DANCING On Ice fans will need to tune in later tonight to catch the latest episode of the hit skating show.
ITV has re-jigged its schedules and put Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs in the 7pm slot, with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield broadcasting live straight afterwards.
That means Dancing On Ice will not air until 7.30pm – with anyone switching on at the normal time getting ITV News instead.
The skating spectacular will run for an hour and a half before the second episode of the channel’s showcase drama The Ipcress File at 9pm.
For the past two weeks Dancing On Ice has started at 6.30pm and lasted for an hour and a half.
Before that it started at 6pm and lasted two hours but as the number of contestants have been whittled down, the show needs increasingly shorter runtimes.
This week the celebs left in the competition – Connor Ball, Kye White, Brendan Cole, Regan Gascoigne and Kimberly Wyatt – will have to dance twice to secure their places in the final.
Phillip and Holly will host while judges Oti Mabuse, Ashley Banjo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean give their verdicts.
The celebs who make it through will then have two weeks to rehearse for the live final as the show has been postponed a week so ITV can show live football.
It is airing the FA Cup quarter final clash between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at 6pm on 20 March – meaning Dancing On Ice’s finale will happen on 27 March instead.
Last Sunday paralympian Stef Reid became the latest celebrity eliminated, in a week that saw three contestants earn perfect scores from the judges.
The judging panel voted unanimously to save BMX Olympic medal winner Kye following a tense skate-off between the pair.
Dancing On Ice returns to ITV tonight at 7.30pm
