Comes after missing an episode last week too…
oronation Street is off ITV tonight (Tuesday, October 6) as football takes over the schedule again in the soap’s usual time slot. So when is Corrie back on, and when can fans catch the next episode?
The latest ITV schedule change means both Coronation Street and Emmerdale are missing from tonight’s line-up, with the soaps returning on Thursday.
Here’s everything you need to know about when Corrie is back on ITV, plus what’s coming up in the next episode.
Is Coronation Street on tonight?
Coronation Street will not air on Tuesday, October 6. Emmerdale, which usually airs first, is also off the schedule.
Instead, England v Czechia will air on ITV1 from 7pm. This is a fourth Group A3 match, which will be held at Wembley Stadium. The soaps will return tomorrow night (Wednesday, October 7) at their usual times.
Today’s episode of Corrie is not available on ITVX or YouTube either. Episodes are usually released from 7am for viewers who want to watch ahead or have a little more flexibility, but with no episode airing tonight, there is no early release either. Boo.
Coronation Street and Emmerdale will both return on Wednesday (October 7) in their usual slots. Corrie will start at 8.30pm on ITV.
What happens in Coronation Street tomorrow?
As Jodie returns home with Shona’s birthday cake, she finds her sister frantically searching the living room. Shona explains that she heard the crying again, but it sounded like a recording rather than the real thing.
As David and Jodie set about decorating the bistro for Shona’s birthday party, Lily arrives. When Lily’s phone is plugged into the docking station, suddenly the room is filled with the sound of Harper crying. Shona accuses Lily of recording Harper’s crying in a bid to convince her she was losing her mind.
Swearing blind that she has no idea how Harper’s crying found its way onto her phone, an upset Lily flees from the party.
At the undertakers, George and Todd are thrown into panic when they discover Rachel’s ashes have gone and there’s no sign of Christina. George finds Christina sitting on the swings in the precinct, clutching the urn containing Rachel’s ashes.
When George assures her that they’ll find their own way to honour Rachel, Christina hands it over. George hands Christina a photo frame containing two pictures – one of Rachel and one of Daisy- and Christina is deeply moved.
Sam calls at Speed Daal after school. Leanne tells him that to prove how much she trusts him, she’d like him to work in the restaurant. Sam spies Idris’s credit card lying on a table – but will he use it?
Also, in the shop, a despondent Summer reveals that Marco was denied bail. When Alya, Asha and Todd suggest she’s better off without him, Summer shoots them daggers.
Soap power hour in 2026
Back in October 2024, Corrie began streaming daily episodes of the soap from 7am.
The change was welcomed by many fans, and figures from the first quarter of 2025 confirmed that ITVX had achieved a ‘record-breaking’ billion streams in a quarter for the ‘first time ever.’ Coronation Street and Emmerdale had clocked up 124 million ITVX streams so far that year, while soap viewing was up 35 percent compared with the first quarter of 2024.
Then, from January 2026, the schedule changed again. Following the huge Corriedale episode, Corrie moved from airing three days a week to airing every weekday, although each episode is now just half an hour long.
Emmerdale kicks off the ‘soap power hour’ at 8pm, followed by Corrie at 8.30pm. Both soaps usually air Monday to Friday, with new episodes also dropping on ITVX every morning at 7am as usual.
