TV Overnights: Motorway Cops wins peak slot again

Last night, BBC One’s Motorway Cops won the peak hour of 9pm to 10pm again, with 4.4 million viewers and a 22% share.

This was despite competition from ITV1’s Help, I Caught it Abroad 2, also airing from 9pm to 10pm.

The documentary attracted 2.3 million viewers, and gained a share of 10.1%.

Elsewhere, Five’s CSI: Miami won 2.3 million viewers and a 9.7% share , while Channel 4’s Ultimate Big Brother secured 2.2 million viewers and a 9.4% share.

BBC Two’s The Big School Lottery managed to secure an audience of 865,000, and a share of 3.7%.

BBC One won the first 45 minutes of the 10pm to 11pm slot, with the BBC News at Ten from 10pm to 10.30pm (4.5 million viewers and a 22.2% share), and My Story from 10.30pm to 11pm (2.4 million viewers and a 16% share).

However, Channel 4’s This is England ’86 (10pm to 11.05pm) managed to win the last 15 minutes of the 10pm to 11pm slot. The first episode of a four-part series peaked at 2.9 million viewers, before settling down to an average of 2.6 million viewers and a 14.7% share.

Earlier in the evening, BBC One’s Holby City won its 8pm to 9pm slot, with 5.4 million viewers and a 19% share.

ITV1’s Emmerdale won its 7pm to 7.30pm slot with 6.3 million viewers and a 31.7% share, and BBC One’s Eastenders won its 7.30pm to 8pm slot with 7.7 million viewers and a 34.9% share.

During the day, BBC One won the highest ratings during the morning and early afternoon, as usual. BBC Two took over briefly in the late afternoon.

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