Brit Awards pick up viewers for ITV1

Best song winners Take That

More than 6m viewers watched the Brit Awards on ITV1 last night - up 800,000 on last year.

The ceremony from 8-10pm attracted an audience of 6.1m, or a 24% share, according to early viewing figures, to lead the night by some way.

Sky Cops brought 3.6m (15%) to BBC One at 8pm then Crimewatch took 4m (16%) from 9pm.

Channel 4 drew 2.7m (11%) for Relocation, Relocation at 8pm then equalled BBC One with 4m watching Grand Designs at 9pm. On BBC Two Bill Oddie's Wild Side attracted 1.9m (8%) at 8pm followed by 2.8m (11%) for Masterchef. At 9pm Torchwood held the 2.8m (11%) figure.

Five trailed with Ice Road Truckers attracting 1.7m (7%) at 8pm and 1.1m (5%) watching Extraordinary People: The Boys Joined at the Head at 9pm.

Earlier, Emmerdale led the channels at 7pm with 7.7m (36% ).

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