Appatly titled ‘Corriedale,’ it reads like the title of fan fiction, but no. Production has officially started on the long-awaited crossover between ITV’s Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
Set to early 2026, it will kick off the start of the new soap ‘power hour’ schedule, with each show screening 30-minute episodes every weekday: Emmerdale at 8pm and Coronation Street at 8:30pm.
Both no stranger to bringing drama to our screens, they will be marking the occasion in spectacular style, with the combined production teams having embarked on an ambitious stunt that will have everlasting consequences for everyone involved.
At the moment, exact details are being kept under wraps, but Iain Macleod, Executive Producer for Continuing Drama at ITV, has teased, ‘There is a massive buzz around both the Leeds and Manchester sites, and the images coming out of the shoot are utterly spectacular.
That’s before we’ve even got to all the brilliant transpennine interactions between characters from the different shows! As a soap fan myself, I think my head is going to explode when the episode airs next year. It will be mind-blowing, historical and unmissable.’