Saturday TV schedule shake-up as Saturday Kitchen bumped
The BBC has confirmed they will be making some changes to the channel's usual Saturday morning shows due to a big event
This weekend's TV schedule will undergo changes due to a significant event, and that means that Saturday Kitchen has unfortunately been bumped.
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This weekend's TV schedule will undergo changes due to a significant event, and that means that Saturday Kitchen has unfortunately been bumped.
The BBC has announced that on Saturday morning, April 26 it will broadcast the funeral of Pope Francis from St Peter's Square in Vatican City with coverage presented by journalist Reeta Chakrabarti. The Funeral of Pope Francis will be shown on BBC One Wales from 8.30am, immediately following the Breakfast show, and is expected to last three hours and 59 minutes.
As a result, the usual Saturday morning line-up on the channel will be altered, including everyone's favourite day time cooking shows. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter
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The reshuffle means that Saturday Kitchen, typically starting at 10am, Mary Berry - Love to Cook, usually airing at 11.30am, and Football Focus, normally broadcast at 12pm, will be moved from their regular slots on BBC One.
However, fans of the shows can still catch these programmes at their usual times on BBC Two.
After the coverage of The Funeral of Pope Francis, the BBC Weekend News will be aired slightly earlier than usual at 12.30pm, followed by BBC Weather at 12.40pm, London Marathon 2025: My Reason to Run at 12.45pm and then the Snooker World Championship at 1.15pm.
The schedules for ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C will remain unchanged for the day.
These announcement comes after the sad news of Pope Francis' death on Easter Monday, April 21. Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced his passing in a statement released by the Vatican.
The Pope, who was 88, had been suffering from declining health, including complications from pneumonia, a lung infection, and early signs of kidney failure.
Despite his health issues, he remained committed to his pastoral duties, even attending Mass from his hospital bed in recent weeks.
Pope Francis requested that he be buried at St Mary Major rather than in the crypt of St Peter's Basilica, thus making him the first pope not to be buried in St Peter's for more than a century.
Pope Francis has died at 88 with his funeral taking place on Saturday, April 26
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Thousands have journeyed to Vatican City to pay their respects to Pope Francis, with notable figures such as Prince William, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia attending the funeral.
According to Kensington Palace, the Prince of Wales will represent King Charles at the Vatican service this weekend on behalf of his father, King Charles III.
BBC One Wales will broadcast The Funeral of Pope Francis at 8.30am on the morning of Saturday, April 26.
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