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Full Christmas and New Year schedules revealed for your favourite soaps!

You won't want to miss this!

It’s going to be a black Christmas this year… and we don’t mean when you accidentally burn the pigs in blanket, because you put them in the oven and then drank too much sherry and forgot about them!

No, we mean in the soaps, where producers have promised us explosive secrets tumbling out, illicit (and illegal) kisses, a new baby and a shock death (at least one!).

Even Marlon’s surprise wedding in Emmerdale goes disastrously wrong!

Isn’t Ian Beale’s jumper illegal in some countries? (Credit: BBC)

Read more: EastEnders’ Stuart Highway to murder Dot Cotton this Christmas?

Well there is SOME good news for all you loyal soap fans – the final TV schedules have been confirmed today (Thursday 20 December), so now we know exactly when we can get our fix of our fave serial dramas.

The bad news is that on some days they clash, for example for a full hour on New Year’s Day!

Here at ED!, we’ve put together a comprehensive list of all your fave soaps and what times they are on.

After all, you wouldn’t want to miss the moment Kat finds out about Alfie and Hayley’s baby, would you?

Kat Slater finds out the truth about Hayley's baby
Kat promises she “will do time” for Alfie after discovering the truth about Hayley’s baby (Credit: BBC)

Thursday 20 December

6.30pm: Hollyoaks, C4

7pm: Hollyoaks (hour-long Christmas special), E4 first look

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: EastEnders, BBC1

8pm: Emmerdale, ITV

Friday 21 December

6pm: Hollyoaks (hour-long Christmas special), C4

7pm: Hollyoaks, E4 first look

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

8pm: EastEnders, BBC1

8.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

Saturday 22 December

8.40pm: Casualty, BBC1

Christmas Eve

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: Coronation Street (hour-long episode), ITV

8.30pm: EastEnders, BBC1

Christmas Day

7.15pm: Emmerdale (hour-long episode), ITV

8.15pm: Coronation Street (hour-long episode), ITV

9.15pm: EastEnders (hour-long episode), BBC1

Boxing Day

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

8.30pm: EastEnders, BBC1

Thursday 27 December

6.30pm: Hollyoaks, C4

7pm: Hollyoaks (hour-long episode), E4 first look

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: EastEnders, BBC1

8pm: Holby City, BBC1

Friday 28 December

6pm: Hollyoaks (hour-long episode), C4

7pm: Hollyoaks (hour-long New Year’s Eve episode), E4 first look

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

8pm: EastEnders, BBC One

8.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

New Year’s Eve

6pm: Hollyoaks (hour-long New Year’s Eve episode), C4

7pm: Hollyoaks, (E4 first look)

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

8pm: EastEnders, BBC1

New Year’s Day

7pm: Emmerdale (hour-long episode), ITV

8pm: Coronation Street (hour-long episode), ITV

8pm: EastEnders (hour-long episode), BBC1

Wednesday 2 January

6.30pm: Hollyoaks, C4

7pm: Hollyoaks (E4 first look)

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

8pm: Holby City, BBC1

8.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

Thursday 4 January

6.30pm: Hollyoaks, C4

7pm: Hollyoaks (E4 first look)

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: EastEnders, BBC1

8pm: Emmerdale, ITV

8.30pm: EastEnders, BBC1

Friday 5 January (normal schedules resume)

6.30pm: Hollyoaks, C4

7pm: Hollyoaks (E4 first look)

7pm: Emmerdale, ITV

7.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

8pm: EastEnders, BBC1

8.30pm: Coronation Street, ITV

Which soap storyline are you most looking forward to seeing play out over Christmas? Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know what you think!


Helen Fear
TV Editor