The Queens funeral will take place on Monday 19 September and almost every broadcasting service will air it, except Channel 5.
Instead of broadcasting the funeral, Channel 5 will be showing The Emoji Movie followed by Stuart Little and Ice Age 3. The channel will be the only mainstream public service broadcaster that will not be airing the funeral or documentaries about the late Monarch on Monday.
The broadcaster has chosen to show children's films throughout the day instead, as schools and businesses are closed with many parents online have applauded this decision. One wrote: "Channel 5 deserve a lot of respect for this. Airing an entire day's worth of kid and family friendly content to give us a break from wall to wall bleakness that most of us don't care about is a great move. I might even break my complete disinterest in the Emoji movie and watch"
