The makers of Coronation Street and Emmerdale are in the “final stages” of working on plans for the soaps to return to production, according to a spokeswoman for the programmes.
Filming of the soaps had been paused since March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The spokeswoman said: “We are in the final stages of working with others across the industry on a return to production protocol and we are in active discussions with Government on this.” She added that the “health and wellbeing of our people and those who work with us has always been our highest priority and remains so as we look to restart production”.
After filming for the soaps was paused, ITV reduced the amount of episodes being aired each week to three in an effort to make the