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Megan Shaw

Emmerdale fans furious as Euro 2020 wrecks soap schedule for weeks

The long-running soap has been shifted around to make way for the Euro's and Emmerdale fans are not happy about it.

Show bosses confirmed the schedule changes earlier this week, much to fans disappointment.

During the football tournament, which kicks off on Friday, June 11, the ITV soap will air at different times than usual.

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The schedule changes will come into place from Monday, June, 14, and the disruption means Emmerdale will get slightly less air time as of next week.

And fans have been left outraged by the disruption.

The full revised schedule for Emmerdale during the Euros

One fan posted: "There are enough channels showing repeats, that they don’t need to move our soaps, it gets me so angry!"

A second said: "They have channels with football on, why not stick the lot on there and leave all programs where they should be."

A third fumed: "It’s always the soaps that suffer!!!"

"Yeah it pees me off !!! Football should be on one channel and that only !! Leave the soaps alone !!!!" another soap fan added.

However, ITV have announced that they will be premiering Emmerdale episodes early for a four-week period during Euro 2020, meaning fans can still get their fix.

All three of the week's episodes can be watched at the viewer's leisure from June 14 via the Hub.

But despite this, some viewers are still not happy as they insist it excludes those without access to the internet, especially the elderly who rely on live TV as a main source of entertainment.

One frustrated viewer said: "Not everyone has a smart TV, my 80 year old mum doesn't,she loves her soaps and looks forward to them. It's not fair on people who don't have access to smart TV/phone."

"Not one person thought of people who still can't for whatever reason access catch up!!" another fumed.

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