COVENTRY MESSAGE BOARD

Coronation Street was close to the 9m mark on Friday evening with Lewis Archer's return to the programme, overnight figures show.



Coronation Street pulled in 8.63m (37.8%) at 7.30pm and 174k (0.7%) on ITV1+1 for Tyrone's proposal to Kirsty. The second episode of the double bill, which saw Audrey and Gail bump into Lewis at a country pub, grabbed 8.73m (35.7%) at 8.30pm and 211k (0.9%) on +1.

EastEnders, meanwhile, attracted 8.36m (35.3%) at 8pm as Tamwar and Afia's problems continued. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 869k (4.4%) at 10pm.

Emmerdale interested 7.49m (34.3%) at 7pm with the aftermath of John Barton's death, while 130k (0.5%) tuned in on timeshift.

Hollyoaks managed 730k (3.6%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Joel was at the centre of trouble in the village, while E4's first look appealed to 469k (2.2%) at 7pm.

Over on Channel 5, Home and Away had 441k (5.1%) at 1.15pm and Neighbours followed with 743k (8.7%) at 1.45pm.

Later, a double bill of Neighbours started with 659k (4.8%) at 5pm and continued with 1.01m (6.0%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away's double bill entertained 795k (4.1%) at 6pm and 787k (3.8%) at 6.30pm. 5*'s first look at events in Summer Bay was seen by 252k (1.2%) at the unusual time of 7pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'A Taste of Honey' - mustered 1.66m (19.6%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.