Each day during the election campaign, Digital Spy will be tracking the performance of the major news broadcasters. Check in daily for a roundup of the latest ratings for the terrestrial news programmes and the rolling news channels.

Overnight data for Wednesday, April 6 follows.

Terrestrials: Breakfast

BBC One
Breakfast (6am - 9.15am): 856,000 (23.8%)

ITV1
GMTV Newshour (6am - 7am): 611,000 (39.8%)
GMTV Today (7am - 8.35am): 1.39 million (32.8%)

Terrestrials: Daytime

BBC One
One O'Clock News (1pm - 1.40pm): 2.97 million (40.3%)

BBC Two
The Daily Politics (11am - 1pm): 329,000 (5.6%)

ITV1
Lunchtime News (12.30pm - 1pm): 1.37 million (20.1%)

Channel 4
News at Noon (1pm - 12.30pm): 288,000 (4.8%)

Five
The Wright Stuff (9am - 10am): 214,000 (4.1%)
Five News at Noon (12pm - 12.30pm): 91,000 (1.5%)

Terrestrials: Evening/Primetime

BBC One
Six O'Clock News (6pm - 6.30pm): 4.31 million (25.2%)
Regional News (6.30pm - 7pm): 5.7 million (30.6%)
Ten O'Clock News (10pm - 10.35pm): 5.12 million (24.5%)
Question Time (10.40pm - 11.40pm): 2.2 million (16.8%)

BBC Two
Newsnight (10.30pm - 11.20pm): 996,000 (6.5%)

ITV1
Regional News (6pm - 6.30pm): 3.74 million (21.9%)
Early Evening News (6.30pm - 7pm): 4.74 million (25.4%)
Evening News (10.30pm - 11pm): 2.67 million (15.7%)

Channel 4
Channel 4 News (7pm - 7.55pm): 842,000 (4%)

Five
Five News (5.30pm - 6pm): 533,000 (3.9%)
Five News (7pm - 7.15pm): 260,000 (1.3%)

News Channels: Daytime

On day two of the campaign, News 24 was on top for the most part, with a peak audience of 74,000 (0.94%) in the 5pm hour. Sky News' Live at Five held 55,000 (0.57%) between 5pm and 7pm. Coverage of the Blair-Brown press conference pulled in 44,000 (0.91%) to News 24 in the 1pm hour and 36,000 (0.74%) to Sky News between 1pm and 2.30pm.

News channels: Primetime

7pm - 8pm
Sky News: 42,000 (0.31%)
News 24: 33,000 (0.24%)

8pm - 9pm
Sky News: 19,000 (0.12%)
News 24: 30,000 (0.19%)

9pm - 10pm
Sky News: 18,000 (0.11%)
News 24: 36,000 (0.22%)

10pm - 11pm
Sky News: 38,000 (0.29%)
News 24: 22,000 (0.17%)

Sky Sports News managed an average of 100,000 viewers (0.65%) between 7pm and 10pm.

Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com