The 40-year-old ITV soap, which increased its audience on the equivalent episode last week, claimed its first Monday win over EastEnders in recent memory on October 22.
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Cain, Debbie and Charity's attack on love cheats Chas and Cameron was seen by 7.64 million (35.1%) at 7pm, ahead of the 7.62m (31.3%) for 8pm's EastEnders by the tiniest of margins.
Emmerdale added 214k (0.9%) on ITV1 +1, while BBC Three's 10.30pm Albert Square catchup took 442k (2.7%).
Coronation Street led the pack with 8.62m (37.4%) at 7.30pm - and 156k (0.6%) on ITV1 +1 - for an instalment which climaxed with Steve McDonald dumping girlfriend Michelle.
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This Monday however, Corrie's second episode in the double bill performed worse than the first, drawing 8.33m (34.3%) at 8.30pm (+1: 197k/0.8%) - perhaps suffering slightly from the inheritance from Paul O'Grady, whose programme finished last week.
Elsewhere, Hollyoaks mustered 929k (4.5%) and 556k (2.5%) for E4's first look, while Doctors averaged 1.46m (19.2%) for a story titled 'Seconds Away'.
Neighbours's latest edition appealed to 677k (8.9%) at 1.45pm and 914k (5.7%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away fetched 732k (4%) and 451k (2.2%) for 5*'s first look.
BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
