Emmerdale and Love Island among TV shows getting behind England team

ITV will include a scene In Emmerdale showing the reaction to Sunday night’s Euros final as Love Islanders are now also allowed to watch the hugely anticipated match against Spain

Emmerdale and Love Island show support in England’s final against Spain

ITV have confirmed that Emmerdale will be adding a scene on Monday night’s episode to include the reaction to Sunday night’s Euros final between England and Spain.

The added scene will be shown on ITV1 on Monday night at 7.30pm, and will see Cain and Moira Dingle chat about the match against Spain, with an England flag hanging in the window behind them. The Emmerdale cast have also sent a video message to the England team with them all shouting “come on England” to congratulate them on reaching the Euro 2024 final.

Producer Laura Shaw said: “The whole team here at Emmerdale would like to send our huge congratulations to the England football team on reaching the final of the UEFA European Championship. We wish them the very best of luck for Sunday and we are thrilled to be showing our support in Monday night’s episode of Emmerdale.”

Love Islanders will be allowed to watch Sunday night’s final despite strict rules ( 
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But this is not the only ITV show that will be supporting England in one of the biggest tournaments in the world, as Love Island bosses have now set aside their rule of no outside knowledge, which now allows the cast to watch the final. The Islanders will now be able to watch the match while AfterSun is live at 10pm UK time.

Usually, the ITV dating show prevents contestants in the villa from watching or looking up events from the outside world, including the recent General Election, but there will be an exception for the football, it is understood. A source said: “ITV bosses don’t want the villa to miss out so the huge decision has been made to show it on a big screen – they’ll be watching it while AfterSun is on live on Sunday.” They continued to tell The Sun: “The rule has always been that NO outside info goes into the villa – bombshells are banned from even saying who won the general election – but this is a very special exception.”

Emmerdale and Love Island show support in England’s final against Spain ( 
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Love Island will go head to head with the final, as it starts at its usual 9pm slot, just as Gareth Southgate’s players will be returning to the pitch for the second half in Germany. If the football match goes the full distance, viewers who would prefer to watch Love Island will only be able to view the first half. Channel 4 has also announced it will be preparing for the big game by showing the England men’s team’s last major triumph in 1966, on Saturday.

The channel will show the full match at Wembley Stadium, which saw Sir Alf Ramsay’s team defeat West Germany 4-2, using the original ITV commentary and with the original footage colourised by Channel 4. The footage will give viewers a colourised view of Sir Geoff Hurst’s controversial second goal, which has prompted much debate as to whether it crossed the line.