Edwina Currie’s verbal smackdown nets 8.5m for I’m a Celeb
After a full week of everyone playing nice and getting along, Monday evening saw a fog of tension descend upon the jungle set as former John Major-botherer Edwina Curry locked horns with Hugh Hefner’s discarded and broken pet, Kendra Wilkinson.
Yesterday’s biggest audience tuned in to hear the air turn blue on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! (ITV, 9pm) as the ‘model’ slash ‘reality star’ failed to engage in a discussion about living in the moment, instead tearing strips out of Edwina for simply disagreeing with her.
An audience of 8.5 million people watched as the lack of food and constant selection for the bushtucker trials finally pushed Kendra over the edge, gently egged on by Edwina’s random argument.
The day’s biggest hit also saw a small selection of campmates receive a visit from a loved one from their past life, translating to a 35% share.
Elsewhere, there was plenty more class division in the terrestrial broadcaster’s prime time line-up, with BBC Two hitting the heights of society’s elite by making one of those plinky-plonky ‘irreverent’ workplace documentaries, this time about the charming folk at Tatler.
Posh People: Inside Tatler looked at the journalists who, as this documentary would have you believe, have great influence over the AB readers who rule over the higher echelons of society (handily, Tatler‘s readership profile can be scrutinised fully in MediaTel’s Press database).
Part comedy, part toff horror show, the latest skewed look at something resembling reality netted 1.5 million viewers and a 6% share.
Naturally, Channel 4 could be counted on to balance out the airwaves, conveniently airing the second series of concerning documentary show Skint at the same time.
Coming off somewhere between a warranted sounding board for the financially frustrated, a stark cautionary tale and outright poverty-based entertainment, Skint revealed in the forgotten town of Grimsby.
1.1 million viewers watched to see how the once-biggest fishing port in the world fell into complete disrepair and the challenging effects on the residents, resulting in a 5% share.
Pulling in the exact same figure were the frustrated citizens of Gotham (9pm) over on Channel 5, although you’re guaranteed a more extreme and theatrical reactions to the poverty and crime than we’re used to in the real world.
Last night’s trip to the moody city saw two of Batman’s future villains go head-to-head as Victor Zsasz was sent into custody to deal with Oswald Cobblepot. And, yes – Batman was still a prepubescent bed wetter.
1.1 million viewers tuned in to see the Penguin survive another day, netting Channel 5 a 5% share in the 9pm slot.
The crime-solving was slightly more procedural over on BBC One, as the channel offered up another cold serving of an already cold case on New Tricks (9pm). The repeat harked back to the show’s glory days and featured the original cast in a tale of biker gangs and revenge.
Originally netting 8.2 million viewers back in August 2011, last night’s repeat secured 2.5 million viewers and a 10% share.
Earlier on ITV, dingy crime teatime family drama Emmerdale went out at 7pm, with the latest slice of rural decay seeing Aaron stealing already stolen goods off Ross, leading to 6.3 million viewers and a 31% share.
The first episode of Coronation Street (ITV) at 7:30pm was the most popular soap of the day, with 7.6 million viewers tuning in to see Steve McDonald diagnosed with depression, leading to a 35% share.
Over on BBC One, Albert Square’s most popular resident Shabnam was busy endearing herself to her colleagues by once again poking her nose in. A little over 7 million viewers watched as Denise struggled to look after Patrick and resorted to stealing from the shop, netting a 30% share.
The second episode of Coronation Street saw Steve struggle to cope with the frustrated women in his life, slinking back into his web of mystery and pulling in almost as many viewers as the first. An audience of 7.5 million tuned in to see if the Rover’s landlord would reach out for help, netting a 32% share.
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. Overnight data supplied by TRP are based on 15 minute slot averages. This may differ from tape checked figures, which are based on a programme’s actual start and end time.
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