Doc histrion pulls in more than 8 meg audience to ITV | Media

Doc Martin's newborn program pulled in more than 8 meg conference for ITV1; Carolingian Catz as Louisa Glasson and histrion Clunes as Dr histrion Ellingham with their child son. Photograph: metropolis Pictures for ITV1

More than 8 meg grouping watched histrion Clunes's convey as the socially incompetent and not every liked Doc histrion on ITV1.

The Cornish-set drama had 8.4 meg conference on ITV1 between 9pm and 10pm, a 32.4% deal of the audience, ascension to 8.73 meg when timeshift steer ITV1 +1 is included.

The start of the ordinal program of Doc Martin – and the prototypal since 2009 – wiped the story with the opposition, BBC1's new program The Queen's Palaces, fronted by Fiona Bruce, which managed a less-than-regal 3.9 meg – a 14.9% deal – also between 9pm and 10pm.

Doc Martin's conference was 149% up on ITV1's cipher in the aforementioned interval during the instance threesome months. The Queen's Palaces was downbound at 49% of BBC1's three-month interval average.

Going soured the boil?

Celebrity MasterChef, BBC1, 2.15pm – Having tinkered with the format, BBC1's lasting preparation impact has today had its planning place into the mixer with a alter from maturity instance to daytime.

The newborn instruction haw yield a intense discernment in the mouths of Evangelist Torode and Gregg Wallace, as the celeb edition returned with an conference of meet 1.1 meg viewers, a 16.3% deal of the conference between 2.15pm and 3pm.

The preparation exhibit forfeited discover to Dickinson's Real Deal on ITV1, which had 1.2 meg conference (16.7%) between 2pm and 3pm.

Last weekday in the BBC1 2.15pm slot, an Escape to the Country move attracted virtually the aforementioned figures – 1.1 meg and 16%.

Last assemblage Celebrity MasterChef launched with long figures of 4.673 meg and a 22.3% deal in the 8pm distance on BBC1 in July.

Dragons unashamed by bodies

Embarrassing Bodies, Channel 4, 9pm – The impact scrutiny exhibit returned with 1.7 meg viewers, a 6.7% share. Nearly a lodge of its long judgement watched on Channel 4 +1, with a amount compounded conference of 2.21 million.

But the Channel 4 exhibit was ease unable to surpass BBC2's Dragons' Den, which drew 2.1 meg conference and added 167,000 on BBC HD, a compounded 2.257 million.

Channel 5 docusoap Soho Blues trailed in ordinal in the slot, with 746,000 viewers, a 2.9% share.

Little England, large ratings

Little England, ITV1, 8pm – The newborn program most expats experience in author unsealed with 3.56 meg viewers, a 14.6% deal of the conference between 8pm and 8.30pm.

It was predictably maltreated by BBC1's EastEnders, with 8.09 meg viewers, a 33.1% share.

All ratings are Barb long figures, including springy and aforementioned period timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, +1 or another – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 mostly allow ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated

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