Ratings: 8.5m watch Tracy's suffering on 'Coronation Street'

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Coronation Street attracted an audience of over 8m for both of its Friday episodes, making it the night's most-watched soap.



As Tracy prepared for a showdown with Steve at 7.30pm, the ITV1 soap lured 8.52m viewers and a 39% audience share. That figure decreased slightly to 8.08m (35.5%) at 8.30pm, as the oft-maligned character's anger turned to heartbreak. A further 103k (0.5%) opted to watch the second episode in the double bill on timeshift.

Earlier on ITV1, Emmerdale took 7.1m (33.9%) when Cain named Jai as his attacker. An additional 105k (0.5%) opted to tune in to the Yorkshire soap an hour later.

Pat's desperate attempt to get her finances back on track brought in 7.54m (33.8%) for EastEnders at 8pm, while 617k (3%) chose to wait for the 10pm BBC Three repeat. BBC One's daytime soap Doctors pulled in 1.74m (21.3%).

Channel 4's Hollyoaks nabbed 949k (4.5%) at 6.30pm as Mitzeee made her return, and 372k (1.8%) switched over to E4 at 7pm for a first look at the next episode.

Neighbours' afternoon showing snared 800k (9.7%) for Channel 5, and as ever the 5.30pm showing increased the viewer count to 1.32m (7.8%). Home and Away managed to cling on to 882k (4.5%) at 6pm.