Friday night ratings: 'Emmerdale' Leyla's exit seen by 5.7m

Emmerdale's audience decreased last night despite the departure of Leyla, early viewing figures indicate.



As her storyline alongside Alicia, David and son Jacob reached its conclusion, 5.7m (34.2%) watched at 7pm - one of the serial's worst Friday evening performances in the last two years.

Coronation Street was the most-watched serial as a barmy double-bill centred around Steve, Becky and Nick brought in 7.08m (38.2%) at 7.30pm and 7.29m (34.8%) at 8.30pm (+1: 166k).

EastEnders pulled in 6.77m (34.1%) for Julie's emotional farewell, while Hollyoaks nabbed 843k (5.4%) and a further 377k for (2.3%) for E4's first look.

Elsewhere, Neighbours fetched 559k (8.3%), while Doctors averaged 1.4m (21%) for an episode titled 'Footsteps'.