
EastEnders comfortably led last night's soap ratings, overnight figures show.
The Walford serial's penultimate episode of the week, during which Ian relaunched the café, drew 6.71m (38.4%) at 7.30pm. BBC Three's 10pm repeat added a further 855k (4.9%).
Emmerdale's offering at 7pm, which saw Nathan and Maisie surprise Natasha with a hotel break with Mark, averaged 5.31m (32.6%) at 7pm.

Channel 4's screening of Hollyoaks at 6.30pm managed 1.19m (7.5%), before E4's first look put in 433k (3%). Its timeshift repeat on E4+1 added 181k (1.1%).
Five's episode of Home and Away, which featured Trey and Nicole filming a sex tape, was seen by 978k (6.6%) at 6pm. Fiver's first look had 455k (3.2%).
Ratings data supplied by Attentional






