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Although the channel steadily lost viewers as the night wore on, it still kept ahead of all of its rivals. My Family kicked off the block with 6.49 million viewers, a 29.8% audience share, at 8.30pm, before Have I Got News For You returned to 5.69m (25.3%). The Smith & Jones sketchbook premiered with 4.28m (20.3%) at 9.30pm.
ITV1 drew a respectable 4.76m (21.5%) for the celebratory documentary The Girl Who Would Be Queen between 8.30pm and 9.30pm, although viewers were less interested in The Unforgettable Eric Morecambe (3.29m, 16.1%) an hour later.
BBC Two managed to take most of the spoils with a largely humourless lineup, beginning in the 8pm hour with 2.94m (13.8%) for Gardeners' World against Tiger Attack (0.82m, 3.8%) on Five and a Will & Grace double (0.78m, 3.7%) on C4. At 9, The Mystery of the Headless Romans appealed to 2.37m (10.7%), although Green Wing had a decent enough 1.6m (7.4%) for C4. Five's docu The 1970s: That Was The Decade That Was had 1.09m (5%) for last place.
Coronation Street (9.39m, 49.3%) was first for the day overall, just edging ahead of EastEnders (9.18m, 44.1%). Emmerdale took its usual third with 7.1m (41.1%).
ITV2 had a strong night in multichannel homes, led by 560,000 for the latest American Idol. E4's Supernanny repeat had a sizeable 337,000 at 9pm, with an extra 130,000 via timeshift, ahead of Friday night movie Ghostbusters 2 (246,000 + 81,000).
BBC Three began with 173,000 for The Real Hustle, peaking with 454,000 for a Doctor Who repeat at 9.
