TV Overnights: Who do you think you are? wins peak slot

BBC One’s Who do you think  you are? won the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm last night, for the fifth week in a row.

This week’s show, looking at Rupert Penry-Jones’s ancestry, attracted 5.2 million viewers, and a 21.4% share – slightly down on last week’s 5.4 million, and 22.3% share.

BBC Two’s Dragons’ Den provided competition, managing to attract an audience of 2.8 million viewers, and gain a share of 11.5%.

Elsewhere, ITV’s new Real Crime with Mark Austin secured 2.7 million viewers and a 10.9% share, while Channel 4’s The Hospital achieved an audience of 1.4 million and a 5.8% share.

Five’s film Inferno managed 1.3 million viewers and an average 5.9% share overall.

ITV1 won the 7pm to 8pm slot, with Emmerdale (7pm to 7.30pm) securing 6.2 million viewers and a 32% share, and the first of a Coronation Street two-parter (7.30pm to 8pm) achieving 7.9 million viewers and a 37.9% share.

During the same slot, BBC One’s The One Show significantly increased its audience – from 3.9 million and a 20.1% share last week, to 4.5 million and 23.1% last night. This is probably because it was the first show with new presenters Alex Jones and Jason Manford.

BBC One’s Eastenders won the 8pm to 8.30pm slot, with 8 million viewers and a 34.9% share.

ITV1’s second episode of Coronation Street, showing from 8.30pm to 9pm, won the highest ratings for its slot, with 7.8 million viewers, and a share of 33.6%.

During the day, BBC One nominated the morning television schedule, with BBC Two taking over in the afternoon.

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.