{"id":41297,"date":"2025-06-13T15:01:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=41297"},"modified":"2025-06-13T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:02:37","slug":"itv-respond-rumours-emmerdale-merge-coronation-street-soaps-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/itv-respond-rumours-emmerdale-merge-coronation-street-soaps-shakeup\/","title":{"rendered":" ITV responds to rumours Emmerdale will \u2018merge\u2019 with Coronation Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

ITV has responded to claims that their soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street will \u2018merge\u2019 into one show.<\/p>

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For years ITV has had two of the biggest soaps. And with the recent announcement that there will be a cross-over episode<\/a>, speculation arose as to what this actually means.<\/p>\n

ITV has announced numerous shakeup\u2019s that all start at the beginning of 2026, including their daytime shows and their soaps. But now the channel has confirmed their intentions moving forward.<\/p>\n

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Could Emmerdale move to Manchester?<\/h2>\n

According to The Sun<\/a>, former ITV Director of Television Peter Fincham, revealed how both Emmerdale and Coronation Street could find themselves being filmed in one location.<\/p>\n

He said on The TV Podcast: \u201cYou\u2019ve got Coronation Street being made in Manchester, Emmerdale in Leeds. Could you imagine, rather \u2013 like the daytime consolidation \u2013 that ITV will decide to have them both made in the same place under one umbrella? Big savings.<\/p>

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