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'Enders Comic Relief ep: Scheduling update

Published Tuesday, Mar 15 2011, 13:56 GMT | By Daniel Kilkelly | 14 comments

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As you probably already know, this Friday's episode of EastEnders will be a ten-minute special airing as part of Comic Relief's televised telethon.

Continuing the soap's sexual exploitation storyline, the episode will focus on Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) and her new boyfriend Rob (Jody Latham), who has been using her for his own financial gain - as viewers will see in this Thursday's instalment.

Scheduling details for Friday's episode have been a bit sketchy, but EastEnders' official website has today confirmed that it will transmit after 8.30pm - thus out of its usual 8pm timeslot. It will also air twice on Sunday, March 20 - once as part of the usual omnibus on BBC One, and also on its own on BBC Three at 9.50pm.

Coronation Street is running as an hour-long episode on Friday, airing between 7.30pm and 8.30pm.

EastEnders bosses worked closely with Comic Relief while devising Whitney's storyline, which aims to highlight a problem that faces many young women in the UK.

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