Coronation Street rises to 7.9m with Maria texting reveal

Coronation Street was boosted by the climax of the Maria and Tyrone storyline on Monday evening (May 19), overnight figures show.



7.66m (38.1%) watched at 7.30pm on ITV and 167k (0.8%) on +1 as Tyrone finally discovered that Maria was behind the malicious text messages. The show later enjoyed its highest figure of the month so far, bringing in 7.87m (35.7%) at 8.30pm and 281k (1.3%) on +1 as Maria faced the consequences of her actions.

EastEnders attracted 6.96m (33.7%) at 8pm on BBC One as John Partridge made a return appearance as Christian and Abi confronted Max over his fling with Lucy. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 387k (2.8%) at 10.30pm.

Emmerdale interested 6.04m (34.1%) at 7pm on ITV and 101k (0.5%) on +1 with the aftermath of Priya and David's baby arriving early.

Hollyoaks had its highest figure since March 26 as 1.08m (6.8%) saw Blessing continue to confide in Tony at 6.30pm on Channel 4. E4's first look topped the multichannel ratings with 728k (4.1%) at 7pm.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours interested 566k (10.0%) at 1.45pm and 764k (6.3%) at 5.30pm.

Elsewhere, Doctors appealed to 1.26m (22.5%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.