Saturday night TV in turmoil with two biggest shows forced off air as FIFTEEN hours of sport take over BBC and ITV
SATURDAY night TV is in turmoil after two of the biggest shows were forced off air as FIFTEEN hours of sport takes over BBC and ITV.
Today’s schedules have been cleared this afternoon and this evening to make way for the FA Cup quarter-final and the final matches of the Six Nations rugby.
On BBC One, the second semi-final of Gladiators has been taken off air this week and replaced by Manchester City‘s match against Newcastle United.
The football coverage will begin at 5.10pm with the match kicking off at 5.30pm.
Coverage is set to finish at 7.40pm in time for Michael McIntyre‘s The Wheel, but if it runs into extra time or penalties, the schedule will shift again.
Meanwhile on ITV there’s even more disruption, as from 3.55pm, it’s wall to wall coverage of The Six Nations rugby as the teams face their final matches.
It starts with Ireland vs Scotland, with the game beginning at 4.45pm, before it moves straight on to France vs England at 7.20pm, with the action kicking off at 8pm.
This means Ant and Dec‘s Saturday Night Takeaway and The 1% Club have been taken off air this week.
Last week, the show’s aired at 7pm and 8.35pm respectively.
The third rugby match in the final day of the Six Nations tournament will air earlier in the day on BBC One, with Italy taking on Wales.
That coverage starts at 1.45pm with the match time being 2.15pm.
Ireland are the front-runners to win the title, but England are still in with a chance if they beat France and secure a bonus point.
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