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BBC One schedule to return to 'normal' programming on Sunday night after blanket Queen coverage

The BBC will press pause on its extensive coverage of The Queen's death on Sunday evening as programming returns to a more familiar pattern, with likes of the Antiques Roadshow and The Capture set to air.

Ever since an announcement came in on Thursday afternoon that The Queen was 'under medical supervision' at Balmoral after doctors had raised concerns for her health, BBC One has dedicated all of its airtime to Her Majesty, with newsreader Huw Edwards having the difficult job of announcing her death to the nation a few hours later.

Since Queen Elizabeth II's passing, at the age of 96, BBC One has cancelled a number of shows and moved others, including coverage of Sunday's Great North Run to BBC Two as momentous occasions like the new King Charles III's first public address, his formal proclamation as monarch and The Queen's coffin leaving Balmoral for Edinburgh have ben given prominence on the main channel.

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Rolling coverage of the coffin's journey through Scotland and scenes at Buckingham Palace as King Charles III undertook further Royal duties went into the afternoon but, an update from the BBC Media Centre confirmed that the news coverage was be halted by early evening, with Countryfile going ahead in its usual just after teatime slot.

The long-running programme is scheduled to be on at 6, kicking off a few hours of normal programming, which will also include the Antiques Roadshow at 7pm, Frozen Planet II at 8pm and the penultimate episode of The Capture series 2 at 9pm.

At the time of writing, the news coverage was set down to once again dominate the BBC One schedule on Monday, September 12 with news specials on King Charles' visit to the Palace of Westminster and a special service for The Queen in Scotland, before her body is flown down to London.

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