Saturday Kitchen Live AXED this weekend in major schedule shake up

SATURDAY Kitchen Live has been axed this weekend in a major TV schedule shake up.

The Coronation is set to be televised around the world on Saturday, and a number of UK networks have dedicated a large portion of their schedules to the coverage.

The BBC is using not one but two channels to document every moment of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s crowning.

It means BBC Breakfast will only air for one and a half hours, from 6am until 7.30am instead of its usual four hours.

Then at 7.30am, The Coronation of TM the King and Queen Camilla: The Preparation will air with Kirsty Young at the helm.

Then at 10.15am, coverage of the build up to the procession and the Coronation itself will start and go on until 1pm, before The Coronation of HM the King: The Celebration begins.

It means Saturday Kitchen Live, Mary Berry: Love to Cook and Football Focus have all been scrapped.

Instead the show will be airing a special episode of Coronation Kitchen on Sunday at 10:30am.

Matt Tebbutt will be joined by a range of special guests including Helen McGinn, Michelin Star chef Adam Byatt and Anna Haugh.

Former BBC Royal Correspondent and I’m A Celebrity campmate Jennie Bond as well as Royal biographer and friend of HM The King, Gyles Brandreth will also sit on the royal themed panel.

Later in the evening, game shows including Blankety Blank and Pointless Celebrities are making way for The Coronation: A Day to Remember.

BBC Two will air the exact same coverage as BBC One up until 3pm, replacing its usual schedule of sport and cookery shows.

However, some TV fans were not impressed by the wall-to-wall coverage across the various channels on Saturday.

One moaned on Twitter: “Gorging on @Spotify and binging on
@Netflix over the coming days. Have to do something to escape from the constant #Coronation bilge on radio & TV.”

Another tweeted: “During big public events like the #Coronation, why don’t broadcasters take it in turns to show them live and free up all the other TV channels to show normal TV. Not everyone is freakishly obsessed with the Royal family.”