Viewers had been overjoyed to see Gogglebox airing as regular on Friday night time, on the finish of a very unstable 24 hours for the UK.
Following the information of Queen Elizabeth II’s demise on Thursday night, the UK’s foremost broadcasters made substantial modifications to their schedules, switching their deliberate programming for rolling information protection.
Nonetheless, on Friday afternoon, Channel 4 confirmed that the brand new sequence of Gogglebox would launch as deliberate that night time, “bringing a helpful sense of continuity for a lot of of our viewers”.
“Channel 4 has made important modifications to our schedule, together with added prolonged information protection, to make sure that Channel 4 is respectful following the information from Buckingham Palace in regards to the demise of Her Majesty The Queen,” a spokesperson stated in an announcement.
“Channel 4 exists to supply viewers another and that’s significantly vital at instances like this.
“Gogglebox is a a lot beloved nationwide establishment and it’ll air as deliberate tonight bringing a helpful sense of continuity for a lot of of our viewers.”
This week’s Gogglebox was filmed previous to the Queen’s demise, with many praising Channel 4 for airing the episode as deliberate and bringing them some “consolation”, “heat” and “gentle aid”:
Channel 4 made the choice to take away adverts from Friday’s episode, that means it clocked in at 45 minutes, reasonably than the standard hour.
It had beforehand been introduced that The Final Leg – which normally follows Gogglebox – wouldn’t be airing on Friday night time.
Presenter and comic Adam Hills defined: “We’ve determined to not do an episode of [The Last Leg] tonight. It simply doesn’t really feel proper.
“We’ll pay tribute to Her Majesty subsequent week however for now our ideas are together with her household, and all these affected by the information. We hope you perceive.”
It has additionally been introduced that in gentle of the Queen’s demise, ITV will probably be airing documentaries in regards to the Queen through the day on Saturday.
Following this, the night’s normal run of exhibits – together with The Masked Dancer and The Voice – will air as normal, albeit in several time slots, because of the lack of advert breaks.
ITV beforehand revealed that the Nationwide Tv Awards, which had been because of happen subsequent week, have now been postponed.
