It's Saturday 29th July 2006, and in cricket, the Sri Lankan pair of Mahela Jayawardene (having failed to break Brian Lara's Test runs record) and Kumar Sangakkara broke a new partnership record of 624 runs between them – a record that has not broken since (as of the time of composing this description on 27th July 2019).

Meanwhile, over at South Bank of the Thames. There was a change to ITV1's schedule. They were supposed to be showing the second episode of the reality game show It's Now or Never, in which a woman attempting to perform a dance routine based on 'You're My Best Friend' by Queen for her friend who's about to turn 40 while battling cancer. Unfortunately, due to poor ratings after the first episode, ITV decided to axe the show immediately and replaced it with a special edition of It'll Be Alright On The Night, which was first shown in the previous year as part of ITV's golden jubilee celebrations. The aforementioned second (and, as it turned out to be, the final ever) episode of It's Now or Never was eventually shown at the back end of the year – the 30th December to be exact!

Anyway, here are the commercials and continuity bits show before, during and after IBAROTN in the Granada region:

Intershow Junction
* Renault Megane (incomplete)
* Now 64 compilation album
* Walls Soft Scoop ice cream
* AA Car Insurance (with a nod to the past!)
* Renault Megane (shorter version)
* A very classy slowmo trailer for Emmerdale
* Continuity announcement leading to the start of the programme (can anyone name the announcer?)

Commercial Break 1
* Volkswagen Eos
* Switch Car Superermarket
* CITV flea mail promo

Commercial Break 2
* Vauxhall Zafira
* AOL Wireless Broadband
* Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes (please, do not attempt to ride on a dog, or else the RSPCA will hear about it!)
* Silentnight mattresses (sound muted due to copyright issues)
* Argos (showing off their Dyson bagless vaccum cleaner range)
* Iceland frozen food stores (I bet Kerry Katona is enjoying that luxury ice cream!)
* Sunday Express (with the first part of their Sir Tom Jones CD giveaway)
* Vauxhall Mariva and Safira (a different but shorter one this time)
* esure Car Insurance (sadly, no sign of Winnie this time)
* Trailer for Where The Heart Is

Commerical Break 3
* Sainbury's (with their half priced mangos)
* AA Car Insurance (again)
* Kellogg's Frosties (with that annoying South African brat whose real name is Sven Ruygrok, and no, he didn't kill himself after all!)
* Sunday Express (again!)
* Carcraft car supermarkets (sadly went bust)
* CSL sofa stores (Yes, hearing Mama Cass Elliot really makes you want to relax on an easy chair!)
* AOL Wireless Broadband (again)
* Chester Zoo
* Trailer for Driving Mum and Dad Mad

Then after the closing credits (with the plastered endcap), we see Sir Trev appealing viewers to vote for Ant & Dec as Entertainment Presenters at the National Television Awards, again! Did they win? Of course they did!

If you want to see what commercials was shown in the Central region during the intershow junction, then check out this video from Chris Toone:
   • ITV1 Central Continuity  29th July 2006  

Here is the full ITV1 schedule from that day:
06.00 GMTV
09.25 Saturday Cooks Live!
11.00 Quincy ME
12.00 ITV News; Weather
12.05 Regional News; Regional Weather
12.10 F1: German Grand Prix (Qualifying)
14.25 Pulling Power
14.55 The Crocodile Hunter Diaries
15.20 The Rockford Files
16.20 Regional News; Regional Weather
16.35 ITV News; Weather
16.50 FILM: Back to the Future
18.50 Prehistoric Park
19.50 PROGRAMME CHANGE It'll Be Alright On The Night ITV Special
20.50 Ahead of the Class
22.50 ITV News; Weather
23.05 Love Island
23.40 Tarrant on TV
00.10 Quizmania; ITV News Headlines
04.05 People's Court (UK Version)
05.00 ITV Nightscreen
05.30 ITV News; Weather
Source: The Times

And you thought Love Island was much younger than that!