Planet Dinosaur out-roared by live football

Lavish new BBC series Planet Dinosaur launched with 3.8m on Wednesday night, but lost out to live Champions League football on ITV1, the latest audience data has revealed.

Planet Dinosaur, a new programme using the latest technology to bring recent dinosaur discoveries to life, captivated 3.84m (16%) on BBC One from 8.30pm. Afterwards, Alan Carr's turn on Who Do You Think You Are? mustered 4.81m (20%).

However, both shows were hit by the tough competition of coverage of Manchester United's draw against Benfica, which had 5.15m (22.2%) on ITV1 between 7.30pm and 10pm.

Escape to the Country appealed to 1.55m (7.7%) on BBC Two in the 7pm hour, before Natural World revved up 1.52m (6.4%) from 8pm. Horizon captivated 880k (3.7%) from 9pm and Have I Got Old News For You had 1.1m (5.8%) from 10pm.

Channel 4's Location, Location, Location located 2.31m (9.8%) in the 8pm hour and 222k (0.9%) on +1. The 11th series of Grand Designs launched with a healthy 2.75m (11.4%) and 398k (2.4%) on timeshift. Paralympics show Best of British had 450k (2.7%) from 10pm

Highland Emergency took 867k (4.2%) on Channel 5 from 7.30pm, before Emergency Bikers fetched 1.38m (5.8%) in the 8pm slot. Law & Order: Criminal Intent had 1.07m (4.5%) from 9pm.

Big Brother continued on Channel 5 with 1.43m (8.6%) in the 10pm hour, and Big Brother's Bit On The Side entertained 146k (1.7%) on 5* from 11pm.

Overall, ITV1 edged primetime with 20.5% (+1: 0.3%) against BBC One's 20%. Channel 4 came in third with 7.4% (+1: 0.9%), followed by BBC Two with 5.7% and Channel 5's with 5.1%.

Elsewhere, The Glee Project entertained 336k (1.4%) on Sky1 in the 8pm hour, and Mount Pleasant amused 354k (1.5%) from 9pm.

Benidorm pulled in 695k (2.9%) on ITV2 from 9pm and 108k (0.6%) on +1. Afterwards, Ghosthunting with The Only Way Is Essex spooked 444k (3.1%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional