I’m A Celebrity… Beats Controversial Queen Doco

The controversial documentary series looking behind the scenes at the Queen got off to a pretty good start last night, picking up a peak of seven million adult viewers (a 28.4% share of the audience), but this was not enough for it to defeat I’m A Celebrity….

On for an hour and a half from 8.30pm on BBC One, Monarchy: The Royal Family At Work had an average audience of 6.5 million adult viewers (a 27% share).

It was uncertain whether the documentary would ever be aired after the controversy over the programme’s trailer – which appeared to show the Queen walking off “in a huff” when she had not – ended up with the controller of BBC One, Peter Fincham, resigning (see Fincham Quits Following Queen Doco Shocker).

Over on ITV1 at 9pm, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! grabbed a peak audience of 7.5 million adult viewers (a 33.8% share).

The jungle-based reality show had an average audience of seven million adults (a 30.4% share).

This did not leave much left for Dragon’s Den, on BBC Two also at 9pm. Yesterday evening’s instalment once again saw a selection of budding entrepreneurs attempt to gain some of that appealing Dragon cash.

The show had a peak of 2.7 million adult viewers (an 11.3% share) which was pretty impressive when measured against the other heavyweight shows on offer.

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