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Latest 'Big Brother' attracts 1.7 million
Published Monday, Jun 29 2009, 10:55 BST | By Dan French

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The equivalent episode from the last series, which aired on Sunday, June 29, 2008, was seen by 2.48m (9.5%), representing a decline of 33% year-on-year.
Earlier on Channel 4, the fourth episode of Wife Swap drew 1.33m (5.8%).
Over on BBC One, the latest episode of Alex Kingston-fronted Hope Springs pulled in 3.07m (13.4%) at 8pm, a drop of 2.82m from the first episode. Casualty 1909 followed, averaging 3.05m (13.4%).
Top Gear logged 6.17m (26.8%) for BBC Two during the 8pm hour, making it the most-watched show during its timeslot. The channel's audience then dropped to 2.56m (11.3%) during the 9pm screening of new documentary series On Thin Ice.
Kingdom put in a strong 4.83m (21.2%) at 9pm, helping ITV1 to first place during the hour. Earlier, the first in a new three-part series, The Secret Caribbean With Trevor McDonald, was seen by 3.96m (17.2%).
The second part of Five's Among The Apes interested 507k (2.2%) during the 8pm hour, then action-comedy Bulletproof, starring Adam Sandler, averaged 1.27m (6.1%) between 9pm and 10.45pm.
Overall, ITV1 came top during primetime with an average share of 18.1% to BBC One's 16.6%. BBC Two was third with 14.1%, followed by Channel 4 with 5.7% (+1: 0.9%) and Five's 4.6%.
Elsewhere, a new episode of Family Guy put in 713k (4%) for BBC Three at 10pm. American Dad! followed at 10.35pm, drawing 555k (3.8%).
Sky1's screening of the latest House episode managed 568k (2.7%) during the 9pm hour.
BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
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