Emmerdale and EastEnders were cancelled on Thursday night following the sad news of Queen Elizabeth II's death aged 96.
BBC One suspended its regular programming schedule earlier in the day and was replaced by breaking news updates.
While ITV also wiped its Thursday schedule to provide continuous news coverage, celebrating Her Majesty The Queen's life, looking back at her reign and her decades of service to the country.
There will be a special ITV News At Ten at 10pm while at 11pm the channel will broadcast Queen Elizabeth II, an hour-long obituary programme narrated by Mary Nightingale looking at the life of the Queen with interviews with relatives and commentators.
ITV has also announced that on Friday, Good Morning Britain will air as usual from 6am to 9am, this will be followed by an extended ITV News Special from 9am, which will replace Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women.
At 8:30pm, feature length documentary Queen Elizabeth II - The Longest Reign, presented by Jonathan Dimbleby, will air and it is an authored tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, charting her historic reign using powerful archive.
This will be followed by ITV News At Ten and it has been announced that there will be no commercial breaks on ITV's main channel during this period.
It was announced on Thursday evening that Her Majesty - the longest reigning monarch in British history - had died at the age of 96.
The Queen's death comes just over a year after her beloved husband Prince Philip peacefully passed away on 9 April 2021 and just months after nationwide celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee.
The news was shared on the Royal Family's Twitter account, shortly before being announced on multiple TV channels.
The tweet, which featured a beautiful picture of the Monarch, simply read: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."
The monarch experienced health issues after contracting Covid-19 in February and despite her determination to return to duties, she was forced to miss numerous events in order to rest in the months prior to her death.
Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral, where she traditionally spends August to October every year.
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