Wednesday night's 'Waterloo Road' overpowered by Corrie

[dutchman]

Coronation Street's special Wednesday outing easily overpowered Waterloo Road last night, overnight data has revealed.



Frank's arrest and the aftermath of Carla's rape pulled in 8.02m (35.6%) at 7.30pm, adding a further 456k (2%) on ITV1 +1.

Waterloo Road was dented in its half-hour clash, averaging 4.13m (18.1%) between 7.30pm and 8.30pm - its audience rose over the hour.

Emmerdale's midweek instalment logged 6.47m (32.3%) at 7pm and 208k on ITV1 +1 for Gennie and Nikhil's fallout.



Meanwhile, drastic steps from Bart in Hollyoaks attracted 1.2m (6.4%) at 6.30pm. E4's first look fetched 538k (2.7%) at 7pm.

Elsewhere, Doctors averaged 1.51m (21.7%) for an episode titled 'Last Words', ahead of Neighbours' 751k (11.2%) at 1.45pm.

However, 1.18m (7.9%) caught up with the Ramsay Street serial at 5.30pm, after which Home and Away mustered 850k (4.9%) and 5*'s first look grabbed 417k (2.2%).