'Rob Brydon Show' pips Alan Carr's 'Chatty Man'

Rob Brydon's talkshow was more popular than Alan Carr's on Friday night, but could not match its first series opener, according to the latest overnight data.

BBC Two's The Rob Brydon Show premiered with 1.61m (8.3%) between 10pm and 10.30pm, clashing with Alan Carr: Chatty Man which averaged 1.4m (7%) between 9.30pm and 10.30pm (+1: 229k).

BBC One's My Family rallied to 3.99m (19.1%) at 9pm, after which another repeat of Miranda fetched 3.75m (18%).

The One Show also improved to 3.09m (16.5%) at 7pm, before 2.66m (13.4%) chose The Good Cook at 7.30pm and A Question of Sport quizzed 2.62m (11.8%) at 8.30pm.

Over on BBC Two, coverage of the RHS Flower Show interested 1.81m (8.5%) at 8pm, then Gardeners' World had 2.02m (9.1%). Viewers stuck to the channel for The Golden Age of Canals, which took 2.06m (9.9%).

For ITV1, Love Your Garden mustered 2.83m (13.3%) at 8pm (+1: 126k), and a rerun of Phil Collins: One Night Only dazzled 2.49m (11.9%) from 9pm (+1: 143k).

Channel 4's Come Dine with Me entertained 1.25m (5.8%) in the 8pm hour (+1: 408k), then 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.51m (7.2%) and 251k on timeshift.

Elsewhere, Danger: Daggers at Work steadied with 947k (4.3%) for Channel 5 at 8pm, Castle gripped 1.05m (5%) at 9pm, and The Mentalist logged 708k (3.9%) at 10pm.

Overall, ITV1 claimed primetime with 19.8% (+1: 0.6%), ahead of BBC One's 19.4%, BBC Two's 8.2%, Channel 4's 5.6% (+1: 1.2%), and Channel 5's 4.6%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional