ITV has confirmed its schedule for Monday following changes to its schedule after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. There has been an outpouring of shock and sadness after it was announced on Thursday that the nation's longest-serving monarch had passed away aged 96 after a 70 year reign.
As a result, broadcasters have reverted to continuous news coverage and documentaries paying homage to the sovereign and scrapped planned programming. But as ITV reintroduces some of its normal programming, it has announced that Coronation Street will return tomorrow (September 11) with the episode that was pulled from the schedule on Friday September 9.
There will also be a special edition of This Morning, hosted by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby at a later than usual time. Good Morning Britain will start at 6am and run until 10am, presented by Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard, followed at 10am by an ITV News special The King’s Tour - Westminster.
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Then at 11am This Morning will feature stories and memories from people who met The Queen during her reign. This will be followed by the ITV News special Queen Elizabeth II: Lying At Rest at 1pm which will continue throughout the afternoon.
Late afternoon programming will follow at 4.30pm with Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals and The Chase at 5pm before returning to Regional News at 6pm and an extended ITV Evening News at 6.30pm which will run through early evening until 8pm.
At 8pm ITV will return to scheduled programming with Coronation Street followed by the Aidan Turner thriller The Suspect at 9pm. There will be an extended ITV News At Ten at 10pm and then at 11pm another chance to see the documentary narrated by Mary Nightingale, Queen Elizabeth II looking at the life of the Queen with interviews with relatives and commentators.
ITV's main channel will continue to make changes to its schedule to broadcast the important state events of the coming days culminating in the state funeral on Monday September 19 with extensive and dedicated news coverage.
ITV will also be showing a number of documentaries about the Queen and the new King over the coming days. No advertising will run during any of the royal coverage or commentary.
ITV says it is reintroducing some of its normal programming over the next few days to "provide our viewers with the range of shows that they expect to see on the main ITV channel."
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