TV Overnights: ITV1’s football coverage scores the top spot

ITV1’s UEFA Champions League Live coverage pulled in the highest ratings during prime time last night, peaking with more than 6.7 million viewers.

The match, which saw Manchester United secure a 2-1 Group B victory over Wolfsburg, pulled in over 5.4 million average viewers and a 25.3% audience share between 7.30pm and 10pm.

However, BBC One’s new two-part documentary series The Secret Life of Twins did manage to snatch the peak audience in the final fifteen minutes of the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot.

The programme, with Chris and Xand van Tulleken, ended on a high of 4.6 million viewers and secured a 18.7% overall audience share.

Elsewhere, Channel 4’s popular The Secret Millionaire banked third place in the peak-hour ratings war with 2.3 million viewers and a 10.5% share.

BBC Two’s Dragons’ Den: On Tour followed with 1.6 million average viewers and a 7.5% share, while Five’s Farmer Wants a Wife attracted 703,000 viewers and a 3.2% share.

Meanwhile, BBC3’s coverage of the MOBO Awards 2009, which was presented by Reggie Yates, peaked with almost 559,000 viewers at 10.45pm.

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.