After being suspended for several days in the wake of the Queen’s passing, EastEnders will be back on BBC One on Monday, and Coronation Street will also be back on ITV viewers’ screens.
The network will continue to air rolling news coverage, with a BBC News special replacing HM during regular TV times. Scotland: A Service For HM The Queen and The King: Westminster Tributes
The popular soap will, however, return to BBC One at 8.30 p.m. after being moved from its usual channel on Friday along with Bargain Hunt and Homes Under The Hammer, which aired on BBC Two.
The much-awaited episode will feature Shane Richie’s Alfie Moon returning to Walford on Kat Slater and Phil Mitchell’s (Jessie Wallace and Steve McFadden) wedding day.
King Charles III, Camilla, and the Queen have all reportedly visited Albert Square while the soap opera was airing.
The Queen paid June Brown and soap opera legend Dame Barbara Windsor visits on the EastEnders set in 2001. Dame Barbara Windsor played Peggy Mitchell.
The monarch met the cast members of the show as she sat behind the bar at the Queen Vic and walked through the EastEnders street market and Albert Square.
In celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Charles and Camilla unexpectedly made an appearance on the soap opera earlier this year.
When the royal couple visited the brand-new Elstree set and got to know the cast and crew of the venerable BBC soap opera in March, they shot the scenes.
To make room for Queen-related content, BBC Two will air Glorious Gardens From Above, Flog It!, and Antiques Roadshow on Monday.
HM King Charles’ visit to the Palace of Westminster will be covered live for an hour by The King: Westminster Tributes on BBC One and Scotland: A Service For HM Charles travels to Scotland for a visit and attends a service for the Queen, which is covered by the Queen.
The channel will also air a special episode of The One Show titled Our Queen Remembered and Scotland: The Vigil, which will provide coverage from St Giles’ Cathedral where the Queen’s children are keeping vigil.
Martin’s Money Mondays will be replaced by Good Morning Britain with Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard on ITV from 6am to 10am. Good Morning Britain will be followed by an ITV news special called The King’s Tour – Westminster.
The broadcaster announced that Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby will host a special This Morning at 11 a.m. that will feature tales and recollections from people who met the Queen during her reign.
Queen Elizabeth II: Lying At Rest, which will air on ITV all afternoon before Tipping Point, The Chase, and Coronation Street return to the network, will premiere at 1 p.m.
After the Queen passed away, the episode of Coronation Street that will air on Monday was originally scheduled for Friday.
According to the announcement, the network will also air an extended version of ITV News at Ten.
