Brand's 'Big Ass Show' returns to 402k

Katy Brand's Big Ass Show made a decent return to ITV2 last night, according to early figures.

The 10pm show, which mocked celebrities including Lady GaGa, Jennifer Aniston and Lily Allen, pulled in 402k (2.3%), with a further 100k (1.1%) tuning in on ITV2+1.

Earlier on ITV2, What Katie Did Next maintained a strong audience, pulling in 1.27m (6.3%) during the 9pm hour and making it the most-watched show on the multichannel stations.

Elsewhere, the return of BBC One's Watchdog - fronted by Anne Robinson - was seen by 4.47m (20.9%) during the 8pm hour. A repeat of New Tricks followed, bringing in 5.32m (24.5%) and winning the timeslot.

The Frankincense Trail managed 2.04m (9.5%) for BBC Two at 8pm, then 1.46m (6.7%) watched The Love Of Money at 9pm.

The Bill continued to improve, averaging 4.05m (18.7%) for ITV1 in the 9pm slot.

Channel 4's half-hour How Clean Is Your House? had 1.26m (6.1%) at 8pm, then 690k (3.1%) watched the penultimate episode of Dolce Vito - Dream Restaurant at 8.30pm. Alone In The Wild followed at 9pm, pulling in 1.46m (6.8%). Later, at 10pm, returned to 1.15m (7.5%).

Over on Five, 702k (3.3%) tuned in for Megastructures: Built From Disaster during the 8pm hour, then Out Of Reach logged 624k (3.1%) between 9pm and 10.45pm.

Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 24% to ITV1's 22.9%. BBC Two was third with 7.7%, followed by Channel 4 with 5.5% (+1: 0.7%) and Five's 3%.