Overview
- The hour-long special airs Monday, January 5 at 8pm on ITV1, with ITV confirming it will not land early on ITVX.
- Emmerdale at 7pm and Coronation Street at 7.30pm will lead into the special, and those half-hour episodes will be available on ITVX from 7am that morning.
- Promotional material confirms a multi-vehicle crash that puts several characters at risk, with the trailer showing emergency scenes and cross-soap interactions.
- Trailer glimpses feature figures including Carla Connor, Kit Green, Shona and David Platt, Asha Alahan with Cain Dingle, Charity Dingle at Hotton General, and searches involving Kevin and Abi Webster as well as Robert Sugden and Joe Tate.
- ITV released an extensive cast list spanning both soaps, while cast members describe the crossover as “epic” and suggest the storyline brings life-changing consequences.