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'Secret Millionaire' audience climbs 800k

Published Monday, Mar 30 2009, 11:14 BST | By Dan French
'Secret Millionaire' audience climbs 800k
The second episode of Secret Millionaire pulled in 800,000 more viewers than the first, overnight ratings figures suggest.

Last night's show - featuring multimillionaire scrap-metal merchant Gary Eastwood - drew 3.25m (12.5%) for Channel 4 during the 9pm hour. A further 289k (1.7%) watched the show on Channel 4+1.

Earlier, at 8pm, Come Dine With Me pulled in 2.56m (9.9%) for the channel.

Over on BBC One, 4.62m (17.9%) tuned in for Antiques Roadshow at 8pm. The audience then dropped to 3.45m (13.3%) during the third episode of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Lewis continued to perform well for ITV1, averaging 6.37m (24.6%) for the channel between 8pm and 10pm.

The last episode of BBC Two's Yellowstone was seen by 3.67m (14.3%), then the final instalment of Monty Hall's Great Escape pulled in 2.63m (10.1%).

Five's transmission of the 2004 comedy White Chicks delivered 1.4m (5.5%) between 8pm and 10.15pm.

Overall, ITV1 dominated primetime with an average share of 24.1% to BBC One's 15.5%. BBC Two was third with 10.1%, followed by Channel 4 with 8.9% (+1: 1%) and Five with 5.5%.

Elsewhere, the new episode of Lost pulled in 675k (2.9%) for Sky1 at 9pm, beating ITV2's Supernatural, which took 568k (2.4%).

Ratings data supplied by Attentional

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