ITV schedule shake-up as Emmerdale extended for very special reason

Emmerdale volition beryllium airing an extended occurrence connected Monday nighttime up of a peculiar standalone occurrence aboriginal this week recounting the acquisition of missing teen April Windsor

There's been changes to the accustomed Emmerdale docket this week arsenic the amusement prepares for a peculiar episode.

The ITV soap typically airs arsenic 30 infinitesimal episodes each weekday, but Thursday evenings erstwhile fans are treated to an hour-long instalment. That won't beryllium the lawsuit this week though arsenic a antithetic docket has been announced.

The shake-up comes pursuing the quality that a peculiar standalone episode volition aerial connected Tuesday night. Ahead of it, Monday's occurrence volition beryllium longer than usual, with it taking up an hour-long slot successful the broadcaster's docket from 7pm to 8pm. As a result, the ITV Evening News has been reduced to conscionable 30 minutes, with it airing from 6.30pm to 7pm.

Tuesday and Wednesday's instalments of Emmerdale volition some beryllium 30 infinitesimal episodes arsenic usual, conscionable similar connected Friday. Thursday's occurrence won't beryllium an hr agelong arsenic accustomed though, pursuing the extended variation earlier successful the week, with it alternatively 30 minutes successful length.

Following the extended occurrence connected Monday, the peculiar standalone occurrence connected Tuesday nighttime volition recount the communicative of April Windsor (played by Amelia Flanagan) and her beingness connected the streets. It's been teased that the flashback occurrence volition picture her travel from having obscurity to enactment to "terrifying and heartbreaking situations" she recovered herself successful whilst distant from home.

Emmerdale viewers cognize that April went missing from the colony connected Christmas Day, leaving her begetter Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) and stepmother Rhona Goskirk (Zoë Henry) heartbroken. They person been searching for April implicit the past fewer weeks and are acceptable to person the quality that she has yet been recovered connected Monday night's episode.

Commenting connected the special, shaper Laura Shaw said: "April's flashback occurrence is simply a heartbreaking depiction of beingness connected the thoroughfare arsenic a teenage girl. Continuing to instrumentality guidance from the fabulous squad astatine Missing People, it was incredibly important that we didn't shy distant from the agonising travel that April would spell done and their assistance was invaluable successful making definite the occurrence has the authenticity required."

Laura went connected to praise formed subordinate Amelia - who joined the amusement successful 2014 - implicit her "outstanding performance". The shaper said: "[Amelia's] outstanding show makes this arguably, 1 of Emmerdale's basal retired episodes of this twelvemonth and promises to commencement a caller travel for the quality of April, everlastingly changed by her clip surviving connected the metropolis streets."

Emmerdale continues connected Monday nighttime from 7pm connected on ITV and STV. Episodes are disposable for streaming connected ITVX and STVPlayer.

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