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7.92m (39%) watched Sam give birth on BBC One at 7.30pm, along with an impressive 983k (5%) on BBC Three at 10pm.
Away from Albert Square, 6.2m (33.1%) caught Emmerdale at 7pm, while Holby City notched up 5.67m (25.2%) an hour later.
Hollyoaks rose to 1.09m (6.6%) after a disappointing Bank Holiday Monday rating. E4's first look grabbed 460k (2.5%).
Elsewhere, more tension in Neighbours appealed to just 961k (7.9%), and Doctors averaged 1.34m (20.8%).
BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
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