Originally Posted by James J:
“To be fair to Corrie it was Hayley's death last year which got a casual audience boost. That was phenomenal television for me, the last time Corrie has been truly sensational. Some criticise the suicide "right to die" element but I truly think it was stunning, emotional gut punch TV and impeccably written and performed to boot.
I know it was a sort of big episode the other day (still haven't seen yet, got a queue of episodes I'm behind on) but it certainly doesn't feel like they did anything at all to try and get the award this year. Those events could have happened any time. Last year's timing... perhaps more suspect.”
That was the year before James.
Last year was the mini bus crash episodes.
And with regards to the Corrie number we do have. 6.8m includes +1 and was the full-slot average. The rating last night needed tape-checking. I suspect, tape-checked and exc +1 it was probably around 7m.