For soap-fans, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year thanks to the upcoming one-off special Corriedale. This is not a brand new show — but rather the first ever crossover between two of Britain’s biggest long-running soaps: Coronation Street and Emmerdale. The idea is simple (but ambitious): bring together the residents of Weatherfield and the Dales, merging their worlds for one hour of high-stakes drama.
Behind the scenes, production began at the end of September 2025 — a sign that networks are pulling out all the stops to make this crossover as spectacular as possible.
According to early teasers, the storyline will centre around a dramatic multi-vehicle crash on a rural road near the village of Hotten, involving characters from both soaps. Expect chaos, rescue scenes, despair — and emotional fallout.
In short: Corriedale is the biggest “soap collision” in UK television history — watching-two-soaps-at-once, but now in one shared, explosive episode.
Behind the scenes, production began at the end of September 2025 — a sign that networks are pulling out all the stops to make this crossover as spectacular as possible.
According to early teasers, the storyline will centre around a dramatic multi-vehicle crash on a rural road near the village of Hotten, involving characters from both soaps. Expect chaos, rescue scenes, despair — and emotional fallout.
In short: Corriedale is the biggest “soap collision” in UK television history — watching-two-soaps-at-once, but now in one shared, explosive episode.
Corriedale
Coronation Street
Emmerdale crossover
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