Good Morning Britain is set to air for the first time ever on a weekend in a schedule shake-up on ITV following the Queen's death.
It was announced to the world early yesterday afternoon that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at the age of 96. She died in the afternoon at her home in Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, as her family rushed to be at her bedside.
Since her death was announced, ITV and other channels moved to rolling news coverage to mark her passing and the subsequent events, which saw her son, the Prince of Wales, become King Charles III. ITV have now confirmed their TV schedule for Saturday September 10 as tributes continue to flood in for the late monarch and condolences for her family.
ITV's Saturday schedule has now been released in full, with the day beginning with an episode of Good Morning Britain. It will air from 6am to 9.30pm and will be presented by Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard.
ITV News will then take over with a special programme - ITV News: The Proclamation of the King - as continuous news coverage carries on until 12.30pm. At 12.30, it will segue into the scheduled ITV News bulletin before royal documentaries will be aired.
From 2.15pm to 5pm, ITV will air three specially made documentaries. The first - narrated by Nicola Walker - is called Our Queen, The People’s Stories. It will feature many lovely stories from people from all walks of life as they reflect on their own meetings with the Queen and open up about how those moments affected their lives going forward.
Following that, Julie Etchingham will narrate a documentary titled The Queen in Her Own Words. It will contain some of the Queen's past speeches, letters, broadcasts and personal memoirs, which show both the public and private side of Her Majesty.
The Queen's much-loved and special Christmas messages from the past seven decades and broadcasts will be shown, the ones that brought the nation together through both the good times and the bad times.
Queen and Country will follow as the final documentary of the day, narrated by Alison Steadman. Whilst she travelled extensively as monarch, Her Majesty loved the countryside and her adoration for the UK's green spaces will be explored in a special documentary, through the eyes of those who met her whilst in Scotland, Norfolk or Windsor throughout her long life.
The national and local news will air from 5pm to 6pm, whilst the usual entertainment schedule will then resume in different time slots to originally planned. All the programmes were pre-recorded before the Queen's passing.
Ninja Warrior UK: Race for Glory will air at 6pm, followed by The Masked Dancer at 6.50pm. The Voice UK will then follow suit at 8pm, whilst Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? will air in the 9.10pm slot before the news at 10pm.
The news will continue until 10.45pm, before the previously aired documentary, Queen Elizabeth II - The Longest Reign, will be broadcasted. It is presented by Jonathan Dimbleby, and is a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
