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New Jimmy McGovern drama Broken has been pulled from the TV schedules in the wake of last night's Manchester terrorist attack. The six-part series, which stars Sean Bean and Anna Friel, was due to air on BBC1 at 9pm tonight – Tuesday 23rd May – but will begin instead next Tuesday, replaced this week by a repeat of Planet Earth II. "Following last night's tragic events in Manchester, BBC1's new drama series Broken will not start tonight as planned but has been rescheduled for next Tuesday 30 May," said the Corporation in a statement.While set in a "major northern city", the content of Broken does not overlap specifically with the events in Manchester last night which saw a suicide bomber detonate a device at Manchester Arena following a concert by American pop star Ariana Grande. 22 people are known to have died with a further 59 injured
Following last night's tragic events in Manchester, #Broken will not start tonight as planned. #PlanetEarth2: Islands will be shown at 9pm.
BBC replaces new Sean Bean drama Broken with Planet Earth repeat following Manchester terror attack Quote 22 people are known to have died with a further 59 injured
22 people are known to have died with a further 59 injured
The six-part Jimmy McGovern drama has been pulled from TV schedules in the wake of last night's terrorist attack, it was announced hours after the horrors.A statement from the BBC read: 'Following last night's tragic events in Manchester, BBC1's new drama series Broken will not start tonight as planned but has been rescheduled for next Tuesday 30 May'. MailOnline has contacted representatives for Sean for comment