As you’ll no doubt be aware, something big was supposed to be happening today – Brexit Day, the moment the UK was supposed to be leaving the EU.
But due to a confluence of complicated factors that was summed up last night by a cabinet minister as “fuck knows, I’m past caring”, this isn’t happening any more.
As a result parties, dinners and Brexit Day merchandise have all had to be postponed, cancelled and amended. It’s also had an effect on the TV schedules too.
Reporting on itself on Friday, a BBC article noted:
A copy of last week’s Radio Times showed that two BBC News specials had been planned - one from 21:30 and another after the News at 10.
But a later schedule, on Sky’s TV guide, shows that the specials have now been scrapped.
EastEnders and the Masterchef final have both been brought forward by half an hour, and a repeat episode of Would I Lie to You has been slotted in to fill the time instead.
And the Friday night film, Sliding Doors, has been brought forward to start an hour earlier.
That’s right, the Brexit special has been replaced with a show in which a panel of professionals try to dupe an unsuspecting person into voting for their fabricated nonsense.
Oh, and a film with the basic premise of “DEAR LORD, JUST THINK WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN!!” has been brought forward an hour.
Inevitably, more than a few people on social media thought the whole thing was a deliberate stitch-up.
The BBC has been contacted for comment.
Meanwhile in the real world, an exhausted Theresa May is still desperately trying to flog her Brexit deal for the the third.
On Friday afternoon, MPs will once again vote on the PM’s plan – but with one big difference.
Unlike the first two meaningful votes, only the withdrawal agreement – the part which sets out the terms of the UK’s exit from the EU – will be voted on.
And assuming this goes smoothly? Brexit Day will be 12 April. Or 22 May. Or... whenever.