BBC's Sport Relief bike ride earns five million viewers

LONDON - BBC One's 'Million Pound Bike Ride: A Sport Relief Challenge' beat 'The Bill' with five million viewers in the 9-10pm slot last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Overnights: BBC One's 'Million Pound Bike Ride: A Sport Relief Challenge
Overnights: BBC One's 'Million Pound Bike Ride: A Sport Relief Challenge

The show, which followed celebrities such as Fearne Cotton, Patrick Kielty, Davina McCall and Russell Howard as they took part in a charity bike ride from John o'Groats to Land's End, took a 20.6% share of the audience.

ITV's long-running police drama ‘The Bill: Impact' received the second largest audience in the slot at 3.5 million and a 14.6% share of the available audience.

Five's broadcast of Liverpool's Europa League game against Lille OSC was watched by three million people between 7.30pm and 10.10pm, a 12.2% share of the TV-watching audience.

ITV2's reality documentary ‘What Katie Did Next' had the fourth largest audience between 9pm and 10pm. The programme, starring former glamour model and businesswoman Katie Price, had an average of 1.7 million viewers, a 7.1% share of the audience.

The Channel 4 documentary on Rachel Johnson's attempted resurrection of The Lady magazine, ‘The Lady and the Revamp', was seen by an average of 1.1 million viewers giving it a 4.7% share, including the contribution from Channel 4+1.

An average of 1.1 million people watched ‘The People's Politician', BBC Two's documentary on the rift between politicians and the public. The programme, which stars retiring MPs Ann Widdecombe and Michael Howard, had a 4.4% share of the available audience.

E4 aired the season finale of teen drama 'Skins' between 10pm and 11pm last night. The show managed 897,000 viewers, which includes the contribution of E4+1 and accounted for a 5.1% share of the audience.

 

 

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