Lady Sov's Celeb BB eviction draws 2.9m

Last night's surprise eviction on Celebrity Big Brother performed well for Channel 4, early viewing figures show.

The first of two shows, which showed highlights from the previous 24 hours, pulled in 2.09m (7.9%) during the 8pm hour. The 10.20pm show, which saw Lady Sovereign evicted and the housemates nominate live, drew 2.89m (14.8%).

Sandwiched between the two BB shows, Gordon's Great Escape logged 2.26m (9.1%).

Over on BBC One, Panorama put in 2.57m (9.8%) at 8.30pm, then 4.96m (19.1%) watched Hustle at 9pm.

University Challenge and Delia Through the Decades took 2.96m (11.2%) and 3.09m (11.7%) during the 8pm hour, then the audience dropped to 1.88m (7.3%) during the 9pm screening of The British Family.

ITV1's The Lakes had 4.07m (15.4%) between 8pm and 8.30pm, then 5.56m (21.5%) tuned in for the second episode of Law & Order: UK during the 9pm hour.

Police Interceptors attracted 709k (2.7%) to Five at 8pm, then the audience climbed to 1.38m (5.3%) during the 9pm screening of Paul Merton in Europe.

Overall, ITV1 came top during primetime with an average share of 25.8% to BBC One's 20.8%. Channel 4 was third with 7.6% (+1: 1.1%), followed by BBC Two with 7.8% and Five's 3.2%.

Elsewhere, Glee continued to perform well for E4, but dipped to 882k (3.4%) with its third episode, which aired at 9pm. Last week's first two episodes grabbed 1.14m (4.2%) and 913k (4.6%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional