Cilla’s final bid for fame captures 6m viewers for ITV
Last night saw ITV air the final episode of young Pricilla White’s quest for international fame as the surprisingly successful Cilla (9pm) (in every sense) finally got a taste of the big leagues.
The third instalment of the well-received biopic detailed the Liverpudlian chanteuse’s meteoric rise to world North West domination with two number one singles under her belt and a steely determination to crack America.
For the past two weeks an audience of 6.1 million and 5.8 million have watched as the energetic red-bobbed belter dropped her husband as manager in order to run off with the ‘troubled’ Brian Epstein and name-drop The Beatles at least once before each ad break.
Yesterday an audience of 6 million viewers tuned in to see actress Sheridan Smith belt out one last tune on The Ed Sullivan show, netting a 26% share and the biggest show in the 9pm slot.
Hopefully, on the back of this success, we’ll soon get a follow-up series detailing the creative minefield that went into the hatching of Surprise Surprise into the world.
Over on BBC One, the latest run of New Tricks (9pm) continued as the creaky retired detectives of UCOS entered a five-a-side tournament to distract from all those old murders, just because we’re now in the eleventh series.
An audience of 4.6 million viewers watched as the new team members bonded over some shared physical activity; also a random pub landlord was murdered. The latest cold case to be dusted off by the relatively new faces of New Tricks netted a 20% share.
On BBC Two, 2.5 million viewers watched as Horizon presenter Michael Mosley asked Is Your Brain Male or Female? at 9pm. A share of 6% tuned in to see if men and women’s brains do actually work in different ways (outside of X Factor tolerance capabilities).
At the same time, Channel 4 rolled out a new observational documentary series in the vein of One Born Every Minute, Royal Marines Commando School, 24 Hours in A&E and every other documentary the broadcaster has been involved in in recent years.
24 Hours in Police Custody (9pm) followed the exact same formula as its predecessors; intrusive wall-mounted cameras capture the action while later-recorded cuddly pieces to camera handily narrate each development for viewers.
1.6 million viewers decided to spend their Monday night in a Bedfordshire police station, resulting in a 7% share.
There was more voyeuristic fun to be had on Channel 5 with Too Tough To Teach, a documentary about kids with serious behavioural issues. Kind of like Channel 4’s Educating…series but ten times more depressing, 614,000 viewers tuned in for the harsh classroom interactions, resulting in a 3% share.
Cluttered amongst the soaps earlier in the evening was Jamie’s Comfort Food (Channel 4, 8pm), which brought in 1.2 million viewers, while The Undriveables on ITV at 8pm was watched by 2.7 million.
Earlier at 7pm, the residents of Emmerdale (ITV) were reeling from the latest murder spree to knock off a few characters. 6.5 million viewers tuned in to see that Megan Macey had most of her family wiped out, resulting in a 34% share.
On BBC One at 8pm, the day of Sharon and Phil’s wedding continued as 7 million viewers tuned in to see Shirley Carter channel a little Lee Harvey Oswald from the Queen Vic’s window, translating to a 31% share.
But it was Coronation Street and a pill-popping Kylie that took Monday’s top spot. 7.5 million viewers watched at 7:30pm as motherhood overwhelmed the Weatherfield nail technician. A further 7 million viewers tuned in at 8:30pm to see David find out his wife had been stealing their child’s ADHD medication – just to give a little kick start to the week – attracting a 31% share in the process.
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