WARNING: This article contains spoilers about Happy Valley which some readers may prefer to avoid.
The final episode of Happy Valley brought in more than 8 million viewers for BBC One last night, according to early ratings figures.
The hotly-anticipated climax of the Sally Wainwright drama featured a final confrontation between Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) and Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton), which ended with the latter setting himself ablaze.
Overall, the episode averaged 7.50m (41.7%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour, with a peak of 8.02m as it reached its conclusion.
The figure represents a significant rise from the previous week's 6.07m (39.8%), which itself marked a healthy increase from the 4.96m for episode four on January 22.
Overnight ratings numbers do not take account of viewers who may have streamed the programme live through BBC iPlayer.
Media Mole's ratings data is supplied by overnights.tv
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