ITV’s Double Detective Dramas Floor BBC

ITV put in a strong performance last night, with police dramas The Bill and Murder City outperforming the BBC to notch up average adult audiences of 5.5 million and 4.8 million.

The two shows successfully saw off competition from BBC One’s Seaside Rescue, Super Vets and The McCartneys v The Fur Trade.

While Seaside Rescue and Super Vets recorded predictably poor audiences, at 3.4 million and 3.3 million respectively, The McCartneys v The Fur Trade saw a dismal performance, notching up just 1.7 million on average.

Channel 4’s largest audience of the evening came with Grand Designs, notching up an average of 3.8 million, while Five aired The Greatest TV Wind-Up Moments, watched by 955,000 adults on average.

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