TV Overnights: C4’s My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding bags the top spot

Channel 4’s new Cutting Edge documentary My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding secured the highest ratings during the all-important peak-hour last night with more than 4.9 million viewers.

The one-off documentary, which followed brides-to-be as they planned their gypsy and traveller weddings, pulled in 4.5 million average viewers and a 17.3% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.

However, ITV1’s The Bill came a fairly close second with 4.1 million peak viewers.  The long-running crime drama held the peak audience share after Coronation Street finished at 9pm but slipped down to an average of 3.8 million viewers and a 14.7% average share during the full hour-long slot.

Elsewhere, BBC One’s new Masterchef series with John Torode and Greg Wallace attracted 3.7 million average viewers and a 14.4% audience share between 8.30pm and 10pm.

BBC Two, meanwhile, saw Mock the Week pull in 2.3 million viewers and a 9.2% share in the first 30 minutes of the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour, followed by Rab C Nesbitt‘s 1.4 million viewers and 5.7% share.

Over on Five, the Liverpool v Unirea Urziceni match scored a high of more than 3 million viewers and a 8.5% average audience share between 7.30pm and 10.10pm.

Earlier on in the evening, Eastenders‘ special hour-long wedding episode banked more than 11.3 million peak viewers and an impressive 41.5% average audience share between 7.30pm and 8.30pm.

Meanwhile, ITV1’s Emmerdale and Coronation Street pulled in over 7.9 million peak viewers and 8.8 million peak viewers respectively.

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.