Good Morning Britain will air for the first time ever on a weekend following an ITV broadcasting schedule shake-up after the Queen's death. The death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced yesterday, September 8, aged 96.
Buckingham Palace released a statement that the Queen passed away "peacefully" at her beloved Balmoral Castle estate in Aberdeenshire, as her family rushed to her side. Since her death was announced, ITV, BBC and other channels cancelled their scheduled broadcasts to move to rolling news coverage to mark her passing.
ITV have now confirmed their TV schedule for Saturday September 10 as tributes continue to flood in for the late monarch and condolences for her family. Their Saturday schedule has now been released in full, as Susanna Reid and Ben Shepard will host the first ever weekend episode of Good Morning Britain, which will air from 6am to 9.30am.
ITV News will then take over with a special programme - ITV News: The Proclamation of the King - as continuous news coverage carries on until 12.30pm. At 12.30pm, the scheduled ITV News bulletin before royal documentaries will be aired.
From 2.15pm to 5pm, ITV will air three specially made documentaries. The first - narrated by Nicola Walker - is called Our Queen, The People’s Stories. It is set to feature tributes from people of all walks of life as they reflect on their meetings with the Queen and how those moments affected their lives going forward.
Following that, Julie Etchingham will narrate a documentary titled The Queen in Her Own Words. It will contain some of the Queen's past speeches, letters, broadcasts and personal memoirs, which show both the public and private side of Her Majesty. The Queen's much-loved and special Christmas messages from the past seven decades and broadcasts will be shown, the ones that brought the nation together through both the good times and the bad times.
Queen and Country will follow as the final documentary of the day, narrated by Alison Steadman. Whilst she travelled extensively as monarch, Her Majesty loved the countryside and her adoration for the UK's green spaces will be explored in a special documentary, through the eyes of those who met her whilst in Scotland, Norfolk or Windsor throughout her long life.
The national and local news will air from 5pm to 6pm, whilst the usual entertainment schedule will then resume in different time slots to originally planned. All the programmes were pre-recorded before the Queen's passing.
Ninja Warrior UK: Race for Glory will air at 6pm, followed by The Masked Dancer at 6.50pm. The Voice UK will then follow suit at 8pm, whilst Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? will air in the 9.10pm slot before the news at 10pm.
The news will continue until 10.45pm, before the previously aired documentary, Queen Elizabeth II - The Longest Reign, will be broadcasted. It is presented by Jonathan Dimbleby, and is a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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