Tuesday ratings: 'EastEnders' Yusef confession seen by 8.5m

EastEnders topped the soap ratings on Tuesday evening as Yusef was forced to confess his dark secret to Zainab, overnight figures show.



EastEnders pulled in 8.51m (36.8%) at 7.30pm as Yusef told Zainab that he started the fire which almost killed her many years ago. BBC Three's repeat screening added 947k (5.0%) at 10pm.

Also on BBC One, Holby City entertained 5.31m (22.5%) at 8pm as Hanssen invited Sahira away for a conference.

Emmerdale, meanwhile, attracted 7.49m (33.9%) at 7pm and 172k (0.7%) on +1 for an episode which saw Debbie disown her wayward father Cain.

Hollyoaks appealed to 1.09m (5.2%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and 106k (0.5%) on timeshift, while E4's first look at events in Chester secured 652k (3.0%) at 7pm and 137k (0.6%) on +1.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours took 745k (10.1%) at 1.45pm and 1.23m (7.5%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away mustered 952k (5.0%) at 6pm and 538k (2.6%) for 5*'s first look.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'Blind Spot' - managed 1.56m (21.2%) at lunchtime.