'This Is England '86' debuts to over 2.6m

Channel 4's new drama This Is England '86 premiered to more than 2.6 million viewers on Tuesday evening, according to overnight figures.

The four-part mini-series, which is based on the characters in Shane Meadows's film This Is England, debuted to 2.66m (14.9%) on Channel 4 from 10pm. A further 326k (3.6%) watched the drama on Channel 4 +1.

On BBC One, Motorway Cops grabbed 4.41m (19%) in the 9pm hour, beating Help I Caught It Abroad 2, which mustered just 2.34m (10.1%) on ITV1.

New Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? appealed to 3.04m (13%) on ITV1 in the 8pm hour, but it was outperformed by BBC One's Holby City, which took 5.41m (23.1%).

The One Show averaged 3.6m (18.4%) on BBC One between 7pm and 7.30pm, down 490k week-on-week.

Coast appealed to 1.81m (8.6%) on BBC Two in the 7pm hour, before factual entertainment series The Great British Bake Off took 2.27m (9.7%).

Also on BBC Two, The Big School Lottery mustered 870k (3.7%) in the 9pm hour. It was followed by live coverage of the Mercury Music Prize 2010, which appealed to 460k (2.3%).

On Channel 4, Help! My House Is Falling Down brought in 1.84m (7.8%) in the 8pm hour and 225k (1%) on timeshift. Ultimate Big Brother grabbed 2.17m (9.4%) from 9pm and an impressive 483k (2.8%) on Channel 4 +1.

Zoo Days pulled in 412k (1.9%) on Five from 7.30pm, before Natureshock: India's Silent Killer took 881k (3.8%). CSI: Miami and CSI: NY grabbed respective audiences of 2.29m (9.9%) and 1.35m (7.4%) on the channel from 9pm.

BBC One dominated primetime with 22.6% against ITV1's 12.9% (HD: 0.3%). Channel 4 came in third with 8.6% (+1: 1.1%), followed by BBC Two with 6.5% and Five with 5.6%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional