Emmerdale and Coronation Street announce further crossover details - including epic new name

Filming has already begun on the special episode
By Sophie Dainty

Coronation Street and Emmerdale bosses have confirmed further details on the highly-anticipated crossover episode – including the name.

The soap special brings together the residents of Weatherfield and the Dales for the first time ever in an action-packed hour of drama.

Coronation Street and Emmerdale crossover
Filming has already begun on Corriedale (Credit: ITV)

Coronation Street and Emmerdale crossover details

Filming has already started on the production and it has been named – wait for it – Corriedale. Amazing!

The combined teams have embarked on an ambitious stunt for the episode. We are told that it will have “everlasting consequences” for everyone involved.

Cameras started rolling at the end of September, but the production team is keeping the stunt details and character involvement tightly under wraps.

Iain MacLeod, ITV’s Executive Producer for Continuing Drama, 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.”

Fans have also been pretty vocal on who they want to appear in the epsiode – with many insisting on-the-run John Sugden is a sure thing.

Vanessa and Charity Emmerdale August 25
It remains to be seen which characters will appear in the special, but could Vanessa and Charity be in it? (Credit: ITV)

Soap power-hour in 2026

Corriedale will premiere on ITV, STV, ITVX, and YouTube in early 2026, marking the launch of the new ‘soap power hour’ schedule. Under the new format, Emmerdale will air 30-minute episodes at 8pm every weekday, followed by Coronation Street at 8.30pm.

As the production begins on this huge joint venture, both soaps have hit a streaming milestone.

In the first quarter of 2025, ITVX recorded a “record-breaking” one billion streams in a single quarter for the first time ever. Together, Coronation Street and Emmerdale have accumilated 124 million streams so far this year, with soap viewing up 35 percent compared to the same period in 2024.

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