Soaps

'Coronation Street' tops Monday with Lesley storyline

Published Tuesday, Apr 3 2012, 10:06 BST | By Daniel Kilkelly | 2 comments

Coronation Street remained the most-watched soap on Monday evening (April 2) as Paul Kershaw finally reached breaking point over his wife Lesley's dementia, overnight figures show.

Coronation Street pulled in 8.8m (39.8%) at 7.30pm as Paul went AWOL following more trouble with Lesley, while 8.87m (36.3%) watched at 8.30pm and 146k (0.6%) on +1 as the fireman took Lesley to visit a care home.

Eileen returns home with Beth and gets a shock when she finds Lesley crouched in the corner of the room on her own. Paul is nowhere to be seen

Paul finally admits that Lesley needs proper care, and Dr Carter takes them to look at a care home he suggested

EastEnders, meanwhile, attracted 8.01m (34.1%) at 8pm as Phil and Derek's feud was reignited. BBC Three's repeat screening had 750k (3.7%) at 10pm.

Emmerdale interested 6.66m (32.7%) at 7pm with the launch of Aaron's exit week, while Hollyoaks secured 1.1m (5.8%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and 422k (2.0%) for E4's first look at 7pm.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours entertained 649k (8.6%) at 1.45pm and 1.02m (7.0%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away mustered 714k (4.1%) at 6pm and 507k (2.7%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'Full Time' - was seen by 1.31m (17.6%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional