: ITV confirms more on Emmerdale/Coronation Street crossover including official title
Filming has already begun on the special episodeITV has confirmed that the upcoming Emmerdale and Coronation Street crossover will officially be called Corriedale. The announcement gives fans a clearer idea of what to expect as two of Britain’s most beloved soaps prepare to come together in an unprecedented television event.
The crossover is set to merge characters and storylines from both soaps in a way never seen before. Show bosses have also teased that Corriedale will offer a mix of drama, humour and high-stakes twists.
The new name highlights the collaborative nature of the project and has already sparked excitement among viewers eager to see how the worlds of Weatherfield and the Dales collide on screen.
Emmerdale and Coronation street will crossover in a first for the soaps (Credit: ITV)
Corriedale begins filming
The teams from both sides of the Pennines have already combined to start filming on Corriedale. We know we are set to look forward to an ambitious stunt in the episode. This is set to have “everlasting consequences” for everyone involved.
Cameras started rolling at the end of September. The production team, however, is keeping the stunt details and exactly which characters are involved 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.
Others think it will be the death of Billy Mayhew that we witness – perhaps at John’s hands! Or could back-from-the-dead Becky Swain be involved with Celia’s criminal gang?
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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