7.8m see Sam Fox evicted from 'Celeb'

An impressive 7.84m (35%) tuned in on Friday night to see Sam Fox become the third celebrity to be evicted from the jungle.

The figure for I'm A Celebrity, which was shown between 9pm and 10.30pm, was almost exactly on par with the 7.85m (32%) for the previous night's show. ITV2's spinoff show pulled in 481k (3.4%) in the following hour.

Earlier on ITV1, a Tonight report about recycling unwanted furniture appealed to 3.56m (16.5%).

On BBC One, A Question of Sport had 3.35m (14.8%) at 8.30pm, then half an hour later, Have I Got News For You - this week guest hosted by Alexander Armstrong - took 5.18m (22.2%). The audience then dropped to 3.53m (15.5%) for the last episode of The Armstrong & Miller Show.

A special edition of Gardeners' World, titled 'Women and Gardening', interested 1.91m (8.7%) for BBC Two in the 8pm hour, then new documentary series We Are Family - about complicated issues within four families - launched to 1.05m (4.6%). The third episode of Beautiful People followed with 710k (3.4%) at 10pm.

A repeat of Embarrassing Old Bodies brought in 1.03m (4.7%) to Channel 4 in the 8pm hour, then a replay of reality TV spoof Peter Kay's Britain's Got An Extra Pop Factor and Then Some 2 + 1 had 990k (4.3%) from 9pm.

Axe Men took 619k (2.8%) for Five at 8pm, then episodes of NCIS and Law & Order: SVU grabbed 1.18m (5.1%) and 996k (5.1%) respectively. A rerun of FlashForward had 304k (2.6%) in the 11pm hour.

ITV1 comfortably led primetime overall with an average share of 31.6% to BBC One's 21.7%. BBC Two was third with 5.8&, followed by Channel 4 with 3.8% (+1: 0.5%) and Five with 3.6%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional