Bullard’s jungle exodus secures 8.3m for I’m a Celeb on ITV
After 16 long days in ITV’s jungle studio, last night saw the first lucky campmate finally being released from the TV compounds of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! (8:30pm) with viewers deeming ex-Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard no longer worthy of their attention.
Coming a few days after this series’ most ‘shocking’ moment so far, Jimmy’s fatal error proved to be having a go at a hunky and very popular reject from The X Factor.
The West Ham man recently got a little catty with faux-simpleton Jake Quickenden, immediately undoing his all the goodwill his jovial attitude – and complete inability to cope with nature’s nasties -received from campmates and viewers alike.
Monday’s biggest audience tuned in for the 1.5 hour show which also saw Michael Buerk dress as a parrot, netting a solid 8.3 million viewers and a 35% share.
Over on BBC One, Richard Hammond was given a little something to do now that Total Wipeout is a distant memory while keeping the plucky presenter away from those older boys of Top Gear leading him astray and causing international incidents.
While Wild Weather with Richard Hammond (9pm) may not have been anyway near as exciting as the title would suggest, the first of three episodes from The Open University saw Hammond explore ‘the hidden secrets’ behind wind (and no, nothing to do with a butterfly flapping its wings in India).
An audience of 2.8 million viewers tuned in for the thrilling adventure, with scenes of Hammond entering a man-made wind tunnel helping net a 12% share.
Over on BBC Two, it was time to return to the prestigious editorial offices of Tatler as the Corporation’s latest buzz-generating workplace documentary returned for a second episode.
Last night’s Posh People: Inside Tatler (9pm) saw the love-it or sneer-it show focus on Tatler‘s obsession with introducing its brand to a whole new generation of moneyed teens, securing a 5% share for BBC Two.
In total, 1.3 million tuned in for the latest slice of horsey fun, down from last week’s début figure of 1.5 million viewers.
In complete contrast – and by no means a scheduling consequence – Channel 4 broadcast the second episode of Skint (9pm), just to add to the glut of 2015’s opportunistic poverty programming. The second trip to glorious Grimsby introduced viewers to some more characters with nothing to lose – although the show did witness a slight fall week on week.
Down from last week’s 1.1 million, a total audience of 923,000 viewers tuned in to spend their night feeling better about their own lives, resulting in a 4% share.
Meanwhile on Channel 5, detectives James Gordon and Harvey Bullock were still busy cleaning up the streets of Gotham (9pm). A little over 1 million viewers tuned in to see a theatrical masked loon terrorise the city while Baby Batman did nowt, resulting in a 4% share.
A little earlier in the evening, the majority of Emmerdale‘s characters spent their Monday night in a pub, proving it’s never too early in the week for some. 6.3 million viewers tuned in to see the inevitable motor accident as Moira was run off the road, netting a 31% share.
Straight up afterwards was Coronation Street (ITV) which was Monday’s second biggest hit. 7.5 million viewers tuned in to see Tim receive a reading lesson from his intolerable partner Sally, resulting in a 35% share.
Last but not least in the soap line-up was BBC One’s EastEnders (8pm), which was miraculously still getting a lot of mileage from the Lucy Beale murder storyline.
Yesterday’s infamous drumbeats were ushered in with Ian and Jane, the ex-wife that just won’t go away, discovering Lucy’s drug dealer lived very close to home, resulting in 7 million viewers and a 30% share.
Overnight data is available each morning in mediatel.co.uk’s TV Database, with all BARB registered subscribers able to view reports for terrestrial networks and key multi-channel stations. Overnight data supplied by TRP are based on 15 minute slot averages. This may differ from tape checked figures, which are based on a programme’s actual start and end time.
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