TV Overnights: BBC One’s new Accidental Farmer wins the peak-hour top spot

BBC One’s new one-off comedy Accidental Farmer claimed the peak-hour top spot last night with a high of more than 4.6 million viewers.

The hour-long show, starring Ugly Betty‘s Ashley Jensen, pulled in over 4.5 million average viewers and a 17.7% share during the full 9pm to 10pm slot, seeing off competition from ITV1’s The Savoy.

The second and final episode of the fly-on-the-wall documentary, which followed the closure and re-opening of the world-famous Savoy hotel, attracted a slightly lower four million average viewers and a 15.4% share during the peak-hour.

Next in line was Channel 5’s popular CSI: Miami, which picked up 2.5 million average viewers and a 9.9% share between 9pm and 10pm, closely followed by Channel 4’s Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas, which pulled in 2.1 million viewers and a 8.1% share.

Over on BBC Two, the first of the new series Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar secured 1.9 million viewers and a 8% share, though the channel’s Top Gear Christmas special banked an impressive 5.6 million peak viewers in the pre-watershed 8pm to 9pm slot.

However, BBC One was able to boast the highest ratings of the night – more than 10.5 million viewers tuned in for Eastenders and a high of 6.6 million stayed with the channel for Holby City at 8pm.

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.