Noirin's BB eviction seen by 2.5 million

Noirin's eviction from the Big Brother house was seen by 2.48m (12.1%) at 9pm on Friday, according to the latest ratings figures.

Her half-hour interview with Davina McCall then brought in 2.42m (15.5%) for Channel 4 at 10.35pm.

Also on Channel 4, a new series of The Kevin Bishop Show opened to 1.79m (9.3%) at 10pm, and the 8pm screening of A Place In The Sun: Home Or USA grabbed 1.22m (5.9%).

ITV1's Airline pulled in 3.06m (15.2%) between 8pm and 8.30pm, then 4.12m (20%) tuned in for Doc Martin at 9pm.

BBC One's Traffic Cops interested 2.83m (13.6%) at 8.30pm, then the latest episode of Hotel Babylon put in 3.11m (15.1%) in the 9pm hour.

Over on BBC Two, Gardeners' World attracted 1.85m (9%) during the 8pm hour. The audience then fell to 737k (3.6%) during the 9pm screening of Classic Goldie.

NCIS put in 1.49m (7.2%) for Five at 9pm. Earlier, the 8pm Police Interceptors managed 881k (4.3%).

Overall, ITV1 came top during primetime with an average share of 23.5% to BBC One's 19.3%. Channel 4 was third with 8.3% (+1: 0.6%), followed by Five with 6.1% and BBC Two with 5.9%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional