Ratings: 'Coronation Street' takes 8.5m on Thursday night

Coronation Street topped the soap ratings on Thursday evening (March 8) with the aftermath of Frank Foster's death, overnight figures show.



Coronation Street pulled in 8.47m (33.1%) at 8.30pm and 265k (1.1%) on +1 as news of Frank's passing caused shockwaves on the cobbles.

EastEnders, meanwhile, attracted 7.82m (34.1%) at 7.30pm as Zainab's confession over Yusef's death stunned the Masoods. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 797k (4.0%) at 10pm.

Emmerdale interested 6.87m (32.0%) at 7pm as Debbie attended an important hospital appointment, while 7.05m (29.3%) tuned in at 8pm and 178k (0.7%) on timeshift to see Ed share big news with Aaron.

Hollyoaks grabbed 1.02m (5.2%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as the sixth formers searched for missing George, while E4's first look had 485k (2.3%) at 7pm and 140k (0.6%) on +1.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours managed 713k (10.6%) at 1.45pm and 921k (5.9%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away mustered 748k (4.1%) at 6pm and 461k (2.3%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'Anger Management' - was seen by 1.52m (22.8%) at 1.45pm.