Coronation Street and Emmerdale's epic crossover episode - first details revealed

ITV bosses have revealed the name of their momentous soap crossover episode, in which Coronation Street and Emmerdale will cross over for the first time.

The special episode, which will be called Corriedale, has already started production, and will see the residents of Weatherfield join forces with their Yorkshire neighbours in an action packed hour of drama.

The soaps are keeping quiet on which residents of each soap will be starring for now, but what they can promise is 60 minutes of none stop drama.

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What they can tell us, however, is that the combined production teams have embarked on an ambitious stunt that will have everlasting consequences for everyone involved. Production started in late September - but the events, and consequences, are being kept under tight wraps for now.

Corriedale will air on ITV, STV, ITVX and Youtube in early 2026, and will herald 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.

ITV Executive Producer for Continuing Drama Iain Macleod said: “It’s beyond exciting that filming is under way on Corriedale.

"There is a massive buzz around both the Leeds and Manchester sites and the images coming out of the shoot are utterly spectacular.

"And 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.”

Although everyone is keeping quite for now, Corrie boss Kate Brooks recently told Metro: "‘It will be unmissable, that’s all I’m going to say! It’s very exciting. A lot of hard work has gone into making it brilliant."

Until then, fans have lots to look forward to in both ITV soaps, including Corrie’s milestone 65th anniversary, which will take place at the end of this year.

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.

Coronation Streetairs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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