EastEnders tops Tuesday evening's soap ratings

EastEnders topped Tuesday evening's soap ratings (November 19) as the truth about Jake and Sadie was finally revealed, overnight figures show.



The Walford drama pulled in 7.49m (32.5%) at 7.30pm on BBC One as Jake and Sadie were shown to be husband and wife in an unpublicised twist.

EastEnders held up well against ITV's pre-match coverage of the England vs. Germany game, and a further 502k (3.4%) watched the soap's BBC Three repeat screening at 10.30pm.

Elsewhere, Emmerdale attracted 7.08m (33.0%) at 7pm on ITV and 146k (0.6%) on +1 as Paddy took action to bring his full family unit back together.

Holby City appealed to 4.72m (19.0%) at 8pm on BBC One with Chrissie's final episode.

Hollyoaks slipped to 929k (4.6%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Darren tried to win back Nancy, but E4's first look continued to perform well with 738k (3.4%) at 7pm and 177k (0.7%) on +1.

On Channel 5, Neighbours entertained 671k (9.6%) at 1.45pm and 927k (5.5%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away mustered 293k (4.0%) at 1.15pm, 738k (3.9%) at 6pm and 461k (2.3%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors claimed 1.74m (25.0%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.