Germany’s World Cup victory peaks at 8.8m on ITV
Monday night brought a fresh batch of FIFA World Cup 2014 games to the nation’s TV screens, with coverage kicking off over on BBC One at 4:30pm.
An average audience of 3.7 million people (a 25% share) tuned in to see France send Nigeria hurtling out of the tournament in a crushing 2-0 victory. As usual, viewers’ interests grew once the game had actually kicked off at 5pm, peaking at 5.3 million fifteen minutes before the final whistle.
Much earlier that morning, BBC Two popped along to Wimbledon 2014 (11:30pm), beginning a whopping ten hours of hot grunting action. In total, an average audience of 1.8 million viewers stayed tuned in for the entire event, translating to a 15% share.
The typically British weather saw defending champion Andy Murray beat South African Kevin Anderson under the closed roof, with viewers peaking at 4.8 million at 6:45pm.
A little later, ITV decided to air an hour-long edition of Coronation Street at the slightly earlier time of 7pm. While the recent schedule-hopping hasn’t affected the Weatherfield soap as much as its less popular rivals, last night saw a noticeable dip in the audience.
An unusually low 6.1 million viewers tuned into see Gail’s blossoming relationship with Les Dennis’ Michael hit a bit of a snag, confirming that the long-suffering Street matriarch is well and truly cursed. The week’s first hit of soapy drama provided a 31% share for ITV.
As a result, BBC One avoided a soap clash and aired EastEnders at 8pm with winning results. 6.2 million viewers joined the residents of Walford for another glum Monday in E20, resulting in a 29% share. Scenes of Alfie Moon discovering 80s music video extra Aleks Shirovs’ big secret helped the soap beat Coronation Street and secured the night’s second largest audience.
Afterwards, Holby City (8:30pm) brought another solid performance for BBC One, with 3.7 million viewers catching up with the latest medical drama, securing a 16% share.
At the same time on ITV, presenter Adrian Chiles and his trio of ex-footballing angels were on hand to get viewers all excited about Germany’s game against Algeria.
Despite former England manager Glenn Hoddle mistaking the North African team for media network Al Jazeera, an average audience of 6.3 million viewers managed to follow the game, resulting in a 34% share. The final fifteen minutes of the game saw viewers jump to 8.8 million around 10:30pm.
Elsewhere, another repeat of Mrs Brown’s Boys (BBC One, 9:30pm) bagged 3.2 million viewers while worrying documentary Police Under Pressure was watched by 760,000 viewers on BBC Two at 9:30pm.
Channel 4 was avoiding both the live sporting action and scripted drama by having a bit of a foodie night in, starting with Jamie’s Money Saving Meals at 8:30pm. 1.3 million viewers tuned in for 30 minutes of frugal culinary tips, netting a 5% share.
Straight up afterwards was Jamie’s BFF Jimmy Doherty, who found yet another excuse to travel the globe with his new show. The World’s Best Diet (9pm) saw Jimmy turn up the dial on his matey presenting-style shtick and travel to just about every corner of the globe to scrutinise a variety of eating habits, nabbing 1.6 million viewers and a 7% share along the way.
Meanwhile, Channel 5’s evening entertainment was brought to you by the phrase ‘outrage’ with a slew of reality-based grimness.
CCTV show Angry Brits: Caught on Camera (8pm) was watched by just over 1 million viewers while Twitter-bait Benefits Britain: Caught on Camera (9pm) brought in 1.9 million viewers. Afterwards, the latest ‘action’ from the Big Brother (10pm) house netted a little over 1 million viewers and a 5% share.
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