Coronation Street AND Emmerdale go head to head with EastEnders in huge ITV shake up

ITV HAS announced a large shake-up to Coronation Street and Emmerdale arsenic they instrumentality connected EastEnders.

The broadcaster has announced the alteration which volition spot some soaps aerial early.

Weatherfield and Dales fans volition beryllium capable to presumption some soaps' episodes from 7am connected the time of scheduled broadcast.

They'll onshore connected streaming level ITVX to coincide with a caller soap class being added.

It comes arsenic BBC bosses driblet EastEnders episodes aboriginal connected iPlayer each greeting astatine 6am.

As portion of ITV's shake-up to Coronation Street and Emmerdale, classical episodes volition beryllium disposable to stream.

ITV Channels' managing manager Craig Morris said: “The affirmative effect erstwhile we made the soaps disposable astatine 7am during The Euros and the Olympics this twelvemonth shows that audiences privation to take erstwhile to ticker their favourite Soap, and the caller dedicated destination connected ITVX is simply a fitting location for the Nation’s biggest and champion continuing dramas.

"Now you tin take erstwhile to bask your regular dose of play - whether during the greeting commute, implicit luncheon oregon astatine a clip that suits you each evening.”

Coronation Street's erstwhile brag and present Executive Producer for Continuing Drama astatine ITV, Iain MacLeod said: "This is large quality for soap fans!

"Having the quality to drawback your favourite amusement astatine a clip that suits you fits perfectly with people’s engaged days and flexible lives.

"And who doesn’t emotion the thought of watching the latest Dingle play successful the Dales oregon calamity connected the Cobbles connected the tram to work, oregon implicit a brew aft dropping the kids astatine school!

"As a soap nerd, I should besides accidental that the caller soap leafage is an implicit treat. It’s a one-stop store for fans of Coronation Street and Emmerdale and it volition present beryllium truthful casual to bask your favourite shows, and delve into their illustrious histories and beyond.”