New BBC One Drama Beats Big Brother

BBC One was the winner of last night’s ratings battle, with the premier episode of new drama Sorted beating Channel 4’s Big Brother at 9pm.

The new programme, created by Shameless writer Danny Brocklehurst, follows the lives and times of a group of Manchester posties. The first episode landed the drama with a peak of 4.3 million adult viewers, or a 21.9% viewing share, compared to BB‘s peak of 3.9 million (20%).

ITV1 struggled to compete in the 9pm slot, with Bad Lads Army getting a peak of 2.9 million, a 14.7% viewing share, narrowly beaten by CSI: Miami on Five with a 14.8% viewing share at the time.

Love Island on ITV1 continued to perform poorly, with all other networks gaining more adult viewers in the 10pm slot. The BBC One News was watched by 4.4 million adults (a 24.7% viewing share), while the z-list celeb game show managed just two million adult viewers, a 10.9% viewing share.

Five’s 10pm episode of CSI: Miami managed an impressive average of 2.2 million adult viewers, a 13.9% viewing share.

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