{"id":29463,"date":"2023-01-31T14:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1777513"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:50:35","slug":"eastenders-rescheduled-due-to-fa-cup-football-match","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-rescheduled-due-to-fa-cup-football-match\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders rescheduled due to FA Cup football match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The beloved soap&#8217;s schedule is being changed to account for the upcoming FA Cup replay between Fulham and Sunderland. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Cormack\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>EastEnders\u2019 classic schedule is being shaken up next week with the continuation of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/fa-cup-2022-23-tv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">FA Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 8th February, the replay between Fulham and Sunderland will go ahead on BBC One instead of the day before (as previously billed) on Tuesday 7th. It will air at 7:30pm, shifting <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders<\/a>\u2018 schedule.<\/p>\n<p>EastEnders will now air on <strong>Tuesday 7th February<\/strong> instead of Wednesday at 7.30pm, with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/waterloo-road-2022-return-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Waterloo Road<\/a> and Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon also airing after the episode of the soap.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/416091-f39e50e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/416091-f39e50e.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1776838\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/416091-f39e50e.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry), Suki Kaur Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>But at least soap fans can rest easy in the fact that they won\u2019t miss an episode and can keep up-to-date with what\u2019s happening in Albert Square.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, EastEnders was named as having its <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-bbc-iplayer-record-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">best ever year of viewing on BBC iPlayer<\/a>, racking up a total of 366 million times streamed.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-spoilers-suki-eve-closer-panesar-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">secret romances<\/a>, an emotional terminal tumour storyline involving fan favourite <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-lola-pearce-brain-tumour-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Lola Pearce<\/a> (Danielle Harold) and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-exit-ash-kaur-gurlaine-garcha-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">character exits<\/a>, the soap continues to dominate as one of the most beloved on TV.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6319536529112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p>This isn\u2019t the first time that the soaps have fallen victim to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/eastenders-waterloo-road-fa-cup-schedule-change-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">schedule changes<\/a> recently, with Coronation Street, EastEnders and Waterloo Road previously being impacted by FA Cup matches, the Queen\u2019s death and the World Cup most recently.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/coronation-street-schedule-change-fa-cup-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Coronation Street\u2019s classic schedule<\/a> saw a move from its usual Friday night slot at 8pm in favour of a day-early episode release on Thursday evening instead. This was to account for the airing of the fourth-round FA Cup tie between Manchester City and Arsenal.<\/p> <p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-cast\/&quot;\">EastEnders cast: Who is joining, leaving and returning to the soap?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-spoilers-ryan-malloy-neil-mcdermott-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\">EastEnders confirms explosive return for Lily\u2019s father Ryan Malloy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-lola-pearce-mum-dad-mitchell-family-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Who are Lola Pearce\u2019s mum and dad in EastEnders and how is she a Mitchell?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-spoilers-sam-mitchell-zack-hudson-hiv-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sam Mitchell learns truth about Zack Hudson\u2019s HIV diagnosis in EastEnders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-lola-lexi-heartbreaking-news-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders\u2019 Lola reveals heartbreaking news to Lexi with Jay\u2019s support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-russell-t-davies-episodes-newsupdate\/&quot;\">\u201cReduce EastEnders to three episodes a week,\u201d says Russell T Davies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"&quot;standard-card-new__article-title\" qa-card-link=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-spoilers-whitney-dean-pregnancy-worries-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Whitney Dean heads to hospital with pregnancy fears in EastEnders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">EastEnders<\/a>\u00a0page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If yo<\/strong><strong>u\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Soaps<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;m_4964104444528344133MsoPlainText&quot;\"><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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