What time is Emmerdale on tonight? Soap moves in schedule again as hour-long episode is cut

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Jade Brown

Emmerdale faces another schedule change tonight, with live football coverage meaning viewers won’t be getting their usual hour-long episode at the usual time.

The ITV soap usually airs at 7.30pm on weeknights for half hour – except on Thursdays, when there is an hour-long episode.

However, tonight’s episode (Thursday, February 6) will air in an earlier slot. Here’s when you can watch Emmerdale tonight.

April and Bex outside on Emmerdale
April’s tragic story has been revealed this week (Credit: ITV)

What time is Emmerdale on tonight?

Emmerdale will air half hour earlier tonight, at 7pm. Instead of the usual hour-long instalment, viewers will only get a 30 minute episode.

This is because from 7.30pm, ITV1 will air coverage of the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi final between Liverpool and Tottenham.

It’s been a dramatic week of Emmerdale, with the truth about April’s disappearance finally revealed. April suffered a post-partum hemorrhage after giving birth to a stillborn baby.

Viewers will be eager to find out what happens next, so the episode being on early may be welcome news. As is normal practice, episodes are also available to watch from 7am on ITVX on day of broadcast.

Charity sneaks into Home Farm (Credit: ITV)

What happens in Emmerdale tonight?

Tonight will see Charity Dingle sneak into Home Farm.

She panics when she hears Kim arriving back at the house. Charity grabs the nearest laptop and sneaks out. What will she discover?

Meanwhile, April’s story will continue to be explored after she was reunited with her dad in yesterday’s episode.

A special flashback episode on Tuesday revealed where missing April has been since walking out on her family on Christmas Day.

After running out of money, April Windsor found herself sleeping rough on the streets. It was later revealed that she was pregnant, but tragically the baby was stillborn.

What’s next in April’s story?

Read more: Emmerdale fans spot huge ‘flaw’ in April special episode as stabbing victim revealed

Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm.

Classic Emmerdale usually airs every weekday on ITV3 at 6am and 6.30am, plus 1.40pm and 2.10pm.

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