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BBC's Night Manager steals further ahead as ITV's Doctor Thorne slides | BBC's Night Manager steals further ahead as ITV's Doctor Thorne slides |
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BBC1’s The Night Manager pulled further away from Julian Fellowes’ Doctor Thorne with double the ITV drama’s audience on Sunday. | BBC1’s The Night Manager pulled further away from Julian Fellowes’ Doctor Thorne with double the ITV drama’s audience on Sunday. |
The Night Manager attracted 6 million viewers, a 27.2% share, from 9pm, while Doctor Thorne drew 3 million viewers (13.5%) at the same time on ITV, down about a quarter from the 3.8 million (17%) who watched its debut last week. | The Night Manager attracted 6 million viewers, a 27.2% share, from 9pm, while Doctor Thorne drew 3 million viewers (13.5%) at the same time on ITV, down about a quarter from the 3.8 million (17%) who watched its debut last week. |
Doctor Thorne has been touted as the new Downton Abbey in the battle to win viewers as they settle down for their weekly dose of Sunday night costume drama. | Doctor Thorne has been touted as the new Downton Abbey in the battle to win viewers as they settle down for their weekly dose of Sunday night costume drama. |
There was another one to choose from last night with the return of Julie Walters in Channel 4’s Indian Summers, which picked up 1.3 million viewers, a 6% share, also from 9pm. | There was another one to choose from last night with the return of Julie Walters in Channel 4’s Indian Summers, which picked up 1.3 million viewers, a 6% share, also from 9pm. |
But neither show managed to bag the biggest audience of the night – that accolade went to BBC1’s Countryfile, with 6.9 million viewers, a 33.8% share, from 7pm. | But neither show managed to bag the biggest audience of the night – that accolade went to BBC1’s Countryfile, with 6.9 million viewers, a 33.8% share, from 7pm. |
Vanishing trick | Vanishing trick |
ITV’s new supernatural drama Houdini & Doyle – starring Stephen Mangan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Michael Weston as Harry Houdini in the world’s least likely crime-busting duo – debuted with 912,000 viewers, a 7.1% share after the news at 10.15pm. | ITV’s new supernatural drama Houdini & Doyle – starring Stephen Mangan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Michael Weston as Harry Houdini in the world’s least likely crime-busting duo – debuted with 912,000 viewers, a 7.1% share after the news at 10.15pm. |
The drama was down 5.7% on the slot’s three-month slot average. After the one-off free-to-air showing, the rest of Houdini & Doyle will be shown on ITV Encore. | The drama was down 5.7% on the slot’s three-month slot average. After the one-off free-to-air showing, the rest of Houdini & Doyle will be shown on ITV Encore. |
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