TV Overnights: New Candy Cabs wins 5.5m viewers

BBC One’s new prime time drama Candy Cabs started on a high of more than 5.5 million viewers last night.

The three-part series starring Jo Joyner, Claire Sweeney and Paul Nicholls, easily won the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour ratings with 5.4 million average viewers and a 22.5% audience share.

Elsewhere, ITV1’s new two-part documentary Smugglers pulled in over three million average viewers and a 12.7% share during the 9pm to 10pm slot, while BBC Two’s new Filthy Cities show attracted 2.3 million average viewers and a 9.6% share.

Channel 5’s popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation came next in line with 2.2 million viewers and a 9.2% share, followed by Channel 4’s penultimate Katie: My Beautiful friends, which settled on 1.4 million viewers and a 6% share.

BBC One also dominated the early evening line-up – Eastenders banked the highest ratings of the night during the 7.30pm to 8pm slot, peaking with more than 8.4 million viewers, while Holby City secured a high of over 5.9 million viewers during the 8pm to 9pm slot.

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.