Peter Barlow's murder trial continued to boost Coronation Street's ratings on Wednesday evening (October 15), overnight figures show.
The Weatherfield soap pulled in 7.72m (37.7%) at 7.30pm on ITV and 254k (1.2%) on +1 as Carla defended Peter while giving evidence at the trial, telling the court that she doesn't believe he killed Tina.
Corrie was up 760k week-on-week and had its best Wednesday rating since May 28.
Emmerdale attracted 6.51m (34.2%) at 7pm on ITV and 228k (1.1%) on +1 as Charity was shocked to discover that her captor is Jai.
Waterloo Road returned to BBC One with 3.26m (15.6%) at 8pm as new headteacher Vaughan Fitzgerald faced problems on his first day at the school.
Hollyoaks claimed 1.01m (5.6%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Theresa gave birth to Dodger's baby, while E4's first look topped the day's multichannel ratings with 959k (5.0%) at 7pm and 227k (1.1%) on +1.
Neighbours entertained 669k (10.0%) at 1.45pm and 847k (5.9%) at 5.30pm on Channel 5 as Nate prepared to take revenge against Josh.
Home and Away mustered 333k (4.8%) at 1.15pm and 593k (3.5%) at 6pm on Channel 5, while 5*'s first look had 412k (2.3%) at 6.30pm.
Elsewhere, Doctors continued with 1.39m (21.0%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.
