CORONATION Street and Emmerdale have confirmed there will be timeline issues on the soaps due to coronavirus rescheduling. Earlier this week ITV bosses announced that Corrie will be airing just three times a week and Emmerdale will be cutting down to five so they can both stay on air as long as possible amid the coronavirus pandemic. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates This will however mean that some events will be out of sync – such as Easter – which would normally fall at the same time as it would in real life.
An ITV rep said: "In the coming weeks some episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will understandably be out of kilter due to the temporary transmission pattern for both programmes, which takes.