BBC One’s Championship coverage kicks-off with 4m

Newcastle United’s first game in the Championship was a big draw for BBC One on Saturday evening, bringing in a peak of four million viewers.

With an average of 3.2 million viewers, the 1-1 draw between Newcastle and West Brom was easily Saturday afternoon’s most watched terrestrial programme.

Following straight on from the soccer at 7.30pm was anarchic gameshow Total Wipeout, which grabbed a peak of 5.4 million viewers – a 30.4% share of the audience.

The big shows on ITV1 on Saturday were perennial favourite Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? at 8.30pm and A Touch of Frost at 930pm.

Millionaire had a peak audience of 4.4 million viewers (a 23.6% share) with an average of 3.9 million viewers staying tuned for its hour running time.

Frost, meanwhile, started with a peak of 3.7 million viewers (a 19.8% share), although this figure gradually decreased as the show got nearer to midnight.

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.