Wellbeck’s 90’ Euro qualifier goal sees viewers peak at 7.3m
BBC One’s crusty detective drama New Tricks walked away with Monday night’s 9pm slot as the weathered old boys (and their relatively young blonde female boss) investigated the murder of a police man back in the 50s.
An average audience of 4.9 million viewers tuned in for the fourth episode of the eleventh series, as retired DI Steve McAndrew found out that his son had developed a deadly taste for the demon weed.
The latest mix of solving old crimes and dealing with all those emotional personal problems helped New Tricks score a 22% share for BBC One.
At the same time on BBC Two, another desperate family hit rock bottom and reached out a needy hand to professional super human Alex Polizzi (they’d need to have been pretty desperate to invite the condescending know-it-all tyrant into a tense family home).
The latest adventure in obnoxious soundbites saw Alex Polizzi: The Fixer (9pm) flee to North Yorkshire to help a struggling family business and their high-end farmers’ market sausages stay on the shelves of Tesco.
An audience of 1.1 million tuned in for the latest episode in the third series, with Alex’s effort to get the parents to fire their teenage daughter resulting in a 5% share.
Meanwhile, Channel 4 was showing off two entrepreneurial upstarts of its own as the broadcaster returned to the Midlands – home of its balanced educational documentary Benefits Street – to bring us another harrowing view of broken Britain.
Cops and Robbers (9pm) spent some time with the area’s worst criminal offenders – a young man and woman who’ve never had any inkling to do anything else with their lives – and the positive police officers that encourage them to stay on the straight and narrow.
The thoroughly depressing look at those who decide to slip through society’s cracks took in 921,000 viewers and a 4% share.
Speaking of thoroughly depressing aspects of modern society, Celebrity Big Brother secured 1.5 million viewers and a 7% share on Channel 5 at 9pm.
A little earlier, the second episode of Jamie’s Comfort Food (Channel 4, 8pm) lost 300,000 week on week as the cheeky chappy face of the brand attempted to reinvent the cheese toasty. In total, 1 million viewers and a 5% share caught up with Jamie as he threw all ideas of healthy cooking out of the window.
At 7:15pm, ITV handed over its entire evening to the latest Euro 2016 Qualifier as Switzerland faced off against England live from St Jakob-Park in Basel. A total audience of 5.5 million viewers tuned in for the three and a half hours of coverage, resulting in a 26% share.
The game saw England’s Wellbeck score the only two goals – at the 58th and 90th minute, with the audience peaking at 7.3 million viewers at 9:15pm, proving to be New Tricks’ only proper 9pm rival.
Even earlier in soap land, Emmerdale (ITV) netted just 4.4 million viewers at the earlier times of 6:45pm, with the aftermath of Robbie’s Abortion Clinic break-in attempt netting a wholesome teatime share of 28%.
But for once, EastEnders (BBC One) held the dominant position at 7:30pm as the ever-evolving storyline reached critical mass, as it brought back the mysterious key Stacey gave to Lauren when she was arrested for murder so long ago.
Tying in the soap’s latest whodunit with the ‘Who Killed Archie’ plotline form the 25th anniversary could prove a detail too much for the more casual amongst us, but last night’s deepening mystery secured 5.6 million viewers and a 28% share.
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