Raw data: Friday's news ratings

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 Friday, April 8 follows.

Terrestrials: Breakfast

BBC One
Breakfast (6am - 9.15am): 1.17 million (29.1%)

ITV1
GMTV Newshour (6am - 7am): 624,000 (38.8%)
GMTV Today (7am - 8.35am): 1.43 million (31.4%)

Terrestrials: Daytime

BBC Two
The Daily Politics (12pm - 12.30pm): 340,000 (4.9%)

ITV1
Lunchtime News (12.30pm - 1pm): 1.92 million (25.9%)

Channel 4
News at Noon (12pm - 12.30pm): 505,000 (7.2%)

Five
The Wright Stuff (9am - 10am): 319,000 (4.3%)
Five News at Noon (12pm - 12.30pm): 349,000 (5%)

Terrestrials: Evening/Primetime

BBC One
Six O'Clock News (6pm - 6.30pm): 5.08 million (28.2%)
Regional News (6.30pm - 7pm): 6.04 million (31.8%)
Funeral of Pope John-Paul II (7.30pm - 8pm): 2.74 million (12.9%)
Ten O'Clock News (10pm - 10.35pm): 5.57 million (27.5%)

BBC Two
Newsnight (10.30pm - 11pm): 1.18 million (7%)
Newsnight Review (11pm - 11.35pm): 954,000 (7.4%)

ITV1
Regional News (6pm - 6.30pm): 3.72 million (20.7%)
Early Evening News (6.30pm - 7pm): 4.72 million (24.9%)
Tonight With Trevor McDonald (8pm - 8.30pm): 3.79 million (17.2%)
ITV Weekend News (10.30pm - 11pm): 3.52 million (20.3%)

Channel 4
Channel 4 News (7pm - 7.30pm): 925,000 (4.6%)

Five
Five News (5.30pm - 6pm): 573,000 (3.9%)
Five News (7pm - 7.30pm): 254,000 (1.3%)

News Channels: Daytime

News 24's coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II proved the most popular, with audiences of 168,000 (3.2%) and 190,000 (3.72%) in the 10am and 11am hours respectively. Sky News came a close second with an average of 154,000 (3.04%) between 10am and 1pm.

News channels: Primetime

7pm - 8pm
Sky News: 32,000 (0.24%)
News 24: 40,000 (0.30%)

8pm - 9pm
Sky News: 28,000 (0.19%)
News 24: 42,000 (0.29%)

9pm - 10pm
Sky News: 44,000 (0.30%)
News 24: 53,000 (0.35%)

10pm - 11pm
Sky News: 47,000 (0.36%)
News 24: 29,000 (0.23%)

Ratings data supplied by ViewingFigures.com