The stars of Coronation Street and Emmerdale were out in force as they hit the red carpet for the premiere of the upcoming historic crossover, Correidale.

It was announced earlier this year that ITV’s flagship soaps will join forces for a standalone episode that producers, scriptwriters and production teams have ingeniously conceived to link Weatherfield and the Dales forever.

On Tuesday (December 16), the casts of both soaps were brought together to celebrate the huge milestone with a special screening at The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, the UK City of Culture 2025.

The special episode is a celebration of the soap genre and will launch the network’s new ‘soap power hour’ scheduling pattern for Coronation Street and Emmerdale, with both soaps airing every week night for half an hour each from 8pm.

But in a change to how things usually run, the hour-long Corriedale episode will not be dropped earlier in the day on ITVX, instead only airing at Monday, January 5, at 8pm. Half hour episodes of each soap will be shown earlier, Emmerdale 7pm and Coronation Street 7.30pm, these two episodes will drop on ITVX at 7am that morning.

But back to Corriedale and one night changes everything as a multi-vehicle pile-up will be at the centre of the drama, having major repercussions and linking the soaps together forever.

It was previously revealed that a multi-vehicle pile-up will be at the centre of the drama, having taken place on a dark and stormy country road near the village of Hotten. Desperate voices call for help in the darkness as the emergency services arrive, with fans knowing David Platt, Tracy Barlow, Liam Cavanagh, and Aaron Dingle are among them.

It comes after it was previously announced that Emmerdale’s Aaron and Corrie’s DS Lisa Swain, played by Danny Miller and Vicky Myers, would be among the iconic characters starring in the special episode, which has been promised to feature explosive scenes, nail-biting drama and never-before-seen interactions between some of the nation’s most loved soap characters.

Meanwhile, a new atmospheric promo released ahead of the premiere on Monday (December 15) revealed which other characters confirmed as being amongst the residents of Weatherfield and Emmerdale caught up in the drama.