France Knocked Out Of Euro 2008

Italy claimed a 2 – 0 victory over France last night, knocking them out of the competition in front of a 6.9 million audience on BBC One.

One of the pre-tournament favourites, France lost two key players in the first half after Franck Ribery was taken off with a serious injury and Eric Abidal was shown a red card.

The match attracted an average of 5.9 million adult viewers between 7.30 – 10pm, a 28.5% audience share, which saw Italy join the group winners Holland in the quarters.

ITV1’s Midsomer Murders only pulled in a 17% audience share, with a peak audience of 4 million adult viewers between 8 – 10pm.

Channel 4 had a good night with the new series of 10 Years Younger at 8pm, followed by Gordon Ramsay’s F Word at 9pm and Big Brother at 10pm.

Gordon Ramsay’s F Word attracted 3.4 million adult viewers at its peak between 9.45 – 10pm, while an average of more than 3 million adult viewers tuned in to see the daily highlights of the Big Brother house.

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, ITV2 and Sky One.

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