With ITV1 grabbing all the attention over the past week last night saw BBC One turn things around with with its double whammy of drama, securing the largest audience from 7:30 onwards.

Last night’s prime time schedule was overrun with documentaries across all channels, providing a welcome break from scripted drama and reality programming.

ITV1 reigned supreme all weekend as the unrelenting juggernaut that is BGT came to a successful close. The variety show, Corrie and a repeat helped the channel beat BBC One.

TV audiences seem to be lapping up Britain’s Got Talent while they can, with 8.7 million viewers turning out to see the semi-final.

The top shows of Wednesday night offered an equal balance of scripted drama, ‘reality’ television & sport with Britain’s Got Talent securing 8.9m

Coronation Street once again proved to be the nation’s favourite soap, capturing the biggest audience of Thursday night.

While The Apprentice on BBC One secured the night’s largest audience.

Tuesday was a relatively quiet night for soaps, with the lack of drama-fatigue helping capture an impressive 8.1 million viewers for BBC One.

The audience was down 650,000 on last week but 4.9 million viewers still tuned in to see if Bailey did in fact Hulk-out and attack an innocent in a car park.

Second episode of the detective show made another dent in Silent Witness’s audience.