ITV Wins With Doc Martin

BBC1’s premier of football film Bend It Like Beckham attracted a healthy average of 3.6 million adult viewers last night, rising slightly in the second part of the film showed after the news.

ITV’s Doc Martin however, was the clear ratings winner last night, with an average of 7.3 million adults tuning in.

Eastenders attracted an average of 8.1 million adults, with The Bill securing 5.3 million adult viewers for ITV.

Elsewhere, Channel 4 enjoyed an audience of just under 2 million adults for its 100 Greatest Family Films, followed by an average of 1.2 million adults tuning in for the Shameless Christmas Special.

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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