EastEnders pulled off air in huge BBC schedule shake-up with Waterloo Road and Silent Witness also shelved
THE BBC has announced a big schedule shake-up this week which will see EastEnders, Silent Witness and Waterloo Road pulled off air one night this week.
Bristol City tied with West Ham United in their second FA Cup rematch, and are now set to play each other again on Tuesday night.
The Beeb will be broadcasting the football game live, meaning other shows scheduled for that evening will no longer be available.
EastEnders usually airs on BBC One Monday through Thursday nights at 7.30pm.
However, the FA Cup replay means the Tuesday night episode will be pushed back this week.
To make up for it bosses have planned to show an extra episode of the soap on Friday night.
The fourth episode of the Silent Witness was also meant to air on January 16, and has been rescheduled to the following Monday.
This shake up has pushed the whole show’s runtime back by a week.
As a result the fourth episode will now air on January 22.
Then the drama will be off screen for the rest of the week, with a rerun taking its usual slot.
The hair-raising crime programme will resume its normal biweekly schedule on January 29.
Waterloo Road is also going to be pushed back a week due to the football game.
This means the episode planned for Tuesday January 16 will now air on Tuesday January 23.
Both Waterloo Road and Silent Witness are available on BBC iPlayer.