Rita's Corrie cries heard by 12.3m

Coronation Street retained the majority of its Thursday audience for last night's double bill, early viewing figures indicate.

As the chaos continued on the Street, Rita's cries for help were heard by 11.99m (49.6%) at 7.30pm, then Becky's thieving took 12.32m (47.7%).

Bringing to a close the anniversary celebrations, Coronation Street: The Big 50 notched up 5.03m (20.8%) at 9pm.

Janine's plotting in EastEnders picked up 9.17m (37.9%), as well as a further 706k (3.2%) at 10pm.

Meanwhile, Emmerdale managed 7.83m (34.7%), and the 6.30pm edition of Hollyoaks nabbed 943k (4.3%), before E4's first look fetched 396k (1.8%) at 7pm.

Elsewhere, the afternoon edition of Doctors - entitled 'Beautiful Sacha 25 xxx' mustered 1.77m (22.2%), Neighbours pulled in 714k (9%) and 1.45m (8.4%) at teatime, and Home and Away drew 274k (3.8%) at 2.15pm, 815k (4%) at 6pm, and 624k (2.8%) for Fiver's first look.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional