While we are already getting new episodes of Emmerdale every evening, Coronation Street currently airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. However, from the start of next year, th

Next week on Coronation Street, the mystery continues over who started the Platt house fire. Elsewhere, Rob faces a final decision over whether to help Carla, and Dev announces that he's leaving the cobbles for a while. Here's our full guide to 14 big moments coming up. You can also check out our collection of 24 spoiler pictures from the episodes.

For those who work on Coronation Street and Emmerdale, it therefore must be a nerve-wracking time as ITV, under the guise of following user research and creating a soaps ‘power hour’, are effectively cutting the output of its two key shows.

ITV has confirmed it is slashing its soap schedule, meaning 'Coronation Street' and Emmerdale's combined weekly output will be down from six hours a week to five hours a week.