{"id":52782,"date":"2026-02-20T13:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=52782"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:10:55","slug":"iain-macleod-reveals-major-soap-changes-but-leaves-emmerdale-fans-raging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/iain-macleod-reveals-major-soap-changes-but-leaves-emmerdale-fans-raging\/","title":{"rendered":" Iain MacLeod reveals major soap changes, but it leaves Emmerdale fans raging"},"content":{"rendered":"

The big boss of Emmerdale and Coronation Street, Iain MacLeod, has revealed he is making major changes to the soaps. But fans aren\u2019t all that impressed with the news and have insisted he needs to focus his attention elsewhere instead.<\/p>

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In a recent podcast interview with This is Media City<\/a> creative director of continuing drama for ITV Iain issued an update to filming of the ITV soaps, including those special episodes we\u2019re seeing so many of.<\/p>\n

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Corriedale brought both soaps together in dramamtic fashion (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iain MacLeod on Emmerdale and Coronation Street changes<\/h2>\n

After the success of Corriedale at the start of the year and the move to the soap power hour<\/a>, Iain said he is keen to build on that. He wants to make sure both Corrie and Emmerdale don\u2019t get left behind by the likes of Netflix.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf your mum\u2019s now watching Squid Game on Netflix, you don\u2019t want those viewers to then turn on Coronation Street or turn on Emmerdale, and it looks like a completely different century or genre even,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So what that involves is visually upgrading the soaps. He admitted he wants a \u201cconsistent visual feel\u201d between the two.<\/p>

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