New 'Buzzcocks' launches to 1.9 million

A new series of Never Mind The Buzzcocks opened to 1.86m (8.4%) for BBC Two at 9.30pm on Thursday.

The new run - the 23rd series of the music panel quiz - is being fronted by a series of guest presenters after former host Simon Amstell quit. The first episode, which had James Corden in the chair, was down around 360k on the previous series' opener and around 400k on the previous series' average.

Earlier on the channel, a double bill of MasterChef: The Professionals put in 2.75m (12%) and 3.12m (13.8%) from 8pm.

The concluding half of BBC One documentary The Secret Life Of Twins interested 3.05m (13.7%) in the 9pm hour. It followed on from Watchdog, which averaged 3.22m (14%) in the 8pm hour.

ITV1's The Bill logged a slot-winning 4.24m (19.1%) at 9pm.

On Channel 4, Location, Location, Location interested 1.96m (8.5%) at 8pm, then Captive For 18 Years: The Jaycee Lee Story - a documentary about a girl held captive by a sex offender for almost two decades - had 2.46m (11.1%) and 537k (3.5%) on timeshift.

An episode of CSI - a crossover with Without A Trace - brought in 1.48m (9.1%) at 10pm, then the linked episode followed with 1.02m (11%).

Five's live Uefa Cup coverage of Celtic playing Austrian team Rapid Vienna averaged 1.1m (5%) between 7.30pm and 10.20pm.

Overall, ITV1 led primetime with an average share of 23.6% to BBC One's 19.8%. Channel 4 was third with 8.2% (+1: 1.2%), followed by BBC Two with 9% and Five with 4.3%.

What Katie Did Next was the most-watched multichannel programme of the day, averaging 1.05m (5%) for ITV2 in the 9pm hour and 241k (1.6%) on timeshift.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional