TV Overnights: BBC One’s Lost Land of the Tiger ends on a high of 4.7m viewers

BBC One’s new three-part nature series Lost Land of the Tiger ended on a high of more than 4.7 million peak viewers during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night.

The last episode in the documentary series, which has been shown on consecutive nights this week, attracted 4.5 million average viewers and a 19.5% audience share during the peak-hour. The programme’s final ratings came close to its debut episode’s 4.9 million high.

It also saw off competition from ITV1’s popular Law & Order, which started on a high of more than 4.6 million viewers at 9pm but slipped down to 4.3 million average viewers and a 18.5% during the full hour-long slot.

As usual, ITV1 and BBC One came well ahead of the remaining terrestrial channels during the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour. The last in the series of BBC Two’s Gareth Malone’s Extraordinary School for Boys pulled in 1.7 million viewers and a 7.4% share, while Channel 4’s final Alan Davies’ Teenage Revolution picked up just over a million viewers and a 4.3% share.

Meanwhile, Channel 5’s 9pm film U.S Marshals with Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes attracted 1.2 million average viewers and a 6.8% audience share between 9pm and 11.40pm.

The Thursday evening soap line-up dominated the pre-watershed schedule, with BBC One’s Eastenders banking the highest ratings overall. The London-based soap secured an impressive 8.5 million viewers, while ITV1’s Emmerdale peaked with 6.8 million viewers and Coronation Street attracted 7.9 million viewers.

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.