to stop filming. We’d like to thank our viewers for their support and hope they continue to enjoy both soaps in the coming months.“
From Monday 8th June, Emmerdale will air on ITV at 7pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.