TV Overnights: I’m a Celeb wins the top spot again

ITV1’s popular I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! secured the all-important peak audience during the prime time slot last night with a high of more than 9.1 million viewers.

The 90-minute programme, which saw Linford Cristie leave the jungle, attracted an average audience of more than eight million viewers and a 30% share between 8.30pm and 10pm.

Elsewhere, more than 4.5 million viewers tuned in for the penultimate Turn Back Time – The High Street between 9pm and 10pm, banking a 17.2% audience share for BBC One.

Channel 5’s long-running CSI: Miami came next in line with 1.8 million average viewers and a 7.1% share, although BBC Two’s The Foods That Make Billions was not far behind.  The second episode of the three part Money Programme series pulled in 1.4 million average viewers and a 5.6% share.

Meanwhile, Channel 4’s new fly-on-the-wall documentary series The Family struggled to keep up with an average audience of just 619,000 viewers and a 2.3% share.

Earlier on in the evening, BBC One’s Eastenders dominated the pre-watershed ratings, attracting a high of more than 9.8 million viewers and a 38.1% audience share between 7.30pm and 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.