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Soaps schedule chaos as EastEnders, Emmerdale and Corrie all cancelled this week

It's happened again soap fans - Coronation Street, Emmerdale and EastEnders have all been cancelled to make way for football.

From 7pm on Wednesday, the FA Cup will dominate TV on both BBC One and ITV, leaving no room for our Walford, Weatherfield and Dales-based favourites.

Manchester United will be taking on West Ham United at Old Trafford, with a kick-off time of 7.45pm, which will be airing on both ITV and BBC.

EastEnders will also lose out on its usual Tuesday 7.30pm slot, while Emmerdale is moved back to its former 7pm slot.

EastEnders won't be airing on Tuesday or Wednesday next week (BBC)

Instead, BBC and ITV will be airing Fulham v Leeds FA Cup match, which kicks off at 7.45pm.

Thankfully, all is not lost as fans will be treated to an extra helping of EastEnders on Monday and Friday, while Emmerdale will air an hour-long episode on Friday. Coronation Street viewers will also be able to enjoy their Wednesday episode on Thursday instead at 8pm.

Here's the full TV schedule for this week:

Monday

  • 7.30pm, BBC One - EastEnders
  • 7.30pm, ITV - Emmerdale
  • 8pm, ITV - Coronation Street

Tuesday

  • EastEnders cancelled
  • 7pm, ITV - Emmerdale

Wednesday

  • All soaps cancelled

Thursday

  • 7pm, ITV - hour-long Emmerdale
  • 7.30pm, BBC One - EastEnders
  • 8pm, ITV - Coronation Street

Friday

  • 7pm, ITV - hour-long Emmerdale
  • 7.30pm, BBC One - EastEnders
  • 8pm, ITV - Coronation Street

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Once again, he attempts to drug Carla before an important presentation... but accidentally drinks the coffee laced with LSD before taking to the stage. He's forced to pull out of the presentation, but he's left seething after Carla berates him and another deadly plan sets into motion...

Meanwhile, Amy is set to suffer a harrowing rape ordeal as Aaron preys on her in frightening scenes...

Over on Emmerdale, Paddy Kirk will hit rock bottom after seemingly making amends with the rest of his family and friends. Unbeknownst to them, Paddy is saying his veiled goodbyes and leaves his dad Bear a letter...

And on EastEnders, Mitch Baker will be in danger in upcoming scenes, as evil Nish Panesar plots revenge.

The character assumes he could be having an affair with his wife Suki Panesar, or that Mitch might have taken a liking to her...

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