England friendly puts a stop to Ordinary Lies’ winning streak
Tuesday night saw former Coronation Street actor Sally Lindsay take centre stage in the third episode of BBC One’s new ensemble drama Ordinary Lies (9pm) as the tidal wave of deceit threatened to drown office gob Kathy.
The interwoven tale about a bunch of dubious colleagues working at a used car showroom focuses on one character each week, detailing how their dishonesty – no matter how big or small – comes back to bite them in dramatic fashion.
Two weeks ago the début episode saw Jason Mansford stretching the truth about his wife’s current existence status, netting 4.7 million viewers.
The second episode’s audience jumped to 5.1 million when Michelle Keegan, another Coronation Street alumni (it’s a northern thing), stuffed a shopping bag of cocaine down her throat in exchange for a fancy free holiday.
Yesterday’s instalment saw the audience fall down to its lowest point yet, with 4.5 million viewers tuning in to see Kathy decide to have a quick extramarital fling with a stranger, only for the adulterous pair to witness a brutal murder.
After securing the 9pm slot for two weeks running, last night’s 20% audience share meant that BBC One lost out to ITV.
Meanwhile on BBC Two, Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure (9pm) continued as the two Irish comedians explored the stranger corners of El Salvador and Guatemala, netting 1.5 million viewers and a 7% share.
On Channel 4, the story lines kept on coming as more little ones were spat out into the world on One Born Every Minute at 9pm. 1.3 million viewers and a 6% share tuned in to meet the newest stars of the fixed rig documentary.
At the same time, Channel 5 was daring to try something new, something very different and far outside its comfort zone. 9pm brought the broadcaster’s latest outrage-bait documentary ridiculing the less intelligent and able and didn’t include the word ‘benefit’ in the title.
Not that 40 Kids by 20 Women was anything different from the usual exploitative welfare show, with the fertile propaganda piece netting 698,000 and a 3% share.
ITV handed over its evening schedule to Mark Pougatch and a spot of Live International Football, with coverage starting at 7:30pm, fifteen minutes before kick off.
The friendly between Italy and England was broadcast live from Turin in northern Italy and brought in an average audience of 5.3 million viewers and a 24% share for its two hour and 45 minutes running time.
The game peaked at 6.9 million viewers as Italy’s Pellè scored the game’s first goal half an hour into the game, with the last hour of the event winning the 9pm slot.
At 8pm, Holby City brought in an easy 4.3 million viewers (a 20% share) for BBC One, while BBC Two’s Back in Time for Dinner secured 2.5 million and an 11% share.
Channel 4’s latest cookery makeover show (it’s a thing) Burger Bar to Gourmet Star (8pm) was watched by 669,000 and a 3% share, but don’t worry, no actual Michelin Stars were harmed in the making of the programme.
At 10pm on Channel 4, Teens continued to entertain and enrage, providing plenty of Twitter-bait for the masses. The documentary, which endorses a bunch of self-indulgent real-life teenagers, secured 434,000 viewers and a 3% share.
Which all looked positively classy compared to Channel 5’s 10pm offering as Nanna Love: 50 Shades of Granny pulled in 825,000 viewers and a 5% share to the dentures-sponsored fun.
At the same time, Comedy Central’s painful The Roast of Justin Bieber (10pm) netted just 195,000 viewers but managed to top the TV Twitter chart, resulting in an impressive 231 tweets for every 1,000 viewers.
Much earlier in the day, two soaps claimed the Tuesday’s top spots with Emmerdale (ITV) netting 5.5 million viewers and a 30% share while BBC One’s EastEnders took the number one spot with 6.5 million viewers and a 31% share.
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