Ratings Roundup: 'School Dinners' still high

Jamie's School Dinners continued to pull in the punters on Wednesday night, according to early ratings figures.

An average of 4.62 million viewers - a 19.8% share of the available audience - tuned in for episode three, shown on Channel 4 at 9pm.

Only ITV1's Life Begins could manage to top it in the timeslot, with an average of 6.47 million (27.7%). BBC One's Prison Undercover: The Real Story had a disappointing 2.56 million (11%) over the same period.

In the preceding hour, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy ruled the roost, drawing in 6.7 million (28%) for BBC One. As a result, ITV1's The Bill shed almost 2 million viewers to average 5.96 million (24.9%).

Elsewhere, BBC Two's The Apprentice built its audience yet again to 2.28 million (9.8%) at 9pm while on C4 at 10pm, Desperate Housewives had a steady 3.65 million (19.4%). The Fame Academy results show maintained 5.34 million (31.9%) at 10.40pm.

Multichannel's top draw was Sky Sports 1's coverage of the UEFA clash between Arsenal and Bayern Munich, which averaged 667,000 (4.6%) between 6pm and 10.30pm.

BBC Three's Comic Relief Does Fame Academy had an admirable 482,000 (5.7%) at 11pm, providing a strong inheritance for Destination Three half an hour later. The five-minute 'links' show sustained 525,000 (7.8%); enough to secure it fourth place in the day's multichannel rankings.

Sky Sports 2's UEFA game between Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool pulled in an average of 369,000 (2.6%) from 6pm, marginally more than the 335,000 (2.1%) who tuned in for Sky One's Braniac repeat in the 8pm hour.

Hallmark's Law and Order: Special Victims Unit had 253,000 (1.9%) at 10pm, while on E4 an hour earlier, Point Pleasant continued to flounder with 102,000 (0.6%).

Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com