BBC’s Dickens Drama Makes A Bleak Night For ITV

BBC1’s drama adaption of the classic Dickens novel Bleak House scored a healthy ratings win over ITV1 last night, as the star-studded period drama featuring Gillian Anderson and Johnny Vegas attacted adult viewership of 6.18 million, with a viewing share of 30.15%.

The programme peaked at 6.69 million for the 8-8.15pm timeslot, which represented a 33.55% viewing share. Bleak House ratings were helped no doubt by Eastenders being scheduled immediately beforehand, which achieved an average rating of 10 million, with a 53.47% viewing share.

Spy drama Spooks continued last night’s ratings win for BBC1, comfortably outperforming All About George on ITV1. During the 9-10pm timeslot, Spooks achieved an audience of 5.7 million and 28.49% share, while All About George drew 3.34 million to secure a 17.07% share.

ITV2’s repeat of teen comedy American Pie 2 helped the channel to outperform Sky One. The American film held an average audience of 636,000 with a 4.56% viewing share in multichannel homes, easily topping Sky One’s 7pm showing of The Simpsons, which drew 373,000 viewers.

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