Soaps

'Emmerdale' John, Moira plot takes 7.7m

Published Thursday, Feb 16 2012, 10:15 GMT | By Daniel Kilkelly | Add comment

Emmerdale continued to perform well on Wednesday evening with the build-up to the soap's big Barton stunt, overnight figures show.

Emmerdale pulled in 7.69m (35.5%) at 7pm as John and Moira announced that their divorce was on hold, prompting the kids to book a night in a hotel for the pair. A further 189k (0.8%) saw the episode on ITV1+1.

Moira is happy when John agrees to the kids plan for a day at a hotel. The couple are excited about their reunion

The Barton children are hopefuly when John and Moira tell them that the divorce has been put on hold

Hollyoaks, meanwhile, attracted 1.1m (5.3%) on Channel 4 at 6.30pm and 110k (0.5%) on +1 as Nancy and Darren tied the knot. The aftermath of the pair's nuptials brought 498k (2.3%) to E4's first look at 7pm and 140k (0.9%) to E4+1.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours appealed to 751k (8.7%) at 1.45pm and 1.06m (6.2%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away grabbed 851k (4.4%) at 6pm and 496k (2.4%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'Lovesick' - was seen by 1.69m (19.6%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional