THE explosive first look at ITV’s big soap crossover event CORRIEDALE has been revealed – and it’s dramatic.
Fan favourites of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale will come together next month for a one-off hour-long spectacular.
And by the look of the trailer it’s going to be a harrowing one.
For the first time it has been revealed that a multi vehicle pile up is at the centre of the drama that sees the worlds of Weatherfield and the village clash together.
The atmospheric trailer shows the aftermath of the crash on a dark and stormy country road near the village of Hotten.
Desperate voices scream for help in the darkness as the emergency services arrive.
Fans of both soaps will recognise them as David Platt, Tracy Barlow, Liam Cavanagh, and Aaron Dingle.
Corrie actors Jack P Shepherd, Vicky Myers and Kate Ford feature in the trailer, confirming their roles in the special, while Emmerdale’s Johnny McPherson joins Danny Miller in it.
The soaps have been dropping subtle – and some not so subtle – clues about what brings the characters of both soaps together.
Emmerdale serial killer John Sugden has featured in wanted posters in Weatherfield’s frequently-used police station.
And last week Belle Dingle dropped many hints that she was the wedding planner organising the cobbles’ hotel owner Debbie Webster’s upcoming Christmas Day nuptials.
The special episode, which will air in early January 2026, is a “celebration of the soap genre and will launch ITV’s new ‘soap power hour’ scheduling pattern for Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
From January the soaps will each air one 30 minute episodes per night back to back from 8pm on ITV.
They will move from their current schedules of Emmerdale airing at 7.30pm each night with an hour-long episode on Thursdays, and Corrie going from Monday, Wednesday and Friday night’s hour-long episodes.
The ITV teaser says: “CORRIEDALE is just the start of the drama as the aftermath of the crash gives rise to fear, murderous intent, death, destruction, closely-guarded secrets, and lies.
“Life in Emmerdale and Weatherfield will never be the same again!”
