TV
Bafta TV Awards audience down 1.3m
Published Monday, Apr 27 2009, 10:58 BST | By Dan French

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The Graham Norton-fronted event, which saw Harry Hill beat Jonathan Ross in the Best Entertainment Performance category, was seen by 1.3m fewer viewers than last year's ceremony.
2008's ceremony averaged 5.67m (21.2%) on April 20, while 5.06m (20.9%) tuned in the previous year on May 20, 2007.
BBC One's coverage, which aired between 8pm and 10pm, came top during the 9pm hour, but was beaten by ITV1's Heartbeat at 8pm, which took 5.67m (24%).
Also on ITV1, the penultimate visit to Hell's Kitchen put in 3.56m (14.7%) at 9pm.
Over on BBC Two, Top Gear interested 1.91m (8.1%) at 8pm. The audience then rose to a respectable 2.74m (11.9%) during Best: His Mother's Son, the Tom Payne drama which aired between 9pm and 10.30pm.
Come Dine With Me took 2.69m (11.4%) for Channel 4 at 8pm. 2.45m (10.2%) stayed with the channel for the 9pm transmission of The Secret Millionaire.
Five's film fest kicked off with The Man In The Iron Mask, which grabbed 1.1m (5.1%) between 6.30pm and 9pm. Blade followed, drawing 1.43m (7.2%) between 9pm and 11.15pm.
Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 19.3% to ITV1's 17%. BBC Two was third with 9.8%, followed by Channel 4's 8.6% (+1: 0.8%) and Five with 6.1%.
Elsewhere, Supernatural attracted 709k (3.2%) for ITV2 at 9pm, beating a Sky1 special, Lost: Story Of The Oceanic Six, which took a lowly 309k (1.4%).
Sky1's Fringe managed 473k (3%) during the 10pm hour.
Ratings data supplied by Attentional
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