'Celebrity Juice' scores all-time high

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Leigh Francis aka Keith Lemon

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Comedy panel show Celebrity Juice scored its highest ever audience on Thursday evening, while The Shadow Line again lost viewers, according to the latest audience data.

Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice amused 1.74m (9.4%) on ITV2 from 10pm, up almost 200k week-on-week. The show had a further 236k (2.3%) on ITV2+1.

Noir thriller The Shadow Line averaged 1.6m (7.1%) for BBC Two in the 10pm hour and 116k (0.5%) on BBC HD, down 380k week-on-week overall. Spooky comedy Psychoville scared 740k (3.8%) afterwards from 10pm, also down 250k on last week's episode.

Earlier, Tonight fetched 3.47m (17.5%) on ITV1 from 7.30pm, while Watchdog had 4.49m (20.8%) on BBC One in the 8pm hour. New series Inside The Human Body opened with 3.47m (15.4%) on BBC One in the 9pm hour, but lost out to Long Lost Family's 4.72m (20.9%) on ITV1 and 247k (1.4%) on +1. Later, Question Time quizzed 2.92m (23.6%) on BBC One from 10.45pm.

B&B reality series Three in a Bed booked in 1.3m (6%) on Channel 4 in the 8pm hour and 334k (1.5%) on +1. Documentary Hunting Britain's Most Wanted had 1.65m (7.3%) in the 9pm hour and 420k (2.4%) on timeshift. Highlights programme Comedy Gala: Best Bits amused 820k (4.8%) from 10pm and 126k (1.4%) an hour later.

Over at BBC Two, The Culture Show enchanted 510k (2.7%) in the 7pm hour, before Business Nightmares with Evan Davis fetched 870k (4%) from 8pm.

Channel 5's Zoo Days grabbed 308k (1.5%) from 7.30pm, before Emergency Bikers pulled in 808k (3.8%) in the 8pm hour. Extreme Fishing with Robson Green caught 1.15m (5.1%) from 9pm, while Impossible took 399k (2.3%) from 10pm, down 400k week-on-week.

Overall, ITV1 edged primetime with 23.2% (+1: 0.7%) against BBC One's 22.2%. Channel 4 ranked third with 5.4% (+1: 1.2%), ahead of BBC Two's 4.4% and Channel 5's 3.3%.

Elsewhere, Peter Andre: The Next Chapter entertained 801k (3.5%) on ITV2 in the 9pm hour and 178k (1%) on timeshift.

A303: Highway to the Sun fetched 668k (3%) on BBC Four in the 9pm hour. Russell Howard Live: Dingledodies amused 651k (4.9%) on BBC Three from 10.30pm.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
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