TV Overnights: BBC One secures a prime time peak ratings run

BBC One banked the peak ratings from 7.30pm onwards last night with Eastenders, Holby City, Crimewatch and BBC News at Ten.

The channel’s prime time line-up started off with Eastenders, which pulled in more than 9.8 million peak viewers and a 41.5% average audience share between 7.30pm and 8pm.

Hospital drama Holby City followed with a high of more than 5.9 million viewers and a 24.7% average share, before Crimewatch dominated the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour ratings with almost five million peak viewers and a 20% share.

Later on, BBC News at Ten secured the peak audience during the post-watershed slot with a high of more than 5.3 million viewers.

Elsewhere, BBC Two’s Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town proved popular among viewers in the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour. The documentary attracted over 3.1 million viewers and a 13.5% share.

Meanwhile, 2.8 million viewers tuned in to see ITV1’s classic police drama A Touch of Frost starring David Jason. The two-hour repeat banked a 12.5% average audience share for ITV1 between 8pm and 10pm.

Over on Channel 5, the ever-popular CSI: Miami pulled in 1.8 million average viewers and a 7.9% share between 9pm and 10pm, while Channel 4’s The Family settled on a low 816,000 viewers and a 3.5% share.

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.