diff --git a/client/actions/events/api.ts b/client/actions/events/api.ts
index 33d3e18b2..c0c51cdfa 100644
--- a/client/actions/events/api.ts
+++ b/client/actions/events/api.ts
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ const fetchEventTemplates = () => (dispatch, getState, {api}) => {
         });
 };
 
-const createEventTemplate = (itemId) => (dispatch, getState, {api, modal, notify}) => {
+const createEventTemplate = (item: IEventItem) => (dispatch, getState, {api, modal, notify}) => {
     modal.prompt(gettext('Template name')).then((templateName) => {
         api('events_template').query({
             where: {
@@ -671,7 +671,24 @@ const createEventTemplate = (itemId) => (dispatch, getState, {api, modal, notify
                 const doSave = () => {
                     api('events_template').save({
                         template_name: templateName,
-                        based_on_event: itemId,
+                        based_on_event: item._id,
+                        data: {
+                            embedded_planning: item.associated_plannings.map((planning) => ({
+                                coverages: planning.coverages.map((coverage) => ({
+                                    coverage_id: coverage.coverage_id,
+                                    g2_content_type: coverage.planning.g2_content_type,
+                                    desk: coverage.assigned_to.desk,
+                                    user: coverage.assigned_to.user,
+                                    language: coverage.planning.language,
+                                    news_coverage_status: coverage.news_coverage_status.qcode,
+                                    scheduled: coverage.planning.scheduled,
+                                    genre: coverage.planning.genre?.qcode,
+                                    slugline: coverage.planning.slugline,
+                                    ednote: coverage.planning.ednote,
+                                    internal_note: coverage.planning.internal_note,
+                                })),
+                            })),
+                        },
                     })
                         .then(() => {
                             dispatch(fetchEventTemplates());
diff --git a/client/actions/main.ts b/client/actions/main.ts
index 9218363f7..302aee95f 100644
--- a/client/actions/main.ts
+++ b/client/actions/main.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
     IWebsocketMessageData,
     ITEM_TYPE,
     IEventTemplate,
+    IEventItem,
 } from '../interfaces';
 
 import {
@@ -176,12 +177,44 @@ const createNew = (itemType, item = null, updateUrl = true, modal = false) => (
     }, 'create', updateUrl, modal)
 );
 
+function getEventsAssociatedItems(template: IEventTemplate): IEventItem['associated_plannings'] | [] {
+    const embeddedPlanning = template.data?.embedded_planning;
+
+    return embeddedPlanning
+        ? embeddedPlanning.map((embedded) => ({
+            _id: generateTempId(),
+            slugline: template.data?.slugline,
+            language: template.data?.language,
+            coverages: embedded.coverages.map((coverage) => ({
+                coverage_id: coverage.coverage_id,
+                planning: {
+                    g2_content_type: coverage.g2_content_type,
+                    scheduled: coverage.scheduled,
+                    language: coverage.language,
+                    genre: coverage.genre ? {qcode: coverage.genre} : undefined,
+                    slugline: coverage.slugline,
+                    ednote: coverage.ednote,
+                    internal_note: coverage.internal_note,
+                },
+                assigned_to: {
+                    desk: coverage.desk,
+                    user: coverage.user,
+                },
+                news_coverage_status: {
+                    qcode: coverage.news_coverage_status,
+                },
+            })),
+        }))
+        : [];
+}
+
 function createEventFromTemplate(template: IEventTemplate) {
     return self.createNew(ITEM_TYPE.EVENT, {
         ...template.data,
         dates: {
             tz: template.data.dates?.tz
         },
+        associated_plannings: self.getEventsAssociatedItems(template)
     });
 }
 
@@ -1663,6 +1696,7 @@ const self = {
     changeEditorAction,
     notifyPreconditionFailed,
     setUnsetUserInitiatedSearch,
+    getEventsAssociatedItems,
 };
 
 export default self;
diff --git a/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorHeader.tsx b/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorHeader.tsx
index 2874078aa..62fd15662 100644
--- a/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorHeader.tsx
+++ b/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorHeader.tsx
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ export class EditorHeader extends React.Component {
             loading,
             itemManager,
             autoSave,
+            diff,
         } = this.props;
 
         const states = this.getItemStates();
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ export class EditorHeader extends React.Component {
 
                 {!loading && !hideItemActions && (
                     <EditorItemActions
-                        item={initialValues}
+                        item={diff}
                         onAddCoverage={itemManager.addCoverage}
                         itemActions={itemActions}
                         session={session}
diff --git a/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorItemActions.tsx b/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorItemActions.tsx
index 47df77cf3..a60424ae2 100644
--- a/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorItemActions.tsx
+++ b/client/components/Main/ItemEditor/EditorItemActions.tsx
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ const EditorItemActionsComponent = (props) => {
                 () => {
                     const message = gettext('Save changes before creating a template?');
 
-                    dispatch(allActions.main.openActionModalFromEditor(item, message, (updatedItem) => {
-                        dispatch(eventsApi.createEventTemplate(updatedItem._id));
+                    dispatch(allActions.main.openActionModalFromEditor(item, message, () => {
+                        dispatch(eventsApi.createEventTemplate(item));
                     }));
                 },
             [EVENTS.ITEM_ACTIONS.MARK_AS_COMPLETED.actionName]:
diff --git a/server/planning/events/events_template.py b/server/planning/events/events_template.py
index fcb19ff6d..f920434f1 100644
--- a/server/planning/events/events_template.py
+++ b/server/planning/events/events_template.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from superdesk.utils import ListCursor
 from planning.common import DUPLICATE_EVENT_IGNORED_FIELDS
 from apps.archive.common import get_user
+from .events_schema import events_schema
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class EventsTemplateResource(Resource):
     endpoint_name = "events_template"
     resource_methods = ["GET", "POST"]
     item_methods = ["GET", "DELETE", "PATCH", "PUT"]
+
     privileges = {
         "GET": "planning_event_management",
         "POST": "planning_event_templates",
@@ -81,7 +83,9 @@ class EventsTemplateResource(Resource):
             "readonly": True,
         },
         "subject": {"type": "list", "schema": {"type": "dict"}, "readonly": True},
+        "embedded_planning": events_schema["embedded_planning"],
     }
+
     schema = {
         "template_name": {
             "type": "string",
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ def _get_event(_id):
 
     def _fill_event_template(self, doc):
         event = self._get_event(doc["based_on_event"])
-        doc["data"] = event.copy()
+        doc.setdefault("data", {}).update(event.copy())
         for field in DUPLICATE_EVENT_IGNORED_FIELDS:
             doc["data"].pop(field, None)