The actor, who has played Aaron Dingle in the ITV soap since 2008, is part of a major announcement from the show
Danny Miller playing Aaron Dingle in Emmerdale(Image: ITV)
Emmerdale star Danny Miller has revealed that he is honouring his Manchester roots in a major update from the long-running show.
It’s been revealed that the actor, who has played Aaron Dingle in the ITV soap since 2008, will star in an upcoming historic crossover episode between Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
The milestone episode, commissioned to launch ITV’s new Soaps power hour schedule which will see each soap air for 30 mins every weeknight, is approaching and ITV released a first-look at what’s to come.
Having taken on the first of a series of exhilarating night shoots, the photos show Danny and Corrie star Vicky Myers together in a rare behind the scenes moment before action was called.
It also confirms that Aaron and DS Lisa Swain, who Vicky has played since 2021, will be among the iconic characters starring in the drama-filled hour-long special, which will air in January.
In the meantime, Danny’s character Aaron has seen off his ex husband, killer John Sugden, but just as things were looking back on track with the love of his life, Robert Sugden, Robert’s secret prison husband, Kev, turned up.
Meanwhile, Corrie fans know that Lisa’s life on the cobbles has been thrown into chaos these last few weeks after the return from the dead of her police wife ex Becky.
Danny and Vicky have already been filming for the upcoming scenes(Image: ITV)
What leads Lisa and Aaron to find their lives intertwined on a dark and foreboding night in January?
And which other Coronation Street and Emmerdale favourites will feature in the action packed and climactic episode?
While the exact plot is being kept under wraps, it has been confirmed that the one-off one hour spectacular will feature explosive scenes, nail biting drama and never before seen interactions between some of the nation’s most loved soap characters.
Talking about filming getting underway, Danny, who hails from Stockport, explained: “I am made up that Aaron is in the Corriedale episode.
“Originally from Manchester, Coronation Street has always been an iconic show in our house just as much as Emmerdale. So to cross them both over is a great idea.
“The night shoots have been full on with having young kids but a lot of fun and it’s been great working with the Corrie team. I can’t wait to see how the episode plays out with the separate storylines from both Emmerdale and Corrie.”
He added: “It’s going to be epic and every soap fans dream!”