Coronation Street explosion brings in 8.4m on Thursday

Coronation Street's fire drama continued to boost the soap's ratings on Thursday evening (May 28), overnight figures show.



Corrie rose to 8.44m (38.6%) at 9pm on ITV and an impressive 546k (3.2%) on +1 as Kal Nazir was killed off when Victoria Court exploded.

The ITV soap was the most-watched programme of the day, pulling ahead of Britain's Got Talent for the first time this week.

Last night's figure was also Corrie's highest since the Underworld workers' mini-bus crash on January 19.

Earlier, Emmerdale attracted 5.33m (32.0%) at 7pm on ITV and 196k (1.0%) on +1 as Vanessa and Adam arranged a DNA test to resolve the baby uncertainty once and for all.

Vincent's ongoing antics in EastEnders brought in 4.95m (24.7%) at 7.30pm on BBC One as the show continued to air against Britain's Got Talent, while BBC Three's repeat screening secured 578k (3.3%) at 10pm.

Neighbours interested 664k (9.9%) at 1.45pm and 762k (6.3%) at 5.30pm on Channel 5 with Brad's career crisis.

Hollyoaks appealed to 730k (4.8%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Nico had to face the music after leaving Sienna to die, while E4's first look followed with 587k (3.5%) at 7pm and 106k (0.5%) on +1.

Doctors continued with 1.11m (16.7%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.