Dancing on Ice picks up a peak of 9.9m viewers

ITV1’s Dancing on Ice triumphed in the TV ratings battle last night, with a peak of 9.9 million watching the first of two Sunday night shows.

The first instalment of Dancing on Ice, on from 7pm to 8.15pm, picked up a 37.4% share of the audience, while the skate-off, which saw Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallett voted off the show, picked up a peak of eight million.

The skate-off show, on from 9.15pm to 10pm, grabbed a 32% share of the audience.

The build up to Comic Relief continued apace on BBC One on Saturday, with Let’s Dance for Comic Relief pulling in a peak of 7.7 million viewers – a 34% audience share – from 7.30pm to 8.30pm.

Over on ITV1, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway had a peak audience of 6.3 million viewers tuning in to catch the Geordie funsters.

On Friday evening, Live Six Nations Rugby Union on BBC Two performed well. The coverage, of France v Wales in Paris, saw a peak audience of five million viewers – a 22.2% share – tune in to the action, which ended with a frantic finale as France ran out winners on home turf.

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.