'The Hour' calls time with 1.7m

Abi Morgan's The Hour concluded with more than 1.7m on Tuesday evening, while Channel 4's Seven Dwarves stayed popular, overnight audience data has revealed.

The Dominic West-starring drama appealed to 1.58m (6.8%) on BBC Two from 9pm and 107k (0.5%) on the BBC HD channel, down by around 800k on the series premiere last month.

Observational documentary Seven Dwarves, following seven dwarf actors living together during a pantomime season production of Snow White, averaged 2.36m (10.2%) for Channel 4 in the 9pm hour, roughly flat week-on-week, with 305k (1.7%) tuning in an hour later.

The programme proved too strong for Sally Wainwright's Unforgiven, which had 1.67m (7.3%) on ITV1 and 100k (0.5%) on +1. However, both shows were outperformed by Harry's Arctic Heroes, which captivated 4.41m (19.1%) on BBC One.

Wildlife Patrol entertained 2.38m (11.3%) on ITV1 from 7.30pm. BBC One's Holby City grabbed 5.3m (24.3%) in the 8pm hour, easily beating Cops With Cameras' 2.72m (12.4%) on ITV1 and 130k (0.6%) on timeshift.

BBC Two's repeat of Dragons' Den mustered 1.13m (5.6%) in the 7pm hour, before The Great British Bakeoff climbed to 3.07m (14.1%) in the 8pm slot. Mockumentary Twenty Twelve had 390k (1.9%) from 10pm

The Sex Education Show attracted 950k (4.3%) to Channel 4 from 8pm and 244k (1.1%) on +1. Drama Random had 300k (1.7%) from 10pm.

Channel 5's Mexican Food Made Easy cooked up 467k (2.2%) from 7.30pm, before Revealed uncovered 842k (3.9%) in the 8pm hour. CSI: Miami had 1.99m (8.6%) from 9pm, before Celebrity Big Brother stayed popular with 2.38m (12.8%) from 10pm.

Overall, BBC One won primetime with 23.8%, ahead of ITV1's modest 11.9% (+1: 0.5%). BBC Two came next with 7.8%, followed by Channel 5's 6.5% and Channel 4's 5.4% (+1: 1%).

Elsewhere, Francesco's Italy: From Top To Toe climbed to 749k (3.4%) on BBC Four in the 8pm hour, before The Art of Russia captivated 442k (1.9%) from 9pm.

Over at BBC Three, So What If My Baby Is Born Like Me? educated 511k (2.2%) in the 9pm slot, and Elijah Wood's dark comedy Wilfred amused 452k (2.7%) from 10.30pm.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional