Overnights: Last Ashes to Ashes secures 6.7m viewers

The last in the series of Ashes to Ashes pulled in more than 6.7 million peak viewers last night during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot.

BBC One’s popular drama series, starring Philip Glenister and Dean Andrews, ended on a high with 6.4 million average viewers and a 29.1% audience share during the peak-hour.

At the same time, ITV1’s new My Child Won’t Sleep, with one of the UK’s leading experts on child sleep disorders Cathy Hill, attracted a high of almost 3 million viewers and a 12.9% average audience share.

Meanwhile, the final Who’s Watching You? with Richard Bitton picked up 1.7 million average viewers and a 7.7% share for BBC Two.

Elsewhere, Five’s Extraordinary People series continued with ‘Real Wolf Kids’, pulling in just over a million viewers and a 4.8% share, while Channel 4’s The World’s Greatest Musical Prodigies kicked-off with 979,000 average viewers and a low 4.4% share.

Earlier on in the evening, ITV1’s Coronation Street won the battle of the soaps with more than 9.1 million peak viewers ahead of BBC One’s Eastenders‘ 8.6 million.

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.