Make a date with Corrie and Emmerdale

8th July 2009

Soap babes Michelle Keegan and Sammy Winward are urging viewers to make a date with Corrie and Emmerdale when the schedules for the two top shows change on July 23rd.

Thursday nights on ITV1 take on a whole new look from that date – with Corrie’s Wednesday episode moving on a day and Emmerdale screening two episodes on a Thursday night.

And two of the soaps’ sexiest stars became calendar girls to let viewers know about the big changes.

Michelle who plays Tina Macintyre in Corrie and Sammy, Katie Sugden in Emmerdale joined forces for a special photoshoot to remind viewers to tune in on a Thursday.

To accommodate the two episodes being screened on a Thursday, Emmerdale’s Tuesday night hour long episode is replaced with a 30 minute episode.

Whilst Coronation Street will move, from its previous 7.30pm slot on a Wednesday,  to 8.30pm on Thursdays.

The volume of both soaps will remain the same as the table below shows, with 180 minutes of Emmerdale stripped across the week and 150 minutes of Coronation Street

The exciting new look is topped off with the new 9pm screening of The Bill.

An ITV spokesman said: “Coronation Street will make a move from Wednesday to Thursday nights on ITV1 from July 23 as part of a change to the schedule to reflect ITV’s contracts for the Champions League, FA Cup and England internationals, which will see ITV1’s live football broadcast on Wednesday evenings.  In addition, two separate episodes of Emmerdale will be broadcast on Thursdays from the same date.   We’re delighted that Thursday evenings on ITV1 will be a great showcase for soap from Weatherfield and the Woolpack.”

The new Thursday night schedule means that Soap fans have an episode of Emmerdale at 7pm and a second one at 8pm, followed by Coronation Street at 8.30pm.

The table below explains the new soap pattern from July 23rd:

Current soap pattern on ITV1 pre 23 July	New soap pattern on ITV1 post 23 July
Monday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’ 7.30pm Coronation Street 30’ 8.30pm Coronation Street 30’	Monday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’ 7.30pm Coronation Street 30’ 8.30pm Coronation Street 30’
Tuesday 7.00pm Emmerdale 60’	Tuesday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’
Wednesday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’ 7.30pm Coronation Street 30’	Wednesday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’
Thursday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’	Thursday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’ 8.00pm Emmerdale 30’ 8.30pm Coronation Street 30’
Friday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’ 7.30pm Coronation Street 30’ 8.30pm Coronation Street 30’	Friday 7.00pm Emmerdale 30’ 7.30pm Coronation Street 30’ 8.30pm Coronation Street 30’