Sally Bercow's Celebrity Big Brother eviction seen by 2.8m

Sally Bercow's exit from the Celebrity Big Brother house was seen by over 2.8m last night, according to early overnight data.

For Channel 5's first ever eviction show, an average of 2.82m (12.6%) watched in the 9pm hour, up 400k on yesterday's highlights show, but down a million viewers on last Friday's outing.

Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side, hosted by Emma Willis, entertained 813k (7.5%) from 11pm, its best audience since its premiere last Thursday.

Gavin Henson-headed reality show The Bachelor, sandwiched between the Celebrity Big Brother coverage, grabbed 1.26m (10.1%) for its second episode - only marginally down on last week's opener.

BBC Two had a good night: Gardeners' World (8.30pm) and India on Four Wheels (9pm) interested 1.92m (8.4%) and 2.09m (9.4%), then The Rob Brydon Show (10pm) appealed to 1.56m (7.9%).

Channel 4's audience dwindled as Come Dine with Me logged 1.24m (5.5%) at 8pm (+1: 279k), 8 Out of 10 Cats amused 1.06m (4.7%) at 9pm (+1: 305k) and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night nabbed just 886k (4.2%) from 10pm (+1: 251k).

Over on ITV1, documentary series Fraud Squad launched with 3.6m (16%) from 9pm (+1: 207k), while My Family and Miranda picked up 3.74m (16.7%) and 3.65m (16.5%) for BBC One.

A Question of Sport quizzed 2.75m (12.1%) for BBC One versus Corrie, while Dickinson's Real Deal on ITV1 fetched 2.54m (11.5%) against EastEnders.

Overall, ITV1 led primetime with 21.3% (+1: 0.6%), ahead of BBC One's 19.8%. BBC Two claimed third place with 6.9%, followed by Channel 5 with 6.5% and Channel 4 with 4.4% (+1: 0.9%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional