Ratings: 8.6m watch John Stape's Corrie madness

[dutchman]

Both Coronation Street episodes were ahead of EastEnders on Friday night, as anticipation grew for next week's explosive specials.



John Stape's mad scramble to dig up Colin's body pulled in 7.91m (40.3%) at 7.30pm (ITV1 +1: 108k), then 8.38m (34.9%) saw Fiz catch John uncovering the corpse at 8.30pm (+1: 235k).

Christian's Albert Square proposal to Syed took 7.49m (35%) at 8pm, and two hours later, BBC Three's repeat added 757k (3.8%).

Emmerdale managed 6.09m (33.5%) at 7pm (+1: 105k) as Kelly departed the village, while an episode of Doctors titled 'Awake' averaged 1.56m (22.1%).

At the same time, Neighbours mustered 657k (9.3%), adding a further 1.02m (7.5%) at 5.30pm for an instalment which saw Callum go behind Toadie's back.

Home and Away appealed to 751k (4.7%) as the Summer Bay community shunned Liam at 6pm. 5*'s first look grabbed 430k (2.5%) at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, as Brendan's plotting finally paid dividends, Hollyoaks logged 802k (4.6%), before E4's first look fetched just 249k (1.4%).