Coronation Street remained the most popular soap on Thursday evening (March 1) as Carla and Peter's relationship came under strain, overnight figures show.
Coronation Street pulled in 8.36m (34.1%) at 8.30pm as Peter was driven to drink following a row with Carla. A further 302k (1.3%) watched the episode on ITV1+1.
EastEnders, meanwhile, attracted 7.64m (35.3%) at 7.30pm as Mandy's mother Lorraine returned to Walford. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 694k (3.6%) at 10pm.
Emmerdale interested 7.38m (35.6%) at 7pm with Cameron and Chas's heart-to-heart, while Debbie's decision to dump Cameron was witnessed by 7.34m (31.8%) at 8pm and 166k (0.7%) on +1.
Hollyoaks grabbed 1.03m (5.3%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and 115k (0.5%) on timeshift as Mercedes hoped for another chance from Riley, while 507k (2.5%) watched E4's first look at 7pm to see the next developments in the storyline.
Over on Channel 5, Neighbours managed 696k (11.0%) at 1.45pm and 1.04m (6.8%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away mustered 735k (4.1%) at 6pm and 463k (2.4%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.
Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors - titled 'Last Tango' - was seen by 1.43m (23.0%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:38 pm