TV Overnights: ITV1’s Come Rain Come Shine debuts with 5.8m viewers

ITV1’s new prime time drama Come Rain Come Shine dominated the ratings with a high of 5.8 million viewers last night.

The two-hour long one-off drama, starring David Jason and Alison Steadman, attracted more than 5.5 million average viewers and a 21.2% audience share between 8.30pm and 10.30pm, beating BBC One’s final Accused to the peak hour top spot.

A much lower 3.1 million average viewers tuned in to see the conclusion of Accused between 9pm and 10pm.

The peak-hour drama was also up against competition from BBC Two’s festive Ruth Jones’ Christmas Cracker and Channel 4’s new Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas.

The Gavin & Stacey star’s ‘comedy and chat’ show pulled in a decent 2.4 million average viewers and a 9.1% share for BBC Two during the 9pm to 10pm slot, while Jamie’s new two-part series started on a high of 2.8 million viewers and a 10% average share for Channel 4.

At the same time, Channel 5’s Extreme Fishing with Robson Green secured 1.2 million average viewers and a 4.5% share.

However, the soaps banked the highest ratings of the night – ITV1’s Coronation Street peaked with 11.1 million viewers and an impressive 40.5% share to claim to the overall top spot.

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.