TV Overnights: Return of Britain’s Got Talent gets 10.6m viewers

An average of 10.6 million viewers (a 44% share) tuned in to the return of Britain’s Got Talent to ITV1 on Saturday night.

On for 90 minutes from 8pm, the show peaked at 11.5 million viewers (a 46.8% share).

There were two new shows hitting ITV1’s screens on Saturday, with new gameshow The Whole 19 Yards grabbing an average 4.3 million viewers (21.7%) from 7pm to 8pm, peaking at 4.4 million.

Following Britain’s Got Talent at 9.30pm was The Prisoner, the broadcaster’s big-budget remake of the 60s classic.

An average of 3.2 million viewers (14.2%) watched the programme, peaking at 4.2 million (17.9%) just after it began.

Earlier in the evening, 6.2 million (32.7%) watched the latest episode of Dr Who, in which the Daleks returned again.

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.