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2.6m watch Derren Brown's Lotto prediction

Published Friday, Sep 11 2009, 09:46 BST | By Dan French
2.6m watch Derren Brown's Lotto prediction

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Derren Brown: The Event Live pulled in a decent audience for Channel 4 on Wednesday night, according to the latest figures.

The show, which aired at 10.35pm - the same time as BBC One's National Lottery draw - saw Brown correctly guess Wednesday's Lotto numbers before they were drawn and attracted 2.64m (17.2%). A further 109k (1.5%) tuned in on timeshift.

Earlier on Channel 4, Location, Location, Location logged 2.16m (9.7%) during the 8pm hour, then 1.37m (6.5%) tuned in for a repeat of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA between 9pm and 10.35pm.

Over on BBC One, 2.64m (11.9%) watched Trawlermen at 8pm, then Motorway Cops took 3.55m (15.8%) during the 9pm hour.

Economy Gastronomy managed 1.6m (7.2%) at 8pm, then The Last Days Of Lehman Brothers had 1.02m (7.2%) at 9pm.

A repeat of Five's World War One In Colour grabbed a lowly 489k (2.2%) at 8pm. Michael Douglas movie A Perfect Murder followed, averaging 946k (5%) between 9pm and 11.15pm.

ITV1's live coverage of England's game against Croatia, which aired between 7.30pm and 10.15pm, was seen by 7.85m (36.4%).

Overall, ITV1 dominated primetime with an average share of 31.9% to BBC One's 16.6%. Channel 4 was third with 7.7% (+1: 0.9%), followed by BBC Two with 6% and Five's 3.6%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional

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