EastEnders cancelled tonight as soap schedule chaos continues
More sport will air on the BBC as viewers were forced to switch to iPlayer to catch the latest goings-on in Albert Square.
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EastEnders usually airs around 7:30pm every Monday through to Thursday on BBC One.
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EastEnders was kicked off the bBC One schedule
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BBC One will show extended coverage of the 2025 Women's Euro's Tournament instead
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Gabby Logan will take to the airwaves live from Zurich for the quarter-final
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Four episodes a week of the long-running soap opera are shown on terrestrial TV.
However, extended sports coverage has meant that bosses were forced to make sweeping changes to the schedule.
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This means that bosses at the publicly funded broadcaster were forced to make changes for one the nation's favourite soaps.
Two episodes of EastEnders were shown on Tuesday night (15th July) as the serial drama was knocked off the schedule for the 17th July.
EastEnders legend quits Walford in emotional scenes - leaving close friend devastated
Viewers got to see a double bill of episodes staring at 7:30pm for a full hour of Walford action.
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Jay Brown was worried about the strain this is putting on Phil, so he contacted Nigel's wife Julie - who'd reported him missing.
It later transpired that Nigel lied to Phil about his split, as he had actually walked out on his marriage to protect Julie from eventually seeing his deteriorating condition.
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Both Phil and Julie fought their case for Nigel to stay with them, but he elected to return to Scotland.
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England will take on Sweden in what could be a tense face-off
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This comes as viewers recently tuned in to watch Nigel Bates quit Walford in emotional scenes
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EastEnders continues on BBC One and is available to stream on iPlayer.
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