Soaps

'Coronation Street' grabs 8.8m with wedding aftermath

Published Friday, Jan 27 2012, 10:22 GMT | By Daniel Kilkelly | 9 comments

Steve is unnerved when he arrives back home and Tracy has cooked a romantic meal for them

Coronation Street topped the soap ratings on Thursday evening with the fallout from Becky McDonald's departure, overnight figures show.

Coronation Street pulled in 8.76m (34.6%) at 8.30pm and 236k (1.0%) on +1 as Tracy begged Steve for another chance following their wedding and Becky's revenge.

EastEnders, meanwhile, attracted 8.29m (36.2%) at 7.30pm as Jane's plans to depart Walford left her friendship with Tanya in tatters. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 740k (3.7%) at 10pm.

Emmerdale appealed to 7.34m (34.0%) at 7pm as the day of Charity and Jai's wedding arrived, while the couple's vows were seen by 7.68m (32.1%) at 8pm and 170k (0.7%) on timeshift.

Hollyoaks interested 1.04m (4.9%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Darren faced temptation at the casino, while E4's first look then mustered 498k (2.3%) at 7pm and 117k (0.5%) on +1.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours entertained 695k (9.0%) at 1.45pm and 1.19m (7.2%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away managed 881k (4.5%) at 6pm and 465k (2.2%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'Completion Day, Part One' - had 1.62m (21.0%) at 1.45pm.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional