4.5m Tune In To The Secret Millionaire

Channel 4 came out on top in the all important 9pm slot last night, with The Secret Millionaire grabbing a peak of 4.5 million viewers.

The show had an average audience of 4.2 million viewers – an 18.6% share of viewing – for its hour long duration.

Mutual Friends, on BBC One at 9pm, saw Martin attempt to cope with his marital problems by getting back into the life of a single man.

The comedy drama had a peak audience of 3.8 million viewers, while an average of 3.7 stayed tuned for its hour running time.

It was a good night for Five as well as Channel 4, with a peak of 2.5 million viewers watching CSI: Miami at 9pm.

This meant that it beat ITV1 show Superhuman: Super Strong, a documentary looking at some of the strongest people on the planet, which peaked with just 2.4 million viewers.

Celebrity reality series Maestro only managed a peak of 1.7 million at 9pm, with the remaining students conducting a programme of popular operatic arias.

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.

Channel Four: 020 7396 4444 www.channel4.com

ITV: 020 7843 8000 www.itv.com BBC: 020 8743 8000 www.bbc.co.uk

Five: 020 7550 5555 www.five.tv