Full list of BBC shows off air for Wimbledon – is your favourite getting the axe?
SCHEDULE SHAKE-UP Full list of BBC shows off air for Wimbledon – is your favourite getting the axe?
LOTS of fan favourite BBC shows are facing schedule shake-ups over the next few weeks as Wimbledon continues to dominate the Beeb.
The BBC's coverage of the famous tennis tournament kicked off on Monday (June 30) and will end on July 13.
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Wimbledon has caused lots of your favourite daytime shows to be taken off air
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Popular series Escape To The Country is one of the shows affected
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Pointless has also been taken off air while Wimbledon is on
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EastEnders is now off air for eight days after being rocked by schedule chaos
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Every year, as Wimbledon is aired on the BBC, regular shows find themselves either bumped or subject to a schedule change.
If you are wondering how this affects some of your daytime shows, it's been revealed that BBC One shows Escape to the Country, Garden Rescue, Bridge of Lies, and Pointless have been taken off air while the competition continues.
Over on BBC Two, The Edge, Lightning, Unbeatable, and Murder, Mystery and My Family have been also cancelled.
Weatherman Walking, Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, Flog It, Richard Osman's House of Games and Robson Green's Weekend Escapes, have all also be pulled to make way for Wimbledon.
All of the above BBC shows will return on Monday, July 14, once the tennis tournament has concluded.
The One Show, which typically airs at 7pm on weeknights, is also off air to coincide with Wimbledon and the show's summer break.
The popular evening show has been off air since June 30, and is expected to return on July 28.
Revealing the news, host Alex Jones said: "We are taking a bit of a break for the next four weeks.
"We'll be back on Monday, July 28th, but there's plenty to enjoy like Wimbledon and the Euros."
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The Sun previously revealed how EastEnders is being majorly affected during Wimbledon.
This week, the long running soap was switched from its regular BBC One slot onto sister channel, BBC Two.
Despite usually airing Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on the main BBC channel, fans instead were given two episodes on Monday and Tuesday.
Following yesterday's double-bill (July 1), fans will now have to go a whole eight days before getting their next fix of Albert Square action.
EastEnders won't air again until July 9.
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