Soaps Ratings Roundup: February 24

Last night's 'all-black cast' episode of EastEnders was the most watched soap yesterday, attracting 8.37m (35.6%).

During the 7.30pm episode, Theo reappeared in Walford to meet with Chelsea in the hope of learning more about Patrick. While Theo was outside the café making a call, Chelsea found a newspaper clipping relating to Patrick's arrest for assault during the 1958 Notting Hill riots.

The BBC Three repeat of the instalment added 873k (4.9%) to its figures, making it the most watched programme of the day.

Meanwhile, Emmerdale's 30-minute episode, during which David Metcalfe ended his relationship with on-off lover Leyla, interested 7.08m (32.7%) at 7pm.

Chester soap Hollyoaks took 1.73m (8.4%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4, while E4's first look outing was seen by 538k (2.7%). The episode's timeshift transmission on E4+1 added 106k (0.5%).

Last night's Neighbours, which saw Karl receive devastating news about Harold's health, put in 1.5m (9.7%) at 5.30pm, while its repeat on Fiver at 7pm had 284k (1.4%).

Home and Away, meanwhile, averaged 1.02m (5.4%) at 6pm on Five and its first look screening at 6.30pm on Fiver drew 691k (3.8%).

Ratings data supplied by Attentional