Corrie and Emmerdale stars who have appeared in BOTH shows before epic crossover episode – how many do you remember?
CORONATION Street and Emmerdale are set to join forces for the very first time next year in an epic crossover episode.
The unmissable stunt will see both soaps side-by-side for the first time, with consequences for the residents of both the Dales and Weatherfield.
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Emmerdale and Coronation Street are set to join forces next year
But it's not the first time stars of the shows have appeared in both soaps - many have crossed over several times.
Here's a list of soap stars that have made their presence known in both Corrie and Emmerdale:
Claire King
Claire King played the role of Kim Tate in Emmerdale from 1989 until 1999. She then took on the role of Erica Holroyd in Corrie from 2014 until 2017.
In September 2018, Claire reprised her role as Kim Tate in Emmerdale after nearly 20 years away, for a special week of episodes in October 2018. She then returned permanently in 2019.
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She is known as one of the show's most iconic characters.
Daniel Brocklebank
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Daniel playing the role of Billy Mayhew in Corrie
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Daniel played the role of Ivan Jones in Emmerdale from 2005 to 2006
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Daniel played the role of Ivan Jones in Emmerdale from 2005 to 2006, appearing in 107 episodes in total.
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Ivan was originally introduced as a minor role in a storyline about the character of Jarvis Skelton and was only meant to appear in three episodes.
But he was kept on and was seen embarking on a relationship with Paul Lambert, the brother of Nicola King.
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More recently, Daniel took on the role of Billy Mayhew in Corrie in 2014 and has remained a regular on the soap ever since.
He takes on the role as vicar at Emily Bishop's parish and dates barman Sean Tully on the soap.
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Chris Bisson
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Chris Bisson played Vikram Desai in Corrie from 1999 to 2002
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Chris Bisson as Jai Sharma in Emmerdale
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Chis is most known for his roles as Vikram Desai in Corrie from 1999 to 2002 and Jai Sharma in Emmerdale, which he joined in 2009.
In Corrie, he portrayed Vikram, the cousin of Dev Alahan, but after a four-year stint, he decided to leave the show to relocate to Mumbai.
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In Emmerdale, Chris plays businessman Jai, who has taken on various storylines, including a bitter split from his wife Laurel.
Rebecca Sarker
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Rebecca playing Manpreet Sharma in Emmerdale
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Rebecca played the role of Nita Desai in Corrie from 1999 to 2000
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Rebecca played the role of Nita Desai in Corrie from 1999 to 2000. As her first acting role, she starred alongside now co-star Chris Bisson, who played her on-screen brother Vikram Desai.
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In her role, she was seen managing the Corner Shop and having a fling with Steve.
She has since played Manpreet Sharma in Emmerdale from July 2018.
Taking on the role as the village doctor, she has been at the centre of many major storylines, including being the sister of serial killer Meena Jutla.
Zoe Henry
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Zoe is most known for playing the role of Rhona Goskirk in Emmerdale
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Zoe first showed up on the cobbles in 1998 as Log Thwaite
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Zoe is most known for playing the role of Rhona Goskirk in Emmerdale but many forget that she also appeared on Corrie as Casey Carswell between March and September 2007.
Zoe first showed up on the cobbles in 1998 as Log Thwaite, Spider Nugent's vegan girlfriend.
Despite just appearing in six episodes, Zoe's character made quite the impression, especially when
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This ultimately led to Spider breaking up with her.
In 2007 she returned as Casey Carswell, who became friends with Claire Peacock before having an affair with Claire's husband, Ashley.
Meanwhile on Emmerdale, Zoe's character is currently involved in a dramatic storyline.
Rhona's stepdaughter April Windsor suddenly went missing on Christmas Day.
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After her family was left fearing that she was dead for weeks, police
It is still unclear what happened to the girl, and viewers are worried her mysterious disappearance may be the
Sally Ann Matthews
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Sally Ann Matthews as Sandra Briggs in Emmerdale
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Sally Ann Matthews as Jenny Bradley in Corrie
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Sally Ann is known for playing Jenny Bradley, daughter of the villainous Alan Bradley, in Corrie, from 1986 to 1991.
She then joined the cast of Emmerdale in 2005 as farmers wife Sandra Briggs, but left less than a year later.
In 2015, she returned to Corrie as Jenny.
Ryan Prescott
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Ryan is known for playing Ryan Connor in Corrie
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Ryan playing Flynn Buchanan in Emmerdale
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Ryan is known for playing Ryan Connor in Corrie and Flynn Buchanan in Emmerdale.
Ryan joined Corrie in 2018 and is part of a major storyline amid the acid attack on the soap and is stuck in a love triangle alongside Daisy Midgeley.
Before this he had his first big soap role in Emmerdale in 2011, Ryan played Flynn Buchanan, a love interest for Aaron Dingle.
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The soap first, which will be broadcast in January 2026, teases that characters from both shows will depart and exciting new faces will join as the cast from each of the long-running ITV programmes come face-to-face for the first time.
The hour-long episode is to mark the start of the new 'soap power hour' - a schedule change taking hold from early next year.
Emmerdale and Corrie will each broadcast a 30-minute episode every-day back-to-back as part of the new programming changes with the huge stunt set to kickstart it all.
ITV tease that the one-off mash-up will have "everlasting consequences for everyone involved" and will rock Weatherfield and the Dales forever.
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Both shows producers, scriptwriters and production teams have worked together to create the record-breaking episode with the impact then being felt as both programmes return to their own hubs for months to come.
Bosses from both shows also say that whilst the soaps will only be seen on-screen together for the one episode, the communities will be forever linked as a result of the as-yet undisclosed stunt.
There will also be an interactive twist for fans to determine one part of the episode.
A vote will be opened allowing soap fans to choose which Emmerdale and Coronation Street character will share a carefully-written scene together as part of the episode.
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The schedule change sees both soaps lose one episode a week amid dwindling ratings.
Both programmes currently enjoy six outings a week but this will be down to just five following the epic stunt episode.
Emmerdale will air at 8pm followed by new episodes of Corrie at 8:30pm.
The programmes will continue to upload their episodes to ITVX at 7am each morning.
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The epic crossover episodes will be shown in January 2026
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