Coronation Street, Eastenders and Emmerdale to air world's first crossover episode

Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale are among a number of British soaps working together for a world-first crossover episode.

The three long-running shows will partner with Casualty, Doctors, Holby City and Hollyoaks to create a storyline that will be focused on climate change, which will begin on 1 November.

“You’re going to see all the programmes do a nod to the other and characters will start popping up from one soap in another soap on screen. That has never been done before,” Sharon Marshall told ITV’s This Morning.

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