I hope never to see Peggy again and as for Sam, only if she was played by Kim. Grant was great but is now knocking on a bit the same as his brother, they'll be hitting 60 before you know it.

Peggy's one off return did nothing for the viewing figures.

I love Stacey too . I thought she was back full time last week, but it looks like she won't be back again until mid September, which is a major shame as I was really excited to see her back on a regular basis .

Looking back over the last few years the Brannings , Kat , Alfie etc brought the viewers in the Carter's don't unfortunately

no dom has got his feet well and truly under the table, he ain't going anywhere, you have more chance of getting rid of stuart (the hat) blackburn from corrie and he has been super glued to his desk!!!

I think it's the best it's been in 4 years but i do think some storylines are going on and on for too long with little payoff.

I agree, I can't see the return of Sam bringing back 1 extra viewer (perhaps the actresses family would tune in).

I know! Autumn/winter/Christmas/30th is what dominic will be judged on, if he don't pull it off, he's a gonnaaa

Wow, two Emmerdale episodes beat EastEnders and suddenly EastEnders is the third soap. EastEnders has been beating Emmerdale on a regular basis and yet that's all been forgotten.

My question is Who really cares?

As long as she don't do a ronnie, come back, go, come back, go, come back, go on a break, come back, go hahah

The only way it makes spence is if it was mick who killed Lucy which I have said from the off

People who are very anal about statistics and soap ratings battle??

Tbh eastenders has just had a slow few weeks,aye they have put to many eggs in one basket as all there major storyline are seemingly involved with the Lucy murder.

However corrie has been dire for months now, it's like a year round pano with over paid rubbish actors, it can be that bad it's good at times with Roy and yazmeen being a good example, but there in genuinely no good storyline in corrie at the min. There the woefully mismanaged Tina murder. That's dragging on for years. Then little filler storyline such as the builders yard going cowboy and maxs ADHD , but nothing worth rushing home to watch. Ohh unless u count Gail snogging les Dennis ,

Emmerdales Donna story came to an end this week which is why it won in the ratings simples lol

There is no soap rating battle. We all know what the best soap is

I keep reading on here that EastEnders demographic of viewers is much younger and that their more likely to use catch up but Ive never seen sourced statistics to back this up.Its also anecodotelly isnt my experience that older people are less likely to use catchup or iplayer.
Infact I recall that the catchup figures for "old soap" Corrie were comparable or even larger than EastEnders catch up figures.

If anyone has the demographic stats Id be very interested in the truth of the matter.

I'm all over this x 1000.

It's all swings and roundabouts, it's good Emmerdale is getting the recognition it deserves

Perhaps Emmerdale will repeat its best soap win at this years Inside Soap awards?

well at least it won't be oaks.

The quality has been awful recently. The winter months will tell if fans are actually interested in EastEnders.

emmerdale fans holiday in the uk, so they can go back to their b&b after their evening meal to watch emmerdale, before snuggling up to bed with a cup of coco and a coconut macaroon.

to be fair though coronation street has only dipped the last couple of weeks.

Amen to this I was about to write out pretty much everything on here you've saved me the hassle. Especially BIB a big mistake indeed people are only going to tune in a few times at best knowing that we won't get anything substantial until further on down the storyline's long, long long drawn out process.

I'll only worry when EastEnders becomes an X-Rated soap, and even then it'll still be better than the shite Corrie puts out.