EMMERDALE has been cancelled tonight after a huge cliffhanger as the soaps schedule is thrown into chaos.

The ITV soap left fans on a knife edge as serial killer John Sugden hurled himself off a cliff with husband Aaron Dingle in his arms.

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But fans wanting to see what happens next won’t see it tonight.

Instead they have to wait another day with the next episode not airing until Wednesday just before the National Television Awards.

Instead ITV will be airing England vs Serbia for a European qualifier match.

It means fans will have to wait to discover the aftermath of the cliff fall after watching twisted John confess to all his crimes – only to go back on it at the last second.

John confessed to killing Nate and then poisoning Jacob and framing Ella for drugging Chas.

“I didn’t want to hurt anyone,” John added as Aaron demanded to know where Mackenzie is.

Aaron told him he had to call the police and confess, but as he was getting through to him, Robert came to after being knocked out by John.

His arrival saw John change tack and decide against confessing all to the police.

Instead he tricked them into thinking he was phoning the police to confess, but instead put on a panicked voice and said: “Help, I need the police right now. I’m at Langston Gorge.

“My husband’s ex has just turned up, he’s threatened to kill us. Please you need to come right now, I’m really scared.”

Aaron Dingle in danger as he makes chilling discovery about husband John in Emmerdale

He then grabbed Aaron and threw them both over the cliffside.

“I am so sorry, Aaron, so sorry,” he said.

“But if you can’t be mine, I’m sorry, you can’t be anyone’s.”

Robert watched on in horror Aaron and his brother went over and landed looking very, very dead.

But are they dead? Or have they survived the cliff fall?