MasterChef fans have been left desperate to know when the hotly-anticipated final of the 17th series will air, after it was cancelled on Friday due to the death of Prince Philip.
The BBC dropped its programme schedule on BBC One and BBC Two after the Duke of Edinburgh died on Friday, in favour of a new special dedicated to him.
Amateur chefs Mike Tomkins, Alexina Anatole, and Tom Rhodes will battle it out to be crowned winner by judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace – but it’s not yet clear when this will be aired, as the BBC has not confirmed its new date and time.
The Mirror has contacted the BBC for comment.
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A statement from the broadcaster on Friday said: “With the sad news that HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, has died, there is now special coverage across all BBC networks to mark his life of extraordinary public service and planned scheduling has been suspended.”
And the official MasterChef account later posted: “Following today’s sad news about HRH Prince Philip, tonight’s scheduled #MasterChefUK Final has been postponed.”
Many viewers were less than impressed, with one tweeting: “I see BBC2 has managed to change its schedule to put Gardeners World on tonight. Why can’t BBC1 rejig so we can see #Masterchef? It’s the final, FFS!”
Another moaned: “I switched the tv on last night and was gutted about the master chef final. I like the royal fam, thought he did a lot for the monarchy/ country but it was on EVERY Chanel on terrestrial tv. Every Chanel. Reverted to sky and Netflix “.
“Gutted for @rhodeskitchen@alexinaanatole Tom #MasterChef, looked forward to final so much, you have all been robbed of a special moment. Total respect #PrincePhilip, but all BBC channels OTT,” wrote a third.
“I’m still in bits that my Masterchef final was cancelled. Had it all planned out,” added a fourth.
A fifth wondered: ” @BBC any idea when #MasterChef final will be shown pls as you cancelled everything for what could of been in an half hour news program”.
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/masterchef-fans-desperate-final-after-23891897