Coronation Street: Gavin Rodwell death news shared with 6.3m

Coronation Street and Emmerdale were both dented by Comic Relief in Friday evening's soap ratings (March 13), overnight figures show.



Corrie pulled in 6.27m (28.8%) at 7.30pm on ITV and 170k (0.7%) on +1 with Gavin Rodwell's sudden death, while 5.32m (22.5%) returned at 8.30pm and 261k (1.1%) on +1 to see the fallout for Gail, Andy and Steph.

Emmerdale managed 5.4m (27.0%) at 7pm on ITV and 153k (0.7%) on +1 as Vanessa broke up with Kirin after her health scare.

Hollyoaks appealed to 719k (4.0%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Sinead agreed to keep quiet about the switched at birth secret, while E4's first look secured 471k (2.4%) at 7pm and 101k (0.5%) on +1.

Neighbours entertained 728k (9.6%) at 1.45pm and 714k (4.9%) at 5.30pm on Channel 5 as Bailey tried to make amends for his recent mistake.

Home and Away interested 288k (4.0%) at 1.15pm and 600k (3.6%) at 6pm on Channel 5, while 5*'s first look followed with 359k (2.0%) at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, Doctors was seen by 1.33m (17.6%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.