Coronation Street stays well ahead in Friday's soap ratings

Coronation Street topped Friday evening's soap ratings (November 8) with the latest troubles for Roy and Hayley, overnight figures show.



8.96m (41.0%) watched at 7.30pm on ITV and 154k (0.7%) on +1 as Hayley learned that her friend Jane had passed away. However, the second episode of the evening proved less popular as 7.87m (34.1%) returned at 8.30pm and 203k (1.0%) on +1 to see Hayley struggle to cope with the sad news.

Emmerdale attracted 6.87m (33.8%) at 7pm on ITV as David discovered that Priya is expecting his baby, adding 155k (0.7%) on +1.

EastEnders interested 6.82m (30.4%) at 8pm on BBC One as Carl continued to pose a threat to the Beale family. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 381k (2.3%) at 10.30pm.

Hollyoaks appealed to 976k (5.0%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 with the aftermath of Will's arrest, while E4's first look followed with 751k (3.7%) at 7pm.

On Channel 5, Neighbours grabbed 679k (9.1%) at 1.45pm and 937k (5.7%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away mustered 237k (3.2%) at 1.15pm, 748k (4.0%) at 6pm and 482k (2.5%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors was seen by 1.58m (21.2%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.