TV Overnights: BBC One’s Panorama special secures the peak slot

BBC One’s new prime time documentary Kids in Care attracted the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night.

The hour-long Panorama special, which looked at the kind of life the care system has to offer children following high-profile cases of abuse such as Baby P, secured over 3.7 million average viewers and a 16.4% share, pipping ITV1’s 71 Degrees North to the top spot.

The fifth episode of ITV1’s celebrity show pulled in 3.3 million average viewers and a 14.8% share during the peak-hour, while Channel 5’s popular CSI: Miami picked up 2.2 million viewers and a 10% share.

Elsewhere, Ramsay’s Best Restaurant attracted a decent 1.4 million average viewers and a 6.2% share for Channel 4, while BBC Two’s 9pm to 10pm slot was shared between Whites and Harry & Paul.

Whites picked up 1.9 million average viewers during the 9pm to 9.30pm slot, before Harry & Paul banked 1.8 million viewers during the second 9.30pm to 10pm slot.

Earlier on in the evening, BBC One secured a peak run from 7.30pm onwards with Eastenders and Holby City. The channel’s flagship soap won a high of more than 9.2 million viewers, while Holby peaked with 6.1 million viewers between 8pm and 9pm.

Over on ITV1, Emmerdale attracted over 6.7 million viewers and a 33.2% average audience share between 7pm and 7.30pm. The soap has been highly publicised this week in the lead up to its dramatic train crash storyline.

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.