'Desperate Housewives' tops 1m for last ever episode on E4

Desperate Housewives recorded its highest ever E4 figure for its last episode on Sunday night (June 10), early overnight data indicates.

The Wisteria Lane drama series, which bowed out with 11.1m in the US last month, attracted 1m (5.4%) to the digital channel at 10pm.

'Finishing the Hat' added 260k (2.5%) an hour later on +1, making it the most-watched multichannel show of the day - new Family Guy was its nearest competitor with 1.05m (4.9%) for BBC Three at 10pm.

Elsewhere in a sports-filled ITV1 schedule, coverage of the French Open final took 1.57m (14.8%) from 1pm, then Spain v Italy's Euro 2012 clash scored 5.83m (32%) at 4pm, and Ireland v Croatia had 6.6m (26.6%) from 7.15pm.

BBC One held up well with its older-viewer-skewed lineup of Countryfile (4.69m/21.2%), Antiques Roadshow (4.99m/20.2%) and Inspector Lynley Mysteries (4.35m/17.2%). Canadian Grand Prix highlights logged an impressive 2.39m (21.2%) from 10.30pm.

Louis Theroux returned to BBC Two for a piece on male porn stars, interesting 1.86m (9.9%) at 10pm, prior to which 1.81m (7.2%) watched Coast.

Movie Dear John was Channel 4's most-watched broadcast with 1.22m (4.8%) at 8pm (+1: 249k/1.1%), while Once Upon a Time and Big Brother anchored Channel 5's evening with 1.07m (4%) and 1.34m (5.3%) at 9pm (+1: 139k/0.7%).

Overall, ITV1 topped primetime with 22.7% (+1: 0.3%) against BBC One's 20%. BBC Two claimed third place with 6.1%, beating Channel 4's 4.2% (+1: 0.8%), and Channel 5's 3.9% (+1: 0.4%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional