Marco Loses Out To Cars, Cops And Criminals By 1.7 Million Viewers

ITV1’s Great British Feast, with Marco Pierre White, lost out to BBC One’s new series Cars, Cops and Criminals by an average 7% audience share betweem 9pm and 10pm last night.

Marco’s Great British Feast was pick of the day but only managed to pull in three million adult viewers, a 15% audience share.

BBC One’s new car crime programme attracted 4.7 million adult viewers and more than five million at its 9.45pm to 10pm peak, with an average 23% audience share.

BBC Two’s Tribal Wives managed to top Channel 4’s Personal Services Required in the same 9pm slot, with an average 1.9 million adult viewers.

Channel 4’s reality TV programme about housekeepers managed to gain a 7.9% audience share with 1.5 million adult viewers.

However, Channel 4’s Location Location Location and Big Brother both attracted higher viewing figures either side of the show.

Location Location Location with Kirstie and Phil pulled in 2.85 million adult viewers between 8pm and 9pm, while the latest from the Big Brother house got a close 2.83 million average viewers between 10 and 11pm.

ITV’s The Bill attracted a high 5.2 million adult viewers between 8pm and 9pm, while Celebrity Masterchef on BBC One got a respectable 3.6 million viewers at the same time.

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