Overview
- EastEnders was moved to BBC Two at its usual 7:30pm on Monday and Tuesday and returned to BBC One at a later 8:30pm slot on Wednesday and Thursday, with all four 30‑minute episodes preserved.
- ITV ran hour‑long Emmerdale and Coronation Street episodes on Monday and Tuesday and cancelled both soaps on Wednesday and Thursday, then planned a return to normal half‑hour slots on Friday.
- The BBC is releasing EastEnders episodes early on BBC iPlayer from 6am and soap teams and broadcasters have posted revised schedules on official social accounts to guide viewers.
- Both networks say the changes keep the same number of weekly episodes by shifting channels, delaying start times or lengthening episodes instead of cutting storylines.
- Separately, tabloids report Ronni Ancona may leave EastEnders in the coming weeks but that casting claim is unconfirmed in the coverage and treated as a less well corroborated item.