Coronation Street topped the soap ratings on Wednesday evening (October 22) with the return of a familiar face, overnight figures show.
7.16m (34.9%) watched at 7.30pm on ITV and 297k (1.4%) on +1 as Cilla shocked her family by arriving back in Weatherfield unexpectedly.
Emmerdale attracted 6.29m (33.5%) at 7pm on ITV and 156k (0.7%) on +1 as Charity heard that she would have to lose Home Farm.
Waterloo Road continued with 2.61m (12.2%) at 8pm on BBC One as Vaughan's new community initiative was threatened by Lisa and Shaznay.
Hollyoaks interested 1.06m (5.8%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Trevor had second thoughts over the surrogacy plan, while E4's first look topped the day's multichannel ratings with 805k (4.3%) at 7pm and 151k (0.7%) on +1.
Neighbours entertained 670k (9.9%) at 1.45pm and 850k (6.1%) at 5.30pm on Channel 5 as Josh continued to face the consequences of his attack on Chris.
Home and Away mustered 243k (3.5%) at 1.15pm and 568k (3.4%) at 6pm on Channel 5, while 5*'s first look claimed 331k (1.8%) at 6.30pm.
Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors was seen by 1.39m (20.7%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.
