Soaps Ratings Roundup: December 1

EastEnders led the soap ratings last night, according to early figures.

BBC One's latest visit to Walford, in which Ian rumbled Max and Phil's con, pulled in 8.26m (36.6%) at 7.30pm. BBC Three's repeat was the most-watched multichannel programme of the evening, logging 853k (4.5%) from 10pm.

Coronation Street's episode at 8pm on ITV1 averaged 7.75m (32.4%), while Emmerdale's latest instalment, during which Laurel reached the end of her tether with Sally, put in 6.89m (32.1%) at 7pm.

Doctors' episode, yesterday titled 'Who Cares?', interested 1.58m (22.7%) at its usual time of 1.45pm.

Channel 4's Hollyoaks offering was watched by 1.52m (7.3%) at 6.30pm, while a further 107k (0.5%) caught the timeshift repeat on Channel 4+1.

E4's first look had 653k (3.2%), before E4+1's repeat added 130k (0.6%).

Five's Neighbours took 1.44m (8.9%) from 5.30pm, while Home and Away drew 1.11m (5.7%) half an hour later.

Fiver's first look at Home and Away had 509k (2.6%) and a further 195k (1%) caught Neighbours' repeat.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional