'Coronation Street' takes 8.1m in Tuesday ratings

Coronation Street stayed just above the 8m mark as its big week of storylines continued on Tuesday evening (May 8), overnight figures show.



Coronation Street pulled in 8.06m (32.5%) at 9pm and 369k (1.9%) on +1 as Terry suggested an insurance scam to solve his financial troubles.

EastEnders, meanwhile, attracted 5.73m (25.7%) at 7.30pm against competition from the latest Britain's Got Talent live show. However, BBC Three's repeat screening secured a huge 1.17m (6.1%) at 10pm.

Holby City was also dented by Britain's Got Talent, entertaining 3.74m (15.7%) at 8pm with an episode titled 'A Woman's Work'.

Emmerdale interested 6.37m (33.3%) at 7pm and 111k (0.5%) on timeshift as Zak Dingle's unstable behaviour continued, while Hollyoaks had 936k (5.3%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and 543k (2.8%) for E4's first look at 7pm.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours grabbed 767k (11.4%) at 1.45pm and 806k (6.0%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away had 593k (3.6%) at 6pm and 540k (3.1%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'Fragile Strength' - was seen by 1.36m (20.4%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.