Match of The Day kicks off with 4.3m

BBC One dominated Saturday night viewing, with a very impressive peak of 4.3 million tuning in for the return of Match of the Day.

An average of four million viewers watched the whole round-up show, which included Arsenal’s demolition of Everton, giving BBC One a 26.6% share of viewers.

Earlier in the evening, Total Wipeout had a peak audience of 4.8 million – a 27.3% share. The zany game-show, on at 7.20pm, had an average audience of 4.2 million for its hour long running time.

Of the other channels, ITV1’s epic movie King Kong, on from 6.50pm to 10.15pm, had a peak audience of 2.8 million (a 14.9% share) with an average of 2.3 million viewers sticking with it for its duration (a 12.6% share).

BBC One was a big hit again on Sunday evening, with a peak of 5.5 million viewers watching Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones at 9pm.

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 and key multi-channel stations.