1.9 million see naked Angel on BB

Last night's Big Brother highlights show drew an average of 1.88m (11.5%) for Channel 4, early figures suggest.

The programme, which featured a clip of Angel skinny dipping in the pool, is down around 1.15m on the equivalent show from last year. It drew 3.03m (17.5%) on June 18, 2008.

Earlier on the channel, at 9pm, the final episode of Embarrassing Bodies pulled in 3.06m (14.1%).

The second instalment of BBC One's Occupation, starring James Nesbitt and Stephen Graham, managed 3.23m (14.9%), down 1.16m on the opening episode. BBC Two documentary The Price Of Life took 810k (3.7%), while Spain: Paradise Lost had 4.28m (19.8%) for ITV1, putting the channel in first place for the hour.

Five's Clint Eastwood Western A Fistful Of Dollars averaged 1.58m (8.2%) between 9pm and 11.15pm.

The Bill came top during the 8pm hour, logging 5.27m (24.6%) for ITV1. 3.91m (18.2%) tuned in for BBC One's Celebrity Masterchef, and River Cottage put in 2.18m (10.2%) for Channel 4.

BBC Two's Springwatch Holidays With Martin Hughes-Games managed 1.84m (8.6%), while 1.07m (5%) watched Five's new series of Megastructures.

Overall, ITV1 came top during primetime with an average share of 23.9% to BBC One's 17.6%. Channel 4 was third with 10.1% (+1: 1.2%), followed by Five's 5.8% and BBC Two with 5.4%.

Elsewhere, Martina Cole's The Take had a strong debut for Sky1, drawing 648k (3.3%) at 9pm. The second instalment then had 674k (4.2%) during the 10pm hour.

ITV2's screening of the latest Gossip Girl episode grabbed 143k (0.7%) at 8pm.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional