Ratings: EastEnders' Sharon return pulls in 7.8m

EastEnders secured 7.8m viewers on Monday evening (August 13) as Sharon Rickman made her return to Walford, overnight figures show.



The Albert Square soap pulled in 7.84m (34.1%) at 8pm as a tearful Sharon turned up on Phil's doorstep unexpectedly. 6.72m (28.1%) returned at 9pm to see a kidnap drama involving Sharon's son Dennis.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours mustered 702k (8.8%) at 1.45pm and 850k (6.0%) at 5.30pm, while 5*'s classic episodes of Home and Away had 122k (0.7%) and 140k (0.8%) at 6pm and 6.30pm respectively.

Elsewhere, Doctors returned to screens following its Olympic break with 1.45m (18.4%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional