Marcus's BB eviction brings in 2.4 million

Around 2.4 million tuned in to see Marcus Akin become the eleventh housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house on Friday night.

According to early figures, the eviction of Akin - dubbed 'Wolverine' because of his unusual facial hair - averaged 2.36m (15.6%) for Channel 4 at 10.35pm. The earlier highlights show pulled in 2.27m (11%) in the 9pm hour, while E4's Big Brother's Big Mouth followed the eviction show with a decent 356k (4%).

Elsewhere, ITV1 had a poor showing for its live coverage of the UEFA Super Cup game between Barcelona and Shakhtar Donetsk. Overall, the match averaged just 1.82m (9.3%) between 7.30pm and 10.40pm.

BBC One's Inspector George Gently had a respectable 4.61m (22.7%) over 90 minutes from 8.30pm.

The Tudors logged 1.72m (9.5%) for BBC Two between 9pm and 10.30pm, a fall of over 400k on the previous week's opener.

In the 8pm hour, Mastermind brought in 2.21m (10.9%) to the channel, then Gardeners' World kept 1.98m (9.9%) until 9pm. C4's A Place In The Sun: Home Or USA? put in 1.41m (7%) for the hour, while on Five, You're Nicked! took 1.16m (5.8%).

Later on Five, NCIS interested 1.23m (6%) then Law & Order: Criminal Intent maintained 1.24m (7%). CSI: Miami closed off prime with 488k (4.7%) in the 11pm hour.

Overall, BBC One led primetime on Friday with an average audience share of 24.8%. ITV1 was down to a disappointing 11.7%, while Channel 4 took third place with 8.2% (+1: 0.7%). BBC Two had 8.7% and Five finished last with 5.1%.

Elsewhere, ITV2's reruns of the first week of The X Factor proved popular in multichannel homes. A repeat of the ITV1 show put in 437k (2.8%) from 6.30pm, with a further 201k (1.1%) on timeshift, then at 8pm, The Xtra Factor improved the audience to 507k (2.8%). The ITV2+1 screening had 187k (1%) from 9pm.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional