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The show, which featured guests Michael Palin, Diana Rigg and David Frost, pulled in an average 2.5 million viewers and a 17.5% audience share over its 65-minute slot at 10.35pm.
However, the veteran chat show host could not beat BBC One's Match of the Day which took 3.3 million and a 23.2% share from 10.30pm.
Earlier in the evening, ITV1 had the edge in peak with The X Factor attracting 7 million viewers and a 42.4% share at 6.20pm and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway managing 6.6 million viewers and a 33.4% at 7.20pm.
BBC One's Casualty grabbed 5.3 million and a 24.8% share at 8.05pm, just above ITV1's celebrity version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? at 8.35pm, which managed 5.2 million and 24.9%.
Celebrity cooking show Hell's Kitchen served up 3.8 million and a 19.8% share for ITV1 at 9.35pm, with a BBC One repeat of The Vicar of Dibley managing 3.5 million and a 18.1% share at 9.40pm.
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