Coronation Street boosted by the disaster plot on Wednesday

Coronation Street put in another strong performance on Wednesday evening (March 20) as the Rovers Return fire drama continued, overnight figures show.



9.26m (40.4%) watched at 7.30pm on ITV and 361k (1.6%) on +1 as a final explosion at the pub killed firefighter Toni.

Earlier, Emmerdale pulled in 6.81m (32.5%) at 7pm on ITV and 268k (1.3%) on +1 as Cameron's games left Charity panicking.

Hollyoaks appealed to 1.11m (5.7%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Cheryl shot Seamus, while the dramatic aftermath on E4's first look was seen by 859k (4.1%) at 7pm and 248k (1.2%) on +1.

On Channel 5, Neighbours grabbed 706k (8.8%) at 1.45pm and 1.01m (6.3%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away entertained 691k (3.7%) at 6pm and 469k (2.4%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors was seen by 1.57m (19.6%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.