Overview
- The special airs on ITV1 at 8pm on Monday, January 5, with Emmerdale at 7pm and Coronation Street at 7.30pm earlier that evening, and it will not stream on ITVX before broadcast.
- Promotional footage centers on a multi-vehicle pile-up near Hotten with emergency responders on scene and cross-show interactions at the roadside and in hospital.
- Shona Platt’s high-risk pregnancy storyline features as she and David are caught up in the crash and receive help from Emmerdale’s Jacob Gallagher in the trailer.
- ITV confirms a 40-strong ensemble spanning both soaps, including Alison King, Jack P. Shepherd, Claire Sweeney, Emma Atkins, Jeff Hordley and Ryan Hawley.
- Julia Goulding describes weeks of night shoots and says she performed a stunt using a harness while filming in a pregnancy suit.