ITV1’s Dancing on Ice dominated the television ratings last night, attracting a high of more than 9.4 million viewers.

The second week of the series saw the male contestants thrown under the spotlight to keep their place on the celebrity show, each performing routines with their experienced ice-skating partners.

This year, the male line-up includes The Bill‘s Gary Lucy, ex-Coronation Street star Danny Young and the comedian Bobby Davro, to name just a few.  Davro became the second celebrity to be voted off, following Sinitta’s departure last Sunday.

Over 8.4 million average viewers and a 30.7% audience share tuned in to watch the guys strut their stuff between 6.45pm and 8.30pm, followed  by another impressive audience of 7.1 million viewers and a 26.5% audience share during the later Skate Off show.

The second episode of ITV1’s new Wild at Heart series, starring Stephen Tompkinson and Hayley Mills, held on to the peak audience between the two Dancing on Ice programmes as well.  The hour-long drama pulled in over 7 million peak viewers and a 24.9% average audience share between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.

ITV1’s peak-run saw off competition from BBC One’s Lark Rise to Candleford and Wallander; BBC Two’s Live Snooker; Channel 4’s Celebrity BB and Slumdog Secret Millionaire; and Five’s U.S Marshals.

BBC One’s Lark Rise to Candleford attracted over 6.2 million average viewers and a 21.5% audience share between 8pm and 9pm, while the last in the series of Wallander with Kenneth Branagh picked up 4.3 million viewers and a 16.8% share.

BBC Two’s Live Snooker coverage, meanwhile, pulled in over 2.8 million average viewers, ahead of Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother‘s 2.4 million and the new Slumdog Secret Millionaire’s 1.9 million.

Elsewhere, Five’s 9 o’clock film U.S Marshals, the action thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes, picked up 1.3 million average viewers and a 6.2% audience share between 9pm and 11.35pm.

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