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Fans of the long-running ITV soap will have to wait a little longer to see a big storyline to develop as Coronation Street is taken off air

Coronation Street fans will be disappointed as they can’t get their Friday soap fix as the show has been cancelled - but for one day only. The UK’s longest running soap has been sacrificed in order to make way for coverage of the FA Cup.

The show, which airs on ITV on Monday, Wednesday and Friday has been regularly axed over the last few months, and will once again not air at its usual time on Friday night (January 27) due to the FA Cup tie between Manchester City and Arsenal.

Why is Coronation Street not on tonight? ITV soap cancelled on Friday - here’s why and when it returns