TV ratings: New Watchdog draws 4.5m, but still slips to soaps

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The return of Anne Robinson to BBC1's revamped Watchdog pulled in 4.5 million viewers but still lost out to ITV1's soap hour last night, Thursday 10 September.

BBC1 consumer affairs show, expanded to an hour by controller Jay Hunt, gained an average audience share of 21% in the 8pm hour, according to unofficial overnight figures.

However, ITV1's soap hour came out on top, with Emmerdale at 8pm pulling in 6.5 million and a 32% share and Coronation Street claiming 7.7 million between 8.30pm and 9pm.

The penultimate part of BBC2's The Frankincense Trail picked up 2 million and a 10% share in the 8pm hour.

Channel 4's How Clean is Your House drew 1.3 million and a 6% share between 8pm and 8.30pm, with a further 216,000 on Channel 4 +1.

Channel Five's Megastructures attracted 700,000 and a 3% share in the 8pm hour.

BBC1's drama New Tricks may have finished its sixth series last week with 7.7 million, but the show still managed to win the 9pm hour last night with the start of a repeat of the fifth run pulling in 5.3 million and a 25% share.

However, the BBC1 repeat allowed The Bill to perk up, gaining 4.1 million and a 19% share, up from 3.6 million last week.

BBC2's new series The Love of Money picked up 1.5 million and a 7% share in the 9pm hour.

Channel 4's new series Alone in the Wild drew 1.4 million and a 7% share in the same slot, with a further 82,000 on Channel 4 +1.

ITV2's What Katie Did Next picked up 1.3 million and a multichannel share of 6.3% over an hour from 9pm, beating Five which, in a change to the published schedule, aired movie repeat Out of Reach between 9pm and 10.40pm, with 600,000 and a 3% share. The Sexy Ads Show at 10.40pm gained 600,000 and a 5% share over 35 minutes on Five.



Source:guardian