BBC On Top With Soap And Drama

ITV failed to outdo the BBC with its football coverage last night, as the UEFA Champions League match between Liverpool and Anderlecht drew an average of 4.1 million adults.

The Corporation’s antidote of Holby City and Eastenders proved much more attractive, winning ratings of 6.3 and 9.9 million respectively. However, the final episode of new drama Love Soup failed to complete the BBC’s winning run, with an average of 3.7 million under performing against the last half hour of ITV’s football.

Elsewhere, Channel 4’s Property Ladder was the broadcaster’s best performing programme of the evening, with an average audience of 2.9 million. Five saw success with a double bill of crime drama series CSI, with an episode of CSI:Miami drawing 3.2 million adults, followed by a less popular episode of CSI:NY, which scored 2.3 million on average.

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