BBC Strong With Olympics Proving Popular

The BBC delivered a ratings blitz last night, with BBC One’s Life On Mars continuing its winning streak, watched by just under 6 million adults, while BBC Two’s Winter Olympics secured third place behind ITV1 with almost 3.9 million.

The Olympic ratings are made all the more impressive by their consistent performance against ITV1’s Coronation Street and Northern Lights, which scored average adults audiences of 9 million and 5.3 million respectively.

Elsewhere, Channel 4’s Bodyshock documentary told the jaw-dropping story of Manar Maged, an Egyptian girl born with two heads, attracting an average adult audience of 2.9 million.

Five’s Prison Break continued to top the broadcaster’s Monday night line-up, meanwhile, as 1.4 million adults tuned in to see the increasingly ridiculous jail drama unfold.

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, ITV2 and Sky One.

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