Coronation Street remained the number one soap on Wednesday

Coronation Street was Wednesday evening's (August 21) top-rated soap as the penny dropped for Tina, overnight figures show.



7.51m (38.1%) watched at 7.30pm on ITV and 490k (2.3%) on +1 as Tina realised that David had put Nick through a hate campaign prior to their horrifying road crash.

Emmerdale interested 6.15m (34.4%) at 7pm on ITV as the police launched a murder investigation following the discovery of Alex's remains, adding 434k (2.2%) on +1.

Hollyoaks appealed to 887k (5.6%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Nancy's assessment day arrived, while E4's first look had 578k (3.2%) at 7pm and 125k (0.6%) on +1.

Over on Channel 5, Chris and Hudson's reunion in Neighbours was seen by 535k (7.7%) at 1.45pm and 766k (6.3%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away's classic airings on 5* continued with 74k (0.5%) at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors managed 1.25m (18.0%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.