Overview
- A 30-second preview unveiled during ITV’s The Big Quiz shows a fiery multi-vehicle pile-up and hospital scenes linking Weatherfield and the Dales.
- At least 19 characters are confirmed, including David and Shona Platt, Tracy Barlow, Carla Connor, Kit Green, Asha Alahan, Kevin and Abi Webster, plus Cain and Charity Dingle, Jacob Gallagher, Sarah and Robert Sugden, Joe Tate and Aaron Dingle, with Lisa Swain also appearing.
- The footage depicts cross-soap rescue efforts, with Kit Green coordinating at the crash site, Asha Alahan aiding casualties alongside Cain Dingle, and Jacob Gallagher tending to injured Shona and David at the roadside.
- David Platt actor Jack P Shepherd hints at fatalities with the line "People will die," though ITV has not confirmed any outcomes.
- The hour-long event airs Monday, January 5 at 8pm on ITV1 and will not drop early on ITVX, with Emmerdale at 7pm and Coronation Street at 7:30pm that night and those half-hour episodes available on ITVX from 7am.