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Coronation Street and Emmerdale fans are convinced they've figured out a major plot twist for the crossover episode to air next year.

Ahead of ITV budget cuts next year that will change the broadcasting pattern of the two soaps, Emmerdale and Coronation Street will merge for one night only in a ‘mash-up’ of our two favourite communities.

For the first time in British soap history, the hour-long episode will see characters from both soaps come together in a celebration of the soap genre.

Each soap will then return to its new normal pattern of transmission - 30 minutes each evening - Emmerdale episodes at 8pm, and Coronation Street episodes at 8.30pm on ITV1 and STV.

Corrie's Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) and Emmerdale's Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) have been confirmed as

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