Fry's 'Kingdom' pulls 8.2m for ITV

ITV drama Kingdom proved an instant hit for the broadcaster last night, attracting 8.2 million viewers and a 34% audience share.

The six-part drama, which stars Stephen Fry as a Norfolk solicitor, has already been recommissioned for a second series.

BBC One's Superstorm could not compete, managing just 3 million viewers, a 12% share, down from last week's 3.8 million and 16% share.

Castaway's move from 9pm to 6pm added 100,000 viewers from last week, taking it up to 2.2 million, a 13% share.

Kingdom followed the 7.9 million who watched The Royal at 8pm on ITV, and kept viewers on the channel for first part of This Is David Gest, the fly-on-the-wall series about the reality TV star, pulling in 2.5 million and a 16% share at 10.15pm.

ITV1's soaps also did well with Emmerdale managing 6.3 million at 7pm and Coronation Street 9.4 million at 7.30pm.

Channel 4's Wife Swap at 8pm had 2.7 million viewers and a 12% share, an increase of 300,000 from last week, and Superskinny Me: the Race to Size Double Zero at 9pm took 2.6 million viewers, and a 11% share.

The Best of Top Gear pulled in 2.7 million viewers and a 12% share at 8pm for BBC Two, and Grey's Anatomy on Five had 900,000 viewers and a 4% share at 9pm.