History Of Britain Gets Off To Good Start

BBC Two’s new series, Andrew Marr’s History Of Britain began well last night, picking up a peak of 3.2 million adults in its 9pm slot.

The show, which featured a lively mix of astonishing archive and telling anecdote, had an average of three million adults across its hour long running time.

Also on at 9pm, on BBC One, was Whistleblower, where intrepid reporters went undercover to investigate the health and safety of food in some of Britain’s supermarkets.

The show picked up a peak of 4.6 million adults (a 20.6% share), perhaps making some of them think twice about some certain well respected brands.

Over on ITV1 at the same time was Driving Me Crazy wherein comedienne Jo Brand railed against elderly drivers.

The forthright funster said some pretty strong stuff about drivers over the age of 70, and a peak of 3.5 million people tuned in to hear her.

Following its success at the BAFTAs, Channel 4 decided to give a repeat airing to Longford, starring Jim Broadbent.

It probably shouldn’t have bothered though, as it only managed a peak audience of 1.7 million adults, most of whom left after the first 15 minutes. It managed an average adult audience of just 807,000 viewers (a 5.9% share).

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